Heynderickx's music features a fingerstyle acoustic guitar technique inspired by Leo Kottke and John Fahey paired with introspective lyrics punctuated with "well-timed levity".
The Bug Collector
Haley Heynderickx Lyrics
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Naked in your bedroom
Oh and you swear to God
The fucker's out to get you
And I digress
'Cause I must make you the perfect morning
I try my best
To scoop the slugger out the window
And there's a praying mantis
Prancing on your bathtub
And you swear it's a priest
From a past life out to getcha
And I digress
'Cause I must make you the perfect evening
I try my best
To put the priest inside a jam jar
And there's a millipede
Angry on your carpet
Oh and I must admit
He's staring with a vengeance
Oh and I digress
'Cause I must make you the perfect morning
And I try my best
To prove that nothing's out to get you
To prove that nothing's out to get you
In Haley Heynderickx's song "The Bug Collector," the lyrics tell a story of a person who is struggling with their fear of insects. The singer describes various bugs that are inside the listener's bedroom and bathroom, and the listener can't shake the feeling that these bugs are out to harm them. The singer "digsress[es]" from the bug situation to focus on making the listener's day perfect, but ultimately returns to the bug issue and tries to prove that there is nothing to be afraid of.
At the heart of this song is the theme of fear and how it can consume and control us. The bugs in this song serve as a metaphor for the things that terrify us, and the listener's fear is so strong that they imagine the bugs are out to get them. The singer tries to help the listener move past their fear and see that nothing is actually trying to harm them.
Line by Line Meaning
And there's a centipede
There's a scary bug, a centipede.
Naked in your bedroom
It's in your bedroom and you can't see where it's hiding.
Oh and you swear to God
You're absolutely sure.
The fucker's out to get you
It's trying to hurt you.
And I digress
I'm getting sidetracked.
'Cause I must make you the perfect morning
I want to make things perfect for you.
I try my best
I'm doing everything I can.
To scoop the slugger out the window
I'm trying to catch the creepy crawly and put it outside.
And there's a praying mantis
Another scary bug, a praying mantis.
Prancing on your bathtub
It's moving around your bathroom.
And you swear it's a priest
You think it looks like a holy man.
From a past life out to getcha
It's trying to get revenge on you for something that happened in the past.
To put the priest inside a jam jar
I'm trying to catch the praying mantis and put it in a jar.
And there's a millipede
Another creepy crawly, a millipede.
Angry on your carpet
It looks like it's ready to attack on your floor.
Oh and I must admit
I have to be honest.
He's staring with a vengeance
It's looking at you with hate and anger.
To prove that nothing's out to get you
I'm trying to show you that not everything is trying to hurt you.
Contributed by Aubrey A. Suggest a correction in the comments below.