The Spider's Defense
I'm sorry I keep writing sad songs - I should really write something happier next time. Anyway, I keep writing a lot of revenge-y and vaguely Vriska-bashing stories... so I figured I might as well write a bit of the opposite for now. Almost done with A5A2! YESSSSS!
Lying facedown dying
Her fingers smeared with blue
Too tough to be crying
Says she...
Waited and abated
Set aside her venom, meaning to
Forget how she had hated
And walk free...
It's a bit late for forgiveness
Can't choose when she says goodbye
She might ask for a second chance
But they'd just hear a lie
No matter how hard the thief may plead and try...
Played and soon betrayed
Everyone who came to know her
Never could have stayed
But bent the rules..
Taunted those who haunted
But learned how her so-called friends were
Just some kids who wanted
Not to be tools...
It's a bit late for forgiveness
And she can't please them all
There are things they won't forget
No matter how the cards may fall
And if she changed, who'd ever heed her call?
Bared her secrets, shared
With him the things she'd never tell
She'd never known someone who cared
That way...
Second tries were her reprise
For so long till they spoke
Innocence met with such surprise
That day...
[Spoken]
VRISKA: So... John... would you like to... go on a date? A... human date? Oh my god, why am I even saying this... this is stupid... but...[sighs] ... I was hoping, after the game is all over...
JOHN: Sure. That sounds like a good idea. After the game, I mean...
VRISKA: Wait, really?
JOHN: Yeah! Also... are human dates any different from alien dates? [laughs]
VRISKA: I don't know, really...
[Voices fade]
She's not what they always thought
But how were they to know?
It wasn't like they'd got
A single clue...
Hadn't tried, and too soon died
Might've stayed but she picked "go",
They didn't know how she'd confide
With the boy in blue...
It's a bit late for forgiveness
Can't choose when she says goodbye
She might ask for a second chance
But they'd just hear a lie
No matter how hard the thief may plead and try...
It's much too late for "forgive and forget"
And they would never hear...
The stories of a girl's regret
And long-since hidden fear...
No matter how she pleads and tries, the jury never hears...