David Bowie - Glass Spider lyrics
[David Bowie - Glass Spider lyrics]
Up until one century ago there lived
In the Zi Duang province
Of an eastern country a glass-like spider
Having devoured it's prey
It would drape the skeletons over it's web
In weeks creating a macabre shrine of remains
Its web was also unique
In that it had many layers
Like floors in a building
At the top of this palace-like place
Assembled with almost apparent care
Were tiny, shining objects
Glass, beads, dewdrops
One could almost call it an altar
When the breeze blew
Through this construction
It produced sounds of wailing, crying
Tiny wails, tiny cries
The baby spiders would get scared
And search frantically for their mother
But the glass spider would have long gone
Having known that the babies
Would survive somehow on their own
Oh, the glass spider had blue
Eyes almost like a human's
They shed tears at the wintered
Turn of the centuries
Don't you hear this wasted cry
Life is over you
(Mommy come back because the
Water's all gone)
But you've seen who's in Heaven
Is there anyone in Hell?
Mommy come back because it's dark now
(Oh-hoho oh, Oh-hoho oh)
Take care, take care
(Mommy come back because the
Water's all gone)
Somewhere she glows divine
Somewhere she wakes alone
But you, you've promised in your loving eye
God it's dark now
(Mommy come back because it's dark now)
(Ja ja ja ja ja, Ja ja ja ja ja)
(Ja ja ja ja ja)
Gone, Gone the water's all gone
(Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone)
Stay low on the ground
The fire can drive you, savage and afraid
Spitting the dawn
Come along before the animals awake
(Gone, gone, the water's all gone)
(Mommy come back because it's dark now)
Run, run, we've been moving all night
Rivers to the left
If your mama don't love ya'
Then the riverbed might
Gone, gone, the water's all gone
(Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone)
(Ja ja ja ja ja, Ja ja ja ja ja)
Gone gone the water's all gone
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
Gone gone the water's all gone
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
Gone gone the water's all gone
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
Mommy come back because it's dark now
(Oh-hoho oh, Oh-hoho oh)
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
(Ja ja ja ja ja, Ja ja ja ja ja)
Mommy come back because it's dark now
(Ja ja ja ja ja, Ja ja ja ja ja)
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
(Ja ja ja ja ja, Ja ja ja ja ja)
Mommy come back because it's dark now
(Ja ja ja ja ja, Ja ja ja ja ja)
(Oh-hoho oh, Oh-hoho oh)
In the Zi Duang province
Of an eastern country a glass-like spider
Having devoured it's prey
It would drape the skeletons over it's web
In weeks creating a macabre shrine of remains
Its web was also unique
In that it had many layers
Like floors in a building
At the top of this palace-like place
Assembled with almost apparent care
Were tiny, shining objects
Glass, beads, dewdrops
One could almost call it an altar
When the breeze blew
Through this construction
It produced sounds of wailing, crying
Tiny wails, tiny cries
The baby spiders would get scared
And search frantically for their mother
But the glass spider would have long gone
Having known that the babies
Would survive somehow on their own
Oh, the glass spider had blue
Eyes almost like a human's
They shed tears at the wintered
Turn of the centuries
Don't you hear this wasted cry
Life is over you
(Mommy come back because the
Water's all gone)
But you've seen who's in Heaven
Is there anyone in Hell?
Mommy come back because it's dark now
(Oh-hoho oh, Oh-hoho oh)
Take care, take care
(Mommy come back because the
Water's all gone)
Somewhere she glows divine
Somewhere she wakes alone
But you, you've promised in your loving eye
God it's dark now
(Mommy come back because it's dark now)
(Ja ja ja ja ja, Ja ja ja ja ja)
(Ja ja ja ja ja)
Gone, Gone the water's all gone
(Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone)
Stay low on the ground
The fire can drive you, savage and afraid
Spitting the dawn
Come along before the animals awake
(Gone, gone, the water's all gone)
(Mommy come back because it's dark now)
Run, run, we've been moving all night
Rivers to the left
If your mama don't love ya'
Then the riverbed might
Gone, gone, the water's all gone
(Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone)
(Ja ja ja ja ja, Ja ja ja ja ja)
Gone gone the water's all gone
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
Gone gone the water's all gone
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
Gone gone the water's all gone
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
Mommy come back because it's dark now
(Oh-hoho oh, Oh-hoho oh)
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
(Ja ja ja ja ja, Ja ja ja ja ja)
Mommy come back because it's dark now
(Ja ja ja ja ja, Ja ja ja ja ja)
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
(Ja ja ja ja ja, Ja ja ja ja ja)
Mommy come back because it's dark now
(Ja ja ja ja ja, Ja ja ja ja ja)
(Oh-hoho oh, Oh-hoho oh)