This is the acoustic version of one of my songs. It tells a true story of a spider that I once met. This was the fastest song I have ever written; it was finished within half an hour though the spider hung about being spidery for a matter of days. Before dissapearing that is, as I remember it the web stayed a while longer and then was gone also. He was a nice spider.
I saw a spider at my window
I tried to leave, but I couldn't go
All I could do is stop and stare
As he pulled his throne out of the air
And after a while he stopped to wait
I tried to leave but it was fair to late
I find it odd but I can't despise
Such a beautiful creature amid his web of lies
He spoke to me and said he's watching the world as he hides
Deep at the front of his web of lies
But what does he see, what does he hear,
What does he do when he catches fear?
And as I watched he caught a bee
But he just waited a while and then he set it free (True!)
I want to know what's in his mind
Is it odd that for our kinds?
He spoke to me and said he's watching the world as he hides
Deep at the front of his web of lies
But what does he see, what does he hear,
What does he do when he catches fear?
What would you do?
Anansi spoke to me,
He said what would you do?
What would you do?
As a note, Anansi is a well known spider from West African traditional stories. He himself was synonymous with skill and wisdom in speech. Anansi came to occour in many other cultures subsequently.
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