Honey Bee
Avi Zee Lyrics

I am a honey bee,
I am a worker bee who collects nectar and pollen, but I'm not allowed inside the hive.

Shut out from the coliney.
The other bees won't let me return to the colony or be part of the group.

And they won't let me in,
The bees have excluded me from their social group and refuse to allow me back, leaving me alone and vulnerable.

So, I left the hive.
With no other options, I had to leave the place I once called home.

They took away all my stripes,
The colony stripped me of my identity and made me feel like an outcast.

And broke off both my wings.
This experience caused me to feel physically and emotionally damaged, as if my ability to fly, and therefore escape, has been taken away.

So I'll find another tree,
I'll seek new opportunities elsewhere to find success and happiness.

And make the wind my friend.
I'll find solace in nature and use it to guide me on my journey to find a new place to belong.

I'll just sing with the birds,
I'll join with other creatures and try to find comfort in communing with them.

They'll tell me the secrets of the world.
I'll learn the ways of the world through my interactions with nature.

But my other honey bee,
My partner, my significant other, my dear friend...

Is stuck where he doesn't wanna be.
Is trapped in the same situation I once found myself in, and he’d like freedom.

But my darling honey bee,
But out of love, I'm willing to take the risk to come to his rescue.

I'll come save you even if it means,
I'll put myself in danger and go against the rules if needed to save him.

I'd have to face the queen.
I understand that facing the queen, the ruler of the hive who makes important decisions about the colony, may have serious consequences for me.

Ba da ba da da dumb,
Nonsensical, repetitive lyrics that add a catchy melody to the song.

Ba ba ba da da da dum.
More of the catchy nonsense melody with no real meaning.

So, I'll come prepared,
I'll do what I can to plan and be ready for anything that may happen during my daring rescue mission.

My new friends say they will help me,
I'm grateful for the new creatures who have come alongside me on this journey and offered me their support and help.

Get my loved one back.
We're all focused on one goal: bringing my partner back home where he belongs.

They say it isn't right,
The other creatures who have joined me on this journey believe that the bee colony's exclusion of me is wrong and unjust.

The bee's have control of your mind,
They believe that the colony's strict rules and social order brainwash its members into behaving in a certain way, even though it may be detrimental to some bees.

And I choose not to believe them.
Despite their warnings, I'm determined to make the journey to save my loved one, and believe it's worth the risk.

So we'll meet in the darkness of the night,
We'll avoid detection from the hive by staying hidden until it's time to make our move.

And I promise I will be there on time.
I'm making a commitment to arrive exactly when needed during the rescue mission. I don't want to let anyone down.

We'll be guilded by my new friends the butterflys,
The butterflies are serving as guides to help us navigate and make our way through our journey home.

Bring us back to our own little hive.
Our journey will end with us returning home, where we'll be safe, supported, and free to be ourselves.

Oh, my darling honey bee,
I'm grateful to have my partner back by my side, and relieved that he's no longer trapped in the same situation I was in before.

No longer stuck where he doesn't wanna be.
He's free to fly and live according to his own wishes and desires, rather than being held captive by the colony's demands.

I have saved you and now that you're with me,
I'm glad that I was able to help him find the freedom he so desired, and happy that we can continue our lives together as a pair.

We can make our honey.
We're now able to return to our duties as worker bees and collect nectar and pollen to produce honey with the others in the hive.

Ba da da ba dumb bum,
More of the catchy, nonsensical lyrics that drive the song's melody without carrying any added meaning.

Ba da ba da da da dum.
The final line of the song, again featuring the same simple, catchy melody without adding any meaningful content to the lyrics.