Question:
"Said the Spider to the fly"- what is this quote from?
anonymous
19 years ago
What does it mean, Man??
Three answers:
anonymous
19 years ago
come into my parlour said the spider to the fly !!!!!! my mum tells me its to do with sex !! lol be wary of the female offering kindness xxx she might eat ya !! lol x but to be honest im stumped it makes no sence to me either great question though xxx
mom2trinityj
19 years ago
That line/lyric has been in a couple of songs that I know of --



The Cure's Lullaby

(I spy something beginning with S...)



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

And 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 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

But 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



The spiderman is always hungry...



(Come into my parlour, said the spider to the fly

I have something...)



Song #2

Said the Spider to the Fly

The Paper Chase

(Entry number one, I still hear the boots in the hallway)



Spider:

I want your head.

I want your wicked parts.

I want to wring out your evil thoughts.

I want to eat out your bitter heart.

I want your soul to sing six words harmony

Of all the pigs that might tempt me.

I know you're sick alone and I’m telling everyone everything.

So scratch it on the wall of your coffin on your sick day home:

"And when your lover loves to cheat there's another you can meet

It’s a short pier, it's a long walk home"

You gotta show me where it hurts,

There’s a beast and a burden

Kicking, spitting on your bathroom floor.

This is your life this is your life and

When I’m done it's over just a little bit more.



Good things die all the time,

So God bless your heart, vengeance is mine.

"Kiss me like you mean goodbye," said the spider to the fly.

All those times you thought that you were wrong, you were right.





Fly:

So if I fight the good fight will hairlines recede?

Will lines deepen in face to craft a look of defeat?

I feel the end is near my little Monday night whore,

My little Saturday night became a Sunday remorse.

And it's all over America,

God bless the game show heathens.

This is your life, this is your life,

And at last my good friend we are even.

I know I’ll never lose an arm, never stay up staring at the phone.

If I ever rot up with disease don't you bury me and leave,

Don’t you leave me in the ground alone.

You gotta show me where it hurts, never cremate me to burn,

Never chop me up and throw me to sea.

You’ll never have to find the words they come out spilling unrehearsed,

But you and I will never find that peace.



Good things die all the time,

God bless your heart, vengeance is mine.

"Kiss me like you mean goodbye," said the spider to the fly.

When all those times you thought that you were wrong, you were right.
anonymous
19 years ago
I found this on the internet. I hope it helps you: "Will you walk into my parlor?" said the spider to the fly... (from The Spider and the Fly, 1834) "

Mary Howitt , English poet


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