Written and produced by Ronald Allen Bell and G-Dawg Trading~
(Verse 1 – whispered, almost lullaby-soft over minimal pulse)
Little white widow from the southern line
Slipped past the gates in a parcel so fine
Laced in the pills that your doctor once swore
Now the corner boys sell it right outside your door
One bump, one swallow, one beautiful lie
And the American dream just learned how to die (Chorus – the twisted nursery rhyme, slow and massive, every word echoing like a tombstone)
The itsy bitsy spider climbed up the water spout
Down came the fentanyl and washed the user out
Out came the sun but the light was black and cold
And the itsy bitsy spider crawled into another soul (Verse 2 – beat creeps heavier, distorted synth stabs)
Mommy in Ohio found her baby blue
Daddy in the Rust Belt never made it through
Kids at the rave chasing that perfect high
Didn’t know the spider was already inside
Street by street, city by city, the web is spun tight
One more statistic swallowed by the night (Pre-Chorus – everything drops to a single pulsing drone)
Hush little baby, don’t you make a sound
The man on the TV says it’s not coming down… (Chorus – louder, gang vocals like a cult chant)
The itsy bitsy spider climbed up the water spout
Down came the fentanyl and washed the user out
Out came the sun but the light was black and cold
And the itsy bitsy spider crawled into another soul (Bridge – half-time dirge, vocals layered with child-like ghostly choir)
Itsy bitsy poison, no one saw it creep
Silent little killer while the nation sleeps
Cartels keep weaving, politicians talk
Another thousand names just get erased from the chalk
Itsy bitsy… bitsy… bitsy… (Final Chorus – full apocalyptic swell, then sudden drop to almost nothing)
The itsy bitsy spider climbed up the water spout
Down came the fentanyl and washed America out
Out came the sun but the dawn will never rise
And the itsy bitsy spider… just smiles with a thousand eyes… (Outro – heartbeat bass slows… slows… stops. Only reverb and a single fading lullaby whisper)
Itsy… bitsy… fentanyl…
Climbed up the spout again…
Climbed up the spout… again…
