In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
I'll build you a shiny dollhouse or church
For you to shrink
Into a tiny wight spider
And gorge on horrid memories
With conceited wings
Smother the past in a cocoon
Or me
And I'll help you move
All the bodies
Oh oh
I'll possess you but I don't
Need you
To be another one
Of my possessions
I don't need you to be my possession
And I won't make you kneel
For anyone
But me
I won't promise a star
Don't promise your soul
Well say that we don't believe
I'll keep you wet
When the world is dry
U can see them coming
I'll take you back inside
If they came for answer I'll
Weap my claws round your mouth tight
We'll consume each other
Until there's nothing left to hide
And they can all drown in our blood
I'll possess you but I don't
Need you
To be another one
Of my possessions
I don't need you to be my possession
And I won't make you kneel
For anyone
But me
I won't promise a star
Don't promise your soul
Well say that we don't believe
And I won't make you kneel
For anyone
But me
I won't promise a star
Don't promise your soul
Well say that we don't believe
We can't haunt this home
Home anymore
No no no no no we can't haunt this home
Home anymore
No no no no no we can't haunt this home
Home anymore
No no no no no we can't haunt this home
Home anymore
No no no no no we can't haunt this home
Home anymore
No no no no no we can't haunt this home
Home anymore
No no no no no
For you to shrink
Into a tiny wight spider
And gorge on horrid memories
With conceited wings
Smother the past in a cocoon
Or me
And I'll help you move
All the bodies
Oh oh
I'll possess you but I don't
Need you
To be another one
Of my possessions
I don't need you to be my possession
And I won't make you kneel
For anyone
But me
I won't promise a star
Don't promise your soul
Well say that we don't believe
I'll keep you wet
When the world is dry
U can see them coming
I'll take you back inside
If they came for answer I'll
Weap my claws round your mouth tight
We'll consume each other
Until there's nothing left to hide
And they can all drown in our blood
I'll possess you but I don't
Need you
To be another one
Of my possessions
I don't need you to be my possession
And I won't make you kneel
For anyone
But me
I won't promise a star
Don't promise your soul
Well say that we don't believe
And I won't make you kneel
For anyone
But me
I won't promise a star
Don't promise your soul
Well say that we don't believe
We can't haunt this home
Home anymore
No no no no no we can't haunt this home
Home anymore
No no no no no we can't haunt this home
Home anymore
No no no no no we can't haunt this home
Home anymore
No no no no no we can't haunt this home
Home anymore
No no no no no we can't haunt this home
Home anymore
No no no no no
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Wight Spider Lyrics as written by Chris Vrenna Brian Warner
Lyrics © CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC
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Firstly, 'wight' comes from the old english word - 'wicht', which means a supernatural entity (pointed out earlier as a ghost in this case... no the people dancing behind cloths in arma-goddamn etc etc video is no coincidence)... but yeah.. ghost/shadowy remnant/poor reflection of former self. Basically reflected in the end of the song
'we can't haunt this home home anymore no no no no no'
Secondly, 'Wicht' translates in low german to 'girl'. Which is the other dimension of the song and throughout the whole album - the entrapment of relationships, the ability of women to lure and thn consume their partner... hence 'spider' and majority of the lyrics. if you think im wrong, check Mansons artwork, as he has a painting of a spider with a females head.
'smother the past in a cocoon for me'. 'wrap my claws round your mouth tight. we'll consume eachother..etc'
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