It's a terrible love and I'm walking with spiders
It's a terrible love and I'm walkin' in
its quiet company (etc with minor variations)
And I can't fall asleep without a little help
It takes a lot to settle down
I sailed a boat into the past except
It takes an ocean not to break
But I won't
follow you into the rabbit hole
And I said I would
but then I saw
your skin and bones
they didn't want me to
Like So Far Around The Bend, it's about watching people you love lost in self destruction. Spiders catch prey in webs. So, whatever he's taking to sleep, it's bringing him close to the edge and whoever he's singing about is already too far around the bend. He's always talking about the edge of temptation, the tipping point of personal wholeness. Actually, it's a lot like Achtung Baby era Bono.
It's a terrible love and I'm walking with spiders It's a terrible love and I'm walkin' in its quiet company (etc with minor variations)
And I can't fall asleep without a little help It takes a lot to settle down I sailed a boat into the past except It takes an ocean not to break
But I won't follow you into the rabbit hole And I said I would but then I saw your skin and bones they didn't want me to
Like So Far Around The Bend, it's about watching people you love lost in self destruction. Spiders catch prey in webs. So, whatever he's taking to sleep, it's bringing him close to the edge and whoever he's singing about is already too far around the bend. He's always talking about the edge of temptation, the tipping point of personal wholeness. Actually, it's a lot like Achtung Baby era Bono.
All I can say in my defense is that I was transcribing from an mp3 of the Jimmy Fallon show performance.
All I can say in my defense is that I was transcribing from an mp3 of the Jimmy Fallon show performance.