This is a hauntingly beautiful song about introspection, specifically about looking back at a relationship that started bad and ended so poorly, that the narrator wants to go back to the very beginning and tell himself to not even travel down that road. I believe that the relationship started poorly because of the lines:
"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other:
"I had all and then most of you"
Like many relationships that turn sour, it was not a quick decline, but a gradual one where the narrator and their partner fall out of love and gradually grow apart
"Some and now none of you"
Losing someone who was once everything in your world, who you could confide in, tell your secrets to, share all the most intimate parts of your life, to being strangers with that person is probably one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. So Painful, the narrator wants to go back in time and tell himself to not even pursue the relationship.
This was the perfect song for "13 Reasons Why"
wander slow
and your kisses chase
what must I do
if only for your warm embrace
for all maintain
must you conquer pain
and every little spider that crawled up inside her
is waiting for my phone call
and now I remind her
of every single liar
living for the killing stone
white spider
will you crawl
white spider
the end has past
[?]
I understand you
I am, I am
know I am
I'm sorry you had to
white spider
gotta get away
to try to stay away
you've gotta fix your gaze
so you're not afraid
you've gotta bide your time
before [?]
you gotta play the part
before you fall apart
you've gotta walk around
swing your arm around
you've gotta strip your skin
to let them jab it in
I'm gonna take my piece
for my own needs
I'm gonna [?]
fuck the enemy
I'm gonna sharpen my teeth
[cause there are no rules?]
I'm going all around
without [?]
wander slow
white spider
how did you know this
if only which way to go
white spider
cause now I'm reminded of every single fighter
that's waiting for just what she brings
and every little spider
that crawled up inside her
who's waiting for the phone to ring
white spider
will drain you off
end it all
I may deserve to make the scene
beyond belief
[?]
[?]
[?]
I am the end
a shattering hand
for I am painting
the end is near
I cannot pretend
[?]
white spider
how will you crawl
white spider
let it out
white spider
and your kisses chase
what must I do
if only for your warm embrace
for all maintain
must you conquer pain
and every little spider that crawled up inside her
is waiting for my phone call
and now I remind her
of every single liar
living for the killing stone
white spider
will you crawl
white spider
the end has past
[?]
I understand you
I am, I am
know I am
I'm sorry you had to
white spider
gotta get away
to try to stay away
you've gotta fix your gaze
so you're not afraid
you've gotta bide your time
before [?]
you gotta play the part
before you fall apart
you've gotta walk around
swing your arm around
you've gotta strip your skin
to let them jab it in
I'm gonna take my piece
for my own needs
I'm gonna [?]
fuck the enemy
I'm gonna sharpen my teeth
[cause there are no rules?]
I'm going all around
without [?]
wander slow
white spider
how did you know this
if only which way to go
white spider
cause now I'm reminded of every single fighter
that's waiting for just what she brings
and every little spider
that crawled up inside her
who's waiting for the phone to ring
white spider
will drain you off
end it all
I may deserve to make the scene
beyond belief
[?]
[?]
[?]
I am the end
a shattering hand
for I am painting
the end is near
I cannot pretend
[?]
white spider
how will you crawl
white spider
let it out
white spider
Lyrics submitted by Ethilien
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