Spider in My Bathtub

* Original
* Instrumental

"**Spider in My Bathtub**" is a song by Mars Argo, intended for *Technology Is a Dead Bird*, *Linden Place*, and their canceled second studio album. A demo version of the song accompanied by an audio video was uploaded to the Grocerybag YouTube channel on September 23rd, 2010. A more finalized, 10-second longer version was later uploaded exclusively to the band's Myspace account.

## Background

According to Mars Argo and Titanic Sinclair, "Spider in My Bathtub" was one of the first instrumentals they made together, before it became a "real song" much later, as stated in an interview with Vocalo. The lyrics were presumably written sometime in 2010, and are believed by many to be about masturbation while thinking of a lover. The audio video released for the song was accompanied by two photos taken by Noah Kalina as part of its cover artwork shoot, with modular synthesizer programming being credited in the video description to Surachai and Justin McGrath.

A speculated tracklist draft of *Linden Place* was posted to Sinclair's Tumblr in early 2011, including "Spider in My Bathtub" as its fifth track. Argo confirmed in a reply to a fan on Facebook in 2011 that the song would be included on the band's later-canceled second studio album alongside "Electric Car" when asked why the songs didn't appear on the final track-listing of the aforementioned EP. Sinclair made a post to his Tumblr account in May 2012, claiming that the song's "official album version" would be finished later that day.

An instrumental rendition of the song was posted to Argo's SoundCloud on June 26th, 2014, under the title "Spider (Instrumental)". The cover artwork was a picture of a poem Argo wrote which was previously posted to her Tumblr, Facebook and Instagram accounts in February of that year. The original filename of this version confirms it was exported on February 15th, 2011, meaning that it was produced during the *Linden Place* sessions.

## Lyrics

Butterflies awake me from my sleep

And the tiles sting like ice beneath my feet

My dress is slipping past my knees

And a memory of you is all I need

There's a spider in my bathtub

She looks at me

And she's crawling to the ceiling

And I'm waiting patiently

For the telephone to ring

And I'm relatively lonely here

And I feel a little warm

And I wonder if you'll take me there

Can you take me there?

When I think about your touch

I feel completely insane

When I close my eyes my heart begins to race

And I think about your lips and how they taste

There's a spider in my bathtub

She looks at me

And she's crawling to the ceiling

And I'm waiting patiently

For the telephone to ring

And I'm relatively lonely here

And I feel a little warm

And I wonder if you'll take me there

Can you take me there?

When I think about your touch

I feel completely insane

For the telephone to ring

And I'm relatively lonely here

And I feel a little warm

And I wonder if you'll take me there

(You're the only one who ever touched me)

For the telephone to ring

And I'm relatively lonely here

And I feel a little warm

And I wonder if you'll take me...

(You're the only one who ever touched me)

(You're the only one)

## Official versions

* Single version demo – 4:07
* Single version – 4:07
* Myspace version – 4:18
* *Linden Place* version – Unknown
	+ Instrumental – 4:07

## Trivia

* When reversed, Argo can be heard saying "Mr. Sinclair, I'm just about to be finished with you" during the post-chorus.
* The song, along with its instrumental, were registered to Audiam in September 2019.
* A demo of the single version was leaked online on May 9th, 2022.

## References

1. ↑ Mars Argo (September 23, 2010). "New single "Spider in My Bathtub" released <3 Listen here". *Facebook*. Archived from the original. Retrieved May 4, 2022.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Spider in My Bathtub". *Myspace*. Archived from the original on December 26, 2015. Retrieved April 29, 2022.
3. ↑ Mars Argo and Titanic Sinclair (September 9, 2011). "Vocalo Interview". *SoundCloud*. Archived from the original. Retrieved April 29, 2022.
4. ↑ rion harmon (March 8, 2014). "going through @noahkalina's prints and found @marsargo. should i steal/frame it though?". *Twitter*. Retrieved April 29, 2022.
5. ↑ grocerybagdottv (September 23, 2010). "Mars Argo - Spider in My Bathtub". *YouTube*. Archived from the original on October 4, 2010. Retrieved April 29, 2022.
6. ↑ "Probiotic / A-Ok (Leyam Lightning) / Using You... (cont.)". *Tumblr*. Archived from the original on January 27, 2012. Retrieved October 5, 2022.
7. ↑ Mars Argo (April 1, 2011). "Wait for the LP ;)". *Facebook*. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
8. ↑ TITANIC SINCLAIR (May 2012). "This is a demo of a song we made. The *official* album version is being finished this evening". *Tumblr*. Archived from the original on December 12, 2012. Retrieved October 5, 2022.
9. ↑ The Internet is Boring. (February 7, 2014). "I wrote a new poem". *Tumblr*. Archived from the original. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
10. ↑ marsargo (February 8, 2014). "I wrote a new poem". *Instagram*. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
11. ↑ Mars Argo (February 8, 2014). "I wrote a new poem". *Facebook*. Archived from the original on April 23, 2017. Retrieved May 15, 2022.
12. ↑ "SpiderInMyBathBNC2.15.11\_01.aif". Retrieved May 1, 2022.
13. ↑ Technology Is A Dead Bird (June 6, 2020). "Secret Mars Argo reversed message". *YouTube*. Retrieved May 15, 2022.
14. ↑ marsargomedia (May 10, 2022). "Spider in My Bathtub (pre-single version demo)". *SoundCloud*. Retrieved May 10, 2022.

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