Come Away With Me
-Darling, why won’t you love me? asked the spiderlike thing
Little girl, creep away, creep away
-Come closer, darling dear, said the spiderlike thing.
Little girl, run away, run away.
-I don’t love you, I don’t want you, go away, go away.
Little girl, keep to the shadows, stay away, stay away
Little girl, she’s coming close-
-Darling dear, darling dear
Little girl, this is no dream
-Why won’t you love me, my sweet? Come here, come here
Stumble through the whirling spiderwebs
Running here, falling there
Forget the perfect smiling face
Forget the spider’s cold embrace
Run away, run away!
-Don’t leave me here, stay with me, stay with me
Don’t you want to play with me, play with me?
Snap! the pincers tear to shreds
Shriek goes the spiderlike thing, her webs break away, break away-
-Come to me, come to me, sings the spiderlike thing
Scuttle here, silence there
(Oh will you walk into my parlor
said the spider to the fly)
She sings to you her mother’s love song
Steal away, steal away
(lalalalala, love me with all your heart
Love me like a dream
Love me like a star)
-It’s the oldest song, my love, don’t you want to hear?
Darling come back to me, I have the perfect game to play
She licks her lips, that perfect human face
Left to rot on a spider-skeleton frame
-Where have you gone to hide, my darling dear?
You’ve gone astray, gone astray
Hush, little girl, sing to me, sing to me
Hush, little girl, oh she’s gone and hid, naughtily, naughtily
(come out come out wherever you are)
Older than her mother’s love song
(come out come out wherever you are)
Scuttle here, silence there
-Wherever you are love, come away, come away
Soothing, lulling, darling dear
Walk away, walk away
-I love you, sweet, play with me, stay with me.
Little girl, oh run away.