Lullaby
The Cure敵 Lyrics

On candy stripe legs the Spiderman comes
The Spiderman approaches with a peculiar gait

Softly through the shadow of the evening sun
The Spiderman moves quietly through the dimly lit environment

Stealing past the windows of the blissfully dead
The Spiderman passes unnoticed by the contented and happy people sleeping soundly inside their homes

Looking for the victim shivering in bed
The Spiderman is in search of a trembling prey that is afraid of him and defenseless in its bed

Searching out fear in the gathering gloom and
The Spiderman seeks to find terror amidst the dark atmosphere

Suddenly
The events happen unexpectedly

A movement in the corner of the room
There is a disturbance in the room

And there is nothing I can do
The artist feels powerless

When I realize with fright
The artist has a scary epiphany

That the Spiderman is having me for dinner tonight
The Spiderman is going to devour the artist

Quietly he laughs and shaking his head
The Spiderman chuckles silently while shaking his head

Creeps closer now
The Spiderman approaches quietly and slowly

Closer to the foot of the bed
The Spiderman moves nearer to the bottom of the bed

And softer than shadow and quicker than flies
The Spiderman becomes almost invisible as he moves with incredible speed

His arms are all around me and his tongue in my eyes
The Spiderman closes in tight around the singer and invades his personal space

Be still be calm be quiet now my precious boy
The Spiderman gives the artist calming instructions to keep him from struggling

Don't struggle like that or I will only love you more
The Spiderman enjoys the feeling of power over his victim

For it's much too late to get away or turn on the light
The singer has no chance of escaping or averting the danger

The Spiderman is having you for dinner tonight
Reiterated again with a tone of finality, indicating that the singer is doomed to suffer

And I feel like I'm being eaten
The artist feels as if he is being consumed

By a thousand million shivering furry holes
The imagery suggests that the artist is being consumed by millions of tiny creatures

And I know that in the morning I will wake up
The artist is aware that he may not survive the ordeal

In the shivering cold
The singer will wake up feeling cold and afraid

And the Spiderman is always hungry
The song ends with the chilling reminder that no one is safe from the Spiderman's hunger