Exoskeleton is darkening
Life is already taking its toll
But the eyes they are still glistening
She still has long to go till she gets old
Nothing is more dangerous than life
Full of pain and trouble and strife
Nothing is more marvellous than life
Although with death it is rife
Exoskeleton is tightening
The creature's movement becomes very slow
Soon it will be time to shed her skin
So the little trilobite can grow
She is a creature of the sea
Nowhere else she'd rather be
She is a dweller of the deep
So far there isn't much to see
She is a creature of the sea
Nowhere else she'd rather be
Now she casts off her old chitin
To expose her second skin