The Web Lyrics

The rain auditions at my window Its symphony echoes in my womb My gaze scans the walls of this apartment To rectify the confines of my tomb
I'm the cyclops in the tenement I'm the soul without the cause Crying midst my rubber plants Ignoring beckoning doors
Clippings from ancient newspapers Lie scattered cross the floor Stained by the wine from a shattered glass
Meaningless words, yellowed by time Faded photos exposing pain Celluloid leeches bleeding my mind Christ, you've finished playing hangman You've cast the fateful dice
Advice, advice, advice me This shroud will not suffice And thus begins the web
Attempting to discard these clinging memories I only serve to wallow in our past I fabricate the weave with my excuses It's strands, I hope and pray shall last Oh please do last, oh please do last
The fly trap needs the insects Ivy caresses the wall Needles make love to the junkies The sirens seduce with their call
Confidence has deserted me With you it has forsaken me Confused and rejected, despised and alone I kiss isolation on its fevered brow
Security, clutching me Obscurity, threatening me Christ, your reasons were so obvious As my friend have qualified
I only laughed away your tears But even jesters cry But even jesters cry
I realize, I hold the key to freedom Oh, I cannot let my life be ruled by threads The time has come to make decisions The changes have to be made
I realize, I hold the key to freedom I cannot let my life be ruled by threads The time has come to make decisions The changes have to be made
Now I leave you, the past does have its say You're all but forgotten, a mote in my heart Decisions have been made They've been made, they've been made
Decisions have been made I've conquered my fears, all my fears The flaming shroud, the flaming shroud Must edge the web The web, the web, the web