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On candystripe legs the spiderman comes
Softly through the shadow of the evening sun
Stealing past the windows of the blissfully dead
Looking for the victim shivering in bed
Searching out fear in the gathering gloom and
Suddenly!
A movement in the corner of the room!
And there is nothing I can do
When I realise with fright
That the spiderman is having me for dinner tonight!
Quietly he laughs and shaking his head
Creeps closer now
Closer to the foot of the bed
And softer than shadow and quicker than flies
His arms are all around me and his tongue in my eyes
"Be still be calm be quiet now my precious boy
Don't struggle like that or I will only love you more
For it's much too late to get away or turn on the light
The spiderman is having you for dinner tonight"
And I feel like I'm being eaten
By a thousand million shivering furry holes
And I know that in the morning I will wake up
In the shivering cold
And the spiderman is always hungry...
On candystripe legs the spiderman comes
Softly through the shadow of the evening sun
Stealing past the windows of the blissfully dead
Looking for the victim shivering in bed
Searching out fear in the gathering gloom and
Suddenly!
A movement in the corner of the room!
And there is nothing I can do
When I realise with fright
That the spiderman is having me for dinner tonight!
Quietly he laughs and shaking his head
Creeps closer now
Closer to the foot of the bed
And softer than shadow and quicker than flies
His arms are all around me and his tongue in my eyes
"Be still be calm be quiet now my precious boy
Don't struggle like that or I will only love you more
For it's much too late to get away or turn on the light
The spiderman is having you for dinner tonight"
And I feel like I'm being eaten
By a thousand million shivering furry holes
And I know that in the morning I will wake up
In the shivering cold
And the spiderman is always hungry...
| Clark_Novato (Novato, CA) | Posted: Mar 04, 2013 - 10:03 This version of this song is on my desert island connection. The EP version puts my into such a grounded groove. It's also great for making love. I don't even know what the words say. |
| lexica (Oaktown, 510) | Posted: Dec 31, 2012 - 18:05 The longer this goes on, the less I like it. The original was so good. This just seems like much of a muchness. |
| walchenbach (Puget Sound) | Posted: Dec 31, 2012 - 18:03 i going against the trend; i really like this longer version! |
| TheVinylHausMaus | Posted: Aug 28, 2012 - 01:03 Agree. Play the original. |
| FuryQuaker (Denmark) | Posted: Aug 28, 2012 - 01:03 djengs wrote: The original is better. This really does not add much, except cowbell. Which is AWESOME!!!  |
| djengs | Posted: May 25, 2012 - 08:20 The original is better. This really does not add much, except cowbell. |
| Proclivities (Carrboro, NC) | Posted: May 25, 2012 - 08:19 drife wrote: I frequently dream of being eaten by giant spiders.  |
| Blastcat900 (Neither here nor there) | Posted: Apr 07, 2012 - 17:55 This completely deadens me. If, perhaps I were drunk and this was played extra loud, but no, all music sounds better when drunk and extra loud. BLEH bleh bleh bleh |
| Jazzerguy | Posted: Apr 07, 2012 - 17:53 Always loved this song. Never heard this version. Used to play it for visiting children on Halloween |
| musickat (Lake of the Ozarks) | Posted: Mar 22, 2012 - 21:45 ckcotton wrote: Lullaby for sure.... falling asleeeeeeeeppppp zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz........... Makes me want to move..... |
| ckcotton (Adding snarky comments since 2007) | Posted: Jan 19, 2012 - 10:18 Lullaby for sure.... falling asleeeeeeeeppppp zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz........... |
| aspicer (Chicago, IL) | Posted: Jan 03, 2012 - 14:18 Interesting, but I don't think it compares to the original, which is more layered, interesting, and compelling to my ears... |
| shellbella (so california) | Posted: Jan 03, 2012 - 14:13 Luv it !!!!!!  |
| cohifi (Denver) | Posted: Dec 02, 2011 - 19:53 Remixes are good, too ! |
| TerryS (Another SW) | Posted: Dec 02, 2011 - 19:48 F*ckin' long innit? |
| Alexandra (Here and Now) | Posted: Sep 30, 2011 - 11:41 Good luck making the R&R Hall of Fame, Cure!!! |
| tompoll (Seattle WA USA) | Posted: Jul 29, 2011 - 16:40 Awful electronic snare clunk is giving me a headache. |
| salzburg4321 (Salzburg, Austria) | Posted: Jun 28, 2011 - 06:52 ME LIKE! Very nice groove... |
| frank-peter (Siegen / Germany) | Posted: Apr 10, 2011 - 06:31 Much better than the originalversion! Good groove in this. |
| Shimmer (Bethesda, MD) | Posted: Mar 25, 2011 - 11:53 The original version of this song is OK (not great), but stretching it out this long really gets tiresome. |
| Tippster (Washington, DC) | Posted: Mar 09, 2011 - 18:16 His arms are around me.... ...and his tongue in my eyes! |
| hippiechick (topsy turvy land) | Posted: Jan 21, 2011 - 18:45 First Cure song I ever heard and it blew me away! |
| Jeff09 (Gainesville, Florida) | Posted: Nov 19, 2010 - 17:44 Netto wrote: I'm too. But I love this album because «Mixed Up» first I've heard from Cure. Same here...my first encounter with the music, so naturally, my favorite. |
| Jeff09 (Gainesville, Florida) | Posted: Nov 19, 2010 - 17:42 drife wrote: I frequently dream of being eaten by giant spiders. you guys are crackin' me up... |
| TomJB (Madison, WI) | Posted: Nov 19, 2010 - 16:18 You can hear "the original" anywhere, cant here this one anywhere else - thanks Bill!  |
| Netto (Khimki, Russia) | Posted: Nov 19, 2010 - 16:17 tutakea wrote: i like the original much better. still a good song... I'm too. But I love this album because «Mixed Up» first I've heard from Cure. |
| drife (Golden, CO) | Posted: Nov 19, 2010 - 16:14 I frequently dream of being eaten by giant spiders. |
| Jeff09 (Gainesville, Florida) | Posted: Nov 19, 2010 - 16:13 ydorsouroti wrote: Soft porn soundtrack lol... |
| TerryS (The other SW) | Posted: Nov 03, 2010 - 19:32 Still a good road song......the extended version gets you closer to your destination. |
| fls (The Netherlands) | Posted: Aug 16, 2010 - 05:50 Bill, please play the original. This is not a bad remix, but I like the original one much better. And while you changing it to the original, add the kyoto song to the list! |
| tutakea | Posted: Jul 31, 2010 - 04:29 i like the original much better. still a good song... |
| fingerpin (OhiO) | Posted: Jul 15, 2010 - 08:21  |
| j2e1n9 (23221) | Posted: Jul 15, 2010 - 08:16 Yay! My favorite Cure song and this is a really neat version  |
| Lrobby99 (Wisconsin, USA) | Posted: May 28, 2010 - 11:36 Make the bad man stop! |
| PeteyGreens (Frederick, MD) | Posted: May 28, 2010 - 11:31 I've been Cured!! I'm dancing!!! |
| nate917 (2,815 miles from home) | Posted: Mar 10, 2010 - 09:08 ziggytrix wrote: i'm sure they're both synths. the deeper one might even be the same track instrument pitched down several octaves since it plays as the rhythm notes to the triangle fills. sorry if that doesn't make any sense, i'm a total noob at production mixing. :P Probably a single synth, like a Motif, doing a basic loop with a couple of percussion samples. You hear the same thing on Tears for Fears' "Shout," which likewise incorporates a triangle sample into its percussion loop. |
| Valley_Boy (Wisconsin: Smell our DairyAir) | Posted: Mar 10, 2010 - 09:01 Lrobby99 wrote: annoying. I agee. I thought it would never end. |
| Lrobby99 (Wisconsin, USA) | Posted: Mar 10, 2010 - 08:56 annoying. |
| Stefen (West Hollywood, CA) | Posted: Feb 22, 2010 - 14:14 A rare song by The Cure that I like. |
| cvandoren (Albany, NY) | Posted: Feb 06, 2010 - 20:33 I LOVE the Cure, but WHY THE HE11 does RP keep playing this mix of this song? It is in the regular rotation, but they don't even play the original version? I hear this song more often than any other cure song on RP!!! How much does that suck? Almost as much as this mix...  |
| ydorsouroti (thessaloniki greece) | Posted: Jan 22, 2010 - 03:59 Soft porn soundtrack |
| ziggytrix (Dallas, TX) | Posted: Jan 06, 2010 - 10:05 spraehbuer wrote: also think it's a triangle. the other one is a cowbell i'm sure they're both synths. the deeper one might even be the same track instrument pitched down several octaves since it plays as the rhythm notes to the triangle fills. sorry if that doesn't make any sense, i'm a total noob at production mixing. :P |
| daveesh (birthplace of the american revolution) | Posted: Jan 06, 2010 - 10:03 the clanging has now gone beyond irritating... |
| hunthunthunt (London) | Posted: Jan 06, 2010 - 10:01 Love the cure, love this album, love this song :) |
| linzie | Posted: Dec 21, 2009 - 18:13 great song—stop being so picky... |
| martinc (Ottawa Canada) | Posted: Nov 20, 2009 - 08:00 What's the story behind the lead singer's stage persona? Too much KISS as a kid? Or did acid while watching the movie Beetlejuice? |
| Felix_The_Cat (Buenos Aires, Argentina) | Posted: Sep 02, 2009 - 14:50 WayUpNorth wrote:  SOB  |
| AdyMiles (Wolverhampton, UK) | Posted: Sep 02, 2009 - 14:47 i quite like some of the Cure, but this sucks |
| oldman (Lost in Northern Virginia) | Posted: Aug 17, 2009 - 19:52 WayUpNorth wrote: Now I won't be able to sleep tonite  |
| WayUpNorth (Mt. Katahdin) | Posted: Jul 01, 2009 - 08:19 |
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