Snails are known for being soft on the inside.
When you’re with me you feel safe
because I literally couldn’t harm a fly
but there’s something you don’t know about snails if you’ve never been told and well, it’s something snails don’t like to talk about.
Snails make spears out of aragonite
It’s called a gypsobelum and surely you agree it’s beautiful
but the only reason a snail makes one of these is to stab their partner.
I myself have never tried it; I’m more of a shell guy,
but I can tell you it hurts like hell!
Look at the barb and imagine that between your organs.
It feels exactly as painful as it looks.
And the worst part is, it was completely unnecessary.
These calcium carbonate spears are only useful for competition
but to me the competition was over.
I wanted the slow, squishy, snoft stuff. Soft stuff. You know, snail stuff!
Lying on a silage bag looking up at the stars
Slip and slides and State Fair rides
Walking barefoot through Smoky Mountains
We even went to a Beck concert at Red Rock!
Now I have no one to help me pull these things out
There must be 20 of them in there
where I can’t reach
because snails don’t have hands
Dah well!
At least my shell’s intact
Stronger than ever, now that I think about it
because I don’t waste calcium on weapons
Maybe I ‘ll wear these thorns like a crown
