Modest Mouse
Never Fuck a Spider on the Fly
[Verse 1]
The air is whizzing by, the spider watched us fly
And at best, you could say you were obliged
Well, we sing the spider's song and the words are too, too long
And it scared me just to say I'll carry on, the carrion
It takes a lot of pay-no-mind with your cellular gadgets on
Oh, our lives don't seem to float, you think you know, you just don't know
Why you should never fuck a spider on the fly

[Chorus]
Well, if you fuck a spider on the fly
You're gonna, gonna, gonna get the news
Yeah, there's a lot of webs
Sure, there's enough for you

[Verse 2]
Well, the last thing I could say won't be spoken anyways
And as I got to move
Well, there's a lotta things I shoulda done
I shoulda oughta, probably oughta do

[Chorus]
So you should never fuck a spider on the fly
If you do, you're gonna find out soon
There's still some web for you
What you gonna do?
[Post-Chorus]
It doesn't matter what they don't know
They really, really want you to know
So they'll tap, tap, tap no matter where you go, oh
Peeping Toms at every window
Dangling a leash for your throat
Peeping and tapping, looking into every single window

[Verse 3]
Oh, and I don't care for politics and it doesn't care for me
I don't like being watched by the TV
Well, there's a lot of news, a lot of news, a lot of news, a lot of news
And it all works as a web for you

[Chorus]
Well, you should never fuck a spider on the fly
If you really, really want to move
'Cause we're all food
And there's the web for you

Well, if you fuck a spider on the fly
You're gonna, gonna, gonna get the news
There's a lot of webs
Yeah, there's a web for you

[Post-Chorus]
Peeping Toms at every window
Dangling a leash for your throat
Peeping and smudging, looking into every window, oh
It doesn't matter what they don't know
They really, really want you to know
So they'll tap, tap, tap, tap, tap on every window, oh
[Verse 4]
They zoom in, you can't zoom out, oh, your head's my house now
I live in every corner of your mind, I ain't coming out
I have a lot to do
To become you
Well, I ain't taking orders, but they're still givin' them out
I'm lost over international waters in the cloud
And I got, got, got, got, got, got, got some news

[Chorus]
Well, you should never fuck a spider on the fly
If you really, really want to move
There's a lot of webs
And there's a web for you

Well, if you fuck a spider on the fly
You're gonna, gonna, gonna get the news
There's a lot of webs
Yeah, there's a web for you