Album: Disintegration (1989)

Charted: 5 74

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• On candy stripe 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 realize 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 Writer/s: ROBERT JAMES SMITH, SIMON GALLUP, ROGER O'DONNELL, PORL THOMPSON, LAURENCE ANDREW TOLHURST, BORIS WILLIAMS
  Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group, Songtrust Ave, BMG Rights Management
  Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 25

• Twistedraven from Tucson, AzWhat if the song portrayed how he felt about women throwing themselves at him as a rock star... feeling like he has to let them, but feeling dirty about each encounter Because they didn't care about him, they only enjoyed the idea of sleeping with the Robert Smith
• Stacy Stark from Lander WyomingLove the cure. Love this. His dad told him a story to make him sleep and this from that.
• Olivia Chase from UtahAnd also it says "struggle like that and I'll only love you more" and how Spier Man's tongue was in his face... Sounds like child molestation to me.
• Olivia Chase from UtahI think it's about child molestation because it says "Spider man is always hungry" like he does it a lot. And how it talks about the spider luring the fly into its web. Like an adult persuading a child to come to him so he can molest them. I don't know, that was just what I got from the song.
• Cristina from Santiago, ChileThe title itself suggests it.
• Cristina from Santiago, ChileI agree the song seems to be about child abuse. Seems fairly clear from the lyrics. Brilliant song btw.
• Peedj from Barrie, OnThe story I got (from my parents who are die hard cure fans) is its about a dude who used to molest children. He crawled in to through windows at night and the media dubbed him "Spiderman."
• David from Tucson, AzI really believe this song is about child molestation
  sad, but true
  "I feel like I'm being eaten by a thousand,million shivering furry holes" that line suggests being kissed all over by a bearded man
  "come into my parlour, said the spider to the fly, I have something....."
  that line is the way an adult would lure a child somewhere with the promise of something like a toy or candy
• Austin from Smallsville,new England, --I rember seeing this on mtv around 2007. The creepy vibe of the song was made even wierder by that video.
• Tim from Linkoping, SwedenI agree, it certainly seems to be about child abuse. Didn't know Plant was a Cure-fan. Cool.
• Ben from Gosford, AustraliaI like this song, it's very odd-sounding. I'm surprised it charted as well as it did. First time I heard this song was in 1990, it was on 'What a Year' playing in the background of the footage of THAT student standing in front of the tanks in Tianammen Square, and it was in an episode of 'Cold Case' that was set in 1990, but after all these years I only today found out it was a Cure song!
• Chuck from Nanaimo, Bcits about being addicted to drugs its cool hows its writtin spider and the fly style
• Hannah from Hampshire, EnglandI think this song is about child abuse as well. Some one is creeping into your room like a nightmare except it's real
• Emma from San Deigo, Cai love this song and the cure!
  so yeah now it makes sense why is says "spiderman is having you for dinner tonight"
• Paul Marlo from Perth, Australiaa masterpiece!
• Shane from Perth, Wayerr page's guitar skills in this song are amazing
  and plants incredable vocal skills melt into this song perfectly
• Jim from Dayton, OhJimmy Page and Robert Plant played this often during their mid-90's tours. Plant referred to The Cure as "one of the most underrated rock bands to come out of England,".
  
  Incidentally, the Page/Plant touring band included ex-Cure guitarist Porl Thompson who played the familiar opening notes to this song.
• K from Victorville, CaThis song was based on the poem "The Spider And The Fly" by Mary Howitt. It seems Robert Smith is often inspired by literature.
• Bridgett from Fort Worth, TxThis is a great song. I love the use of the more classic instruments in this song.
• Maxime from Wetteren, BelgiumI'm also thinking its about child abuse....
  Its about a person, wich he is afraid of, creeping to his bed, and touching him in ways he doesnt like, nightmares.
  The line "dont strugle like that or I will only love you more", made me even more think that ...
  For me, its totally about a dark person creeping into your bedroom at night, as your a kid, and who touches you, creeps, hurts, a true nightmare...
• Rachel from London, EnglandFor me, it represents a deeper fear or pain, which never seems to go away. "the spiderman is always hungry".
• Peter from Fort Worth, Txthis video has robert smith looking almost dead and really creepy...
• Jebus from London, EnglandI always thought this song was about child abuse. i mean the line "dont strugle like that i will only love you more", the whole song seems to be about it. well thats how i persived it.
• Charlotte Smith from El Paso, Txsomeone gave robert a shock when he was young, and scared him about his 'nightmares.'
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Ak from Reston, Valol this song is kinda creepy. but its still fun

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