Spiders Lyrics

And the spiders come out in the autumn

And the flies breed between the walls

You may not have the words but I’ve got ‘em

Scrawled on scraps and palmed into a ball

And the wind moans like lovers caught reeling

And the trees bow like people in prayer

And I long to be void of all feeling

I could tell you my truths but I will not dare

And in autumn we wither

But in winter we fall

So I’m counting the days

‘Til the sea takes us all

And I loved you a thousand times over

I loved you when you were a child

But I knew you would live as a rover

So I bade you farewell with a lie and a smile

And the sun projects stored recollections

On the fields as the wheat turns to gold

But the memories that play all too soon fade away

As the sun travels west like a prisoner paroled

And I’m told that she was a beauty

I’m told she stood out in the crowds

I’m told that you flew off together

To discover the world from the heights of the clouds

And the birds call me home in the autumn

As they take to the sky in a V

As they practice their intuned formation

I would fly through the night, up and over the sea

I would fly with my brothers and sisters

I would fly with my kin, southward bound

But too scared of changed things I cut off my wings

For without any choice I will never leave ground

And the spiders come out in the autumn

And the flies breed between the walls

You may not have the words, but I’ve got ‘em

Scrawled on scraps and palmed into a ball