Web

©2001 Garrett Clevenger

 

E     Am G E   Help me, I'm stuck in a web.  Gotta get out before I'm dead.

E     Am G E   I was flying peacefully, when suddenly I was snagged.

Am                  Sticky fibers tangle me.  I just want to be set free.  I don't want to die.

            I don't want to die.  I don't want to

E                     die.

E     Am G E   Help me, I'm stuck in a web.  Gotta get out before I'm dead.

 

Help me, I'm stuck in a web.  Gotta get out before I'm dead.

I was flying peacefully, when suddenly I was snagged.

The Spider is coming near.  I do care and I do fear.  I don't want to die. 

I don't want to die.  I don't want to die.

Help me, I'm stuck in a web.  Gotta get out before I'm dead.

 

Help me, I'm stuck in a web.  Gotta get out before I'm dead.

I was flying peacefully, when suddenly I was snagged.

She raises her fangs towards me.  Venom drips so teasingly.  I don't want to die. 

I don't want to die.  So I try to

 

D   push her back with my free hand.  She looks at me and swats my head.

C   A mocking glance.  It knocks me out for a moment 'til I shout,

D  "There's no way I'll be wrapped tight without me putting up a fight.

C  "There's no way I'll be sucked dry, another victim that's gone by."

D   A sacrifice, could that be right?  Oh, woh is me and my plight.

C   How did I find this sticky mess.  I don't want to end up like the rest.

D   It's useless now, I'm completely bound.  She has me wrapped all way around.

C   One quick bite.  One swift inject.  One sharp pain.  One slow

E   death.

 

Help me, I'm stuck in a web.  Gotta get out before I'm dead.

 

E   D   E    Sitting here in suspended animation.

E   D A E  The Spider's venom has paralyzed me.

 

I can't move a leg or an antennae. 

I stare through eyes which cannot close.

 

I'm awake though and know I am trapped

inside a silken casket made for me.

 

The Spider waits so patiently above me.

 She knows I cannot go anywhere.

 

My Mind begins to wander in and out. 

The last sense of freedom that I have.

 

I find my self looking through the Spiders eyes.

I find my self thinking with her Mind.

 

I find my self feeling compassion for my prey. 

I find my self thanking Life for me.

 

I find my self understanding the Balance which occurs

between the predator and the prey.

 

I find my self knowing that the Web in which I'm caught

is a symbol of the Web of Life.