The Web Lyrics - Marillion

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 tents 

I'm the soul without the cause 

Crying 'midst my rubber plants 

Ignoring beckoning doors 

Clippings from ancient newspapers 

Lie scattered across the floor 

Stained by the wine from a shattered glass 

Meaningless words 

Yellowed by time 

Faded photos exposing the pain 

Celluloid leeches bleeding my mind 

Christ you've finished playing hangman 

You've cast the fateful dice 

Advice, advice, advice me, this shroud shall 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 friends have qualified 

I only laughed away your tears, but even jesters cry 

But even jesters cry 

I realize I hold the key to freedom 

Ohh 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 

Thus ends the web, the web, the web, the web, the web