Spider Woman

The speaker describes a powerful attraction that feels both pleasurable and trapping. At first, he stays close to the woman, even though he says he has lost his freedom. A strange dream seems to warn him that someone has reached a breaking point, so he decides to send her away. Yet when she begins to leave, he admits that he loses control. The movement from attachment to attempted rejection, and back toward helplessness, gives the lyrics a conflicted emotional arc.

The “spider woman” and her web suggest a relationship that holds the speaker tightly. Being “chained” in the web is likely figurative: he feels caught by desire or dependence, rather than literally imprisoned. The blind man singing may represent a warning that is difficult to understand clearly. His song’s meaning tells the speaker to find the woman, but the speaker’s actions do not show a simple resolution.

Calling her “good to me” complicates the image of a dangerous spider. The woman may bring pleasure as well as constraint, and the speaker may be unreliable or uncertain about what he wants. His dream could be a genuine warning, a reflection of his own fears, or simply an odd, symbolic image. The ending leaves the conflict unresolved: he tells her to go, but cannot easily let her leave.