The Song:
"Tarantula" is a song by the group Pendulum, featuring production from Fresh and The Freestylers and vocals by $pyda. Originally released in 2005 as a single along with "Fasten Your Seatbelt", it was later released on the album Hold Your Colour. It was still an early time in the group's music career, and the singles were created to further develop their music style and experiment with collaborating with others. The image on the right is from the release of these two singles.
Song Meaning:
When looking at the lyrics, it is not easy to understand at first glance. The song seems to describe an addiction to an injected drug of some sort in the first verse that, as described in the second verse, leads to death with lack of remorse. In this, the tarantula is used to describe either the drug or the addiction to the drug. The reason for the use of a tarantula is perhaps due to the common association of tarantulas being dangerous/frightening or because of the toxicity of the hairs and venom, even though neither is particularly harmful to humans. However, the venom of some species of tarantula has been known to cause intense pain, muscle spasms, and vivid hallucinations, all of which are also commonly associated with drugs.
Lyrics:
(The lyrics in this song may be somewhat difficult to understand due to a thick accent and the nature of the drum&base music; the below lyrics may not be exact)
Blad tarantula,
Time for the massive come sing ya,
Blad tarantula,
Don't play with my style I might sting ya,
Blad tarantula,
You want me inject me bacteria,
And if ya body goin' stiff,
And your spine goin' numb,
Now come for get some...
Time to fix you up something here right now...
Shotter, hitter, serial killer,
Go a your funeral and all drink out your liquor,
When you are bury we a-stand next to the vicar,
Fling on some dirt and make your bury a little quicker,
Shouldn't test the youth them in the Tommy Hilfiger,
Hug up you mama, say sorry to you papa,
All a get number for the little sister
A shall we call her Ill ask her, freeza,
(repeated in rest of song)
Blad tarantula,
Time for the massive come sing ya,
Blad tarantula,
Don't play with my style I might sting ya,
Blad tarantula,
You want me inject me bacteria,
And if ya body goin' stiff,
And your spine goin' numb,
Now come for get some...
Time to fix you up something here right now...
Shotter, hitter, serial killer,
Go a your funeral and all drink out your liquor,
When you are bury we a-stand next to the vicar,
Fling on some dirt and make your bury a little quicker,
Shouldn't test the youth them in the Tommy Hilfiger,
Hug up you mama, say sorry to you papa,
All a get number for the little sister
A shall we call her Ill ask her, freeza,
(repeated in rest of song)