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Arachne's Response

from The Ballad of the Bee by The Kelly Line

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The spider was hungry. He’d spun a particularly intricate web that morning and seemed to have waited forever for the struggling bee to finally give up the ghost.

It was a veritable feast! He wasn’t always fortunate enough to trap a bee – on many occasions he had to make do with a collection of flies and bugs. In fact, it almost seemed a shame to eat such a magnificent creature, but, when all said and done, spiders had to eat.

Feeling full and re-energised, the spider, gently left what little remained of his victim and, without a sound, slowly made his way back to the corner of the garden, to where the potting shed met the fence. For a brief moment, he hesitated and looked to the sky … before reminding himself, it was just the way it was …and he began to weave.


There’s always two sides to the story, and Arachne’s Response was written to reflect that. A meditative reflection on inevitably and human nature; it wasn’t personal, it was just meant to be.

lyrics

LYRICS

With the web’s that I’ve woven
And the yarns I have spun
Battles I’ve fought
And battles I’ve won

It’s just who I am
It’s just what I do
In just being me
I know I hurt you

We’re all set on our path by the gods
We carry the cost

It’s just in my nature to nurture
The way that I do
You know that its true
And of all the people I’ve hurt
I promise
I never meant to hurt you


Deceptively fragile
The beauty within
Those innocent eyes
Beckon you in

You know nobody chooses
which one of us loses // everyone loses
nobody’s free
it’s just meant to be


It’s just in my nature to nurture
The way that I do
You know that its true
And of all the people I’ve hurt
I promise
I never meant to hurt you

It’s just the way that it is
The way that it was
and the way that it always will be
When the saint becomes sinner
The loser the winner
We both know my friend
some things are just meant to be


Its just in my nature to nurture
The way that I do
You know that its true
And of all the people I’ve hurt
I promise
I never meant to hurt you

credits

from The Ballad of the Bee, released October 9, 2020
Written by Ben & Mike Hughes

Ben Hughes - Lead Vox, Acoustic Guitar, Bouzouki
Jack Salter - Bass
Reuben Greeph - Accordion

Produced by Ben Hughes

Mastered by Jack Salter

Additional Engineering by Connor-Wyn Lewis, Jack Salter & Iestyn Morgan

Executive Production from Mike Hughes

Artwork by Poppy Crew

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