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The Mantis Buffet

ivicavela

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Lyrics

Verse 1

Well let me tell you all a story 'bout a flower in the dark

She ain't a rose and she ain't a daisy and she ain't no garden lark

She's an orchid manti-ssss with a disco ball heart

And tonight she's gonna start the show and play her favorite part

She's got petals like a spotlight and a body built for glide

Wears a tiny little headset with a microphone inside

Got a ukulele strummin' through a vocoder machine

Soundin' like a robot flower spittin' vaporwave dreams

Pre-Chorus

Now along comes a fella in a business suit

Eatin' berries off a bush with his happy-go-lucky root

He ain't got a clue what's glimmerin' in the leaves

She's a carnivorous sweetheart fixin' to deceive

Chorus

Wild disco dancin' orchid mantis doin' the twist

Shakin' every petal to the vaporwave synth

She's wavin' those arms like a floral marquee

Tellin' that mister, "Come on over here with me"

Wild disco dancin' orchid mantis what a show

Hummin' through the talkbox singing, "Hello hello"

He's thinkin' romance and she's thinkin' buffet

Oh that wild disco orchid got her menu today

Verse 2

Well the fella tilts his antenna like a question mark in space

Watchin' all those moves and those little robot vocal phrases

She's wobblin' on a leaf in the neon purple rain

Doin' the funky chicken with a talkbox refrain

She sang "Sweet thing come a little closer" through that robotic throat

And the dumb bug stepped right forward thinkin' that was his vote

She's thinkin' about a special sauce and a candlelight scene

He's thinkin' "What a lovely flower and her legs are so green"

Pre-Chorus

Now the disco ball is spinnin' and the bassline kinda thumps

He's steppin' to the rhythm with his six little bumps

She's got her arms all ready in a praying kind of pose

And that poor ol' fellow never knew just where the story goes

Chorus

Wild disco dancin' orchid mantis doin' the twist

Shakin' every petal to the vaporwave synth

She's wavin' those arms like a floral marquee

Tellin' that mister, "Come on over here with me"

Wild disco dancin' orchid mantis what a show

Hummin' through the talkbox singing, "Hello hello"

He's thinkin' romance and she's thinkin' buffet

Oh that wild disco orchid got her menu today

Bridge

He said "Darling, I've been searchin' for a flower such as you

A little petal partnership and a love so true"

She said, "Honey, you're delicious and I mean that quite sincere"

Then she snapped him up like a crumb and gave a robot little cheer

Verse 3

Well the neighbors on the jungle floor heard a little crunch

And the mantis wiped her mandibles and did a victory lunch

She burped a little melody through the vocoder haze

And lit up all the petals for her final disco phase

Now there's a moral to this story and I'll tell it to you straight

When a flower's dancin' wild with a talkbox on a date

That disco beat might be a lure and honey that's the truth

She's shoppin' for a partner and she's lookin' for a tooth

Chorus

Wild disco dancin' orchid mantis doin' the twist

Shakin' every petal to the vaporwave synth

She's wavin' those arms like a floral marquee

Tellin' that mister, "Come on over here with me"

Wild disco dancin' orchid mantis what a show

Hummin' through the talkbox singing, "Hello hello"

He's thinkin' romance and she's thinkin' buffet

Oh that wild disco orchid got her menu today

Outro

Got her menu today

(Such a lovely flower)

Got her menu today

(Burp)

Yeah that wild disco orchid

(Vaporwave goodbye)

Mm-hmm

(Such a lovely flower)

Oh

(Beep)

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