Bugs Life Lyrics – Melanie Martinez

Read the full BUGS LIFE lyrics by Melanie Martinez from the album HADES along with the music video, song credits, release information and other details about the song. If you enjoy Melanie Martinez’s music, you can also explore Limoncello and DISNEY PRINCESS, two other songs by Melanie Martinez.

[Verse 1]
I learned how to live close to the ground
Watch my step, don’t make a sound
Every promise looks so big
Till it shadows something small like me

You talk in skies and future tense
I hear boots on the fence
I build my house out of maybe
You kick it over like it’s nothing

[Pre-Chorus]
I trusted the light through the leaves
Didn’t know it could burn
I waited for hands to reach down
But you watched me learn

[Chorus]
It’s a bug’s life, stuck below
Wave my arms, you never know
I get crushed by passing plans
You don’t even feel it when you stand
You say “sorry,” look away
I sweep myself up, crawl again
It’s a bug’s life, soft and small
Easy to miss, easy to fall

[Verse 2]
I believed you when you said “stay”
Like the ground wouldn’t shake
I followed crumbs you left behind
Thinking they were signs

I memorized your shadow’s shape
So I’d know when to hide
You don’t look down when you leave
You don’t see who you step on to survive

[Pre-Chorus]
I don’t need a throne or wings
Just somewhere safe to land
But every time I trust the sun
I end up in your hands

[Chorus]
It’s a bug’s life, stuck below
Wave my arms, you never know
I get crushed by passing plans
You don’t even feel it when you stand
You say “sorry,” look away
I sweep myself up, crawl again
It’s a bug’s life, soft and small
Easy to miss, easy to fall

[Bridge]
If I scream, it’s still too quiet
If I break, it’s still my fault
You say I’m tough for something fragile
Like that’s supposed to help at all

I don’t need you to save me
Just don’t pretend I’m not here
Don’t call it accidental
When it happens every year

[Outro]
It’s a bug’s life, I survive
Between your chances and your lies
I don’t ask for much at all
Just don’t step on me when I fall
If you ever look down someday
You might see me crawling away
Still alive
Still trying