Black Widow
Susanne Sundfør Lyrics
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I lay all my eggs in your eye
I'd kill all my darlings for you, my love
If only you would stay one more night
I do not know why you love me so
I'm floating through your veins
I sway you in a silken shroud
The lyrics to Susanne Sundfø;r's song Black Widow depict a complex and intense relationship between two lovers. The singer identifies herself as the black widow, alluding to the venomous spider known for consuming its mate after copulation. The black widow lays her eggs in the eye of her lover, a symbolic gesture that suggests leaving a permanent mark on the beloved. The singer seems willing to do anything for her love, including killing her own darlings, indicating that she is willing to make great sacrifices for her lover's affection. However, the love is not reciprocal, and the singer is seemingly insecure about why her lover loves her, admitting this in the second verse of the song. The singer describes herself as being like silk, soothing and enfolding her lover, but ultimately intending to consume his heart.
The song is a meditation on the nature of toxic love, obsession, and self-sacrifice. It highlights the desire to possess someone entirely, even if it means giving up everything for the beloved. The singer's duality is highlighted by the choice of the black widow spider, which is both associated with death and birth. Ultimately, the song suggests that love can be dangerous and consuming, leading to the destruction of oneself and the beloved.
Line by Line Meaning
I am your black widow
I am the dangerous and toxic love in your life that will ultimately lead to your demise.
I lay all my eggs in your eye
I am planting seeds of destruction in your mind, influencing your thoughts and actions to ultimately serve my own desires.
I'd kill all my darlings for you, my love
I am willing to sacrifice everything and everyone in my life for your love, even if it means causing harm and destruction.
If only you would stay one more night
I am willing to do whatever it takes to keep you in my life, even if it means begging for your attention and affection.
I do not know why you love me so
I am unable to understand why you continue to love me despite the harm that I bring to your life.
I'm floating through your veins
My toxic love is infecting every aspect of your life and taking control of your thoughts and emotions.
I sway you in a silken shroud
I am using my charm and manipulation to wrap you up in my web of deceit and control.
In the end I'm going to swallow your heart
My ultimate goal is to consume you completely, taking away your identity and leaving you completely under my control.
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Purple pavements
Crooked fingers knocking on windows without souls
Bodies are swinging from rooftops and poles
Howling through hollows
Restless nights in one night cheap hotels
Oh, I'm only drifting to always come back
And I search for something
Oh, whatever I don't really care
Driving with their lights off they can be anywhere
Rolling down their windows
Open car with open mouths
Golden teeth and golden cards
You cover your eyes, you cover your mouth, you cover your ears
Still you follow my trail
I'll do it all, I'll do whatever you say, God has left me anyway
Lava laiden pavements
Stars with stains and the heaven and afterglow
Beneath the ashes our echoes are buried alive
They are howling through hollows
Once we've shared their temple of halls
Now our heads are hung up on walls
We are ruins within ruins
On every corner a gladiator is begging for another century
When no one cut your tongue to know nothing and to know it all
To be both the animal and god
You cover your eyes, you cover your mouth, you cover your ears
Still you follow our trail
We'll do it all, we'll do whatever you say, God has left us anyway
You cover your eyes, you cover your mouth, you cover your ears
Still you follow our trail
We'll do it all, we'll do whatever you say, God has left us anyway
There are echoes in the garden is anybody listening
There are echoes lost in the garden is anybody listening
They whisper:
The ones who are only living are the ones who are only dying
@Madsa86
Susanne Sundfør - The Brothel
Purple pavements
Crooked fingers knocking on windows without souls
Bodies are swinging
From rooftops and poles
Howling through hollows
Restless nights in one-night cheap hotels
Oh, am I only drifting
To always come back
Now I search for something
Oh, whatever, I don't really care
Driving with their lights off
They can be anywhere
Rolling down their windows
Open cardoors, open mouths
Golden teeth and golden cards
(You cover your eyes
You cover your mouth
You cover your ears)
Still you follow my trail
(I'll do it all
I'll do whatever you say)
God has left me anyway
Lava-laden pavements
Stars with stains
Heaven and afterglow
Beneath these ashes are echoes
Buried alive
They are howling through hollows
Once we shared their temple halls
Now our heads are
Hung up on walls
We are ruins within ruins
On every corner a gladiator
Is begging for another century
When no one cut your tounge
To know nothing and to know it all
To be both the animal and the God
(You cover your eyes
You cover your mouth
You cover your ears)
Still you follow our trail
(We'll do it all
We'll do whatever you say)
God has left us anyway
(You cover your eyes
You cover your mouth
You cover your ears)
Still you follow our trail
(We'll do it all
We'll do whatever you say)
God has left us anyway
There are echoes in the garden
Is anybody listening?
There are echoes lost in the garden
Is anybody listening?
They whisper:
"The ones who are only living
Are the ones who are only dying"
@lysy540
Wow, I was in Norway during the last week of July, in Stavanger, and one evening this song was played. I froze, it embraced me with all of its beauty. It felt celestial. I turned on my camera on the spot and started recording. It's been more than three months now and I've finally found it!!!
@wuwu01
And 11 years later I'm finding this comment. Cheers man!
@Netmould
Going here regularly since 2012, this song is truly timeless. Its hauntingly, impossibly, bitterly beautiful...
I really want YouTube algorithm to pick up this song and recommend it to people.
@leod2408
9 years since the release and still one of the most beautiful songs ever written!
@MatthewLee90
I know right... It's such a shame these sort songs aren't dominating the hits chart. Such a shame.
@NATY-vk6jw
10 years 😁
@leod2408
@@NATY-vk6jw yepp .. 9 when i wrote the comment ! Take care
@alexanderschafer9175
Yeah, think so, too ❤️🙏
@catspaw72
Ifeel it too... Timeless piece
@mariakinnunen2284
"The ones who are only living are the ones who are only dying."
Susanne, I love your music. What a poet you are!