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  1. So Where Were The Spiders?

From the recording Glass Break Dementia

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<p>Here's me trying to laugh through my anxiety attacks. &nbsp;Most of my immediate family has dealt with anxiety disorders; I've fought them since I was 13. &nbsp;At the most anxious periods in my life, I have experienced hallucinations, many involving spiders. &nbsp;This is not hypnogogic / hypnopompic, which occur during sleep or awakening -- this was during regular daily activities. &nbsp;</p>
<p>During a particularly tough stretch in 2002-2003, I was rather frequently hallucinating that the people around me were turning into person-sized spiders, wearing clothes, often driving oncoming cars. &nbsp;One day after such an episode, Bowie's "Ziggy Stardust" came up on shuffle play, and after David sang the line that became this song's title, I laughed. &nbsp;A lot. &nbsp;For several minutes. &nbsp;Where WEREN'T the spiders? &nbsp;So I started writing a list of where the spiders were.</p>
<p>I wrote the chorus/turnaround in '09 to finish it.</p>

Lyrics

<p>SO WHERE WERE THE SPIDERS?</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>In my chair</p>
<p>In my hair</p>
<p>I see spiders everywhere</p>
<p>On my door-</p>
<p>Knobs and floor</p>
<p>I freak out like a crackwhore</p>
<p>Super-big</p>
<p>Dancing jigs</p>
<p>Even as they write &ldquo;Some Pig&rdquo;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>I don&rsquo;t like the way</p>
<p>They trap their prey</p>
<p>In the webs of lies they say</p>
<p>&lsquo;Cause it reminds me of you&hellip;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>In my place</p>
<p>In my face</p>
<p>On some album art by Space</p>
<p>Drunk in bars</p>
<p>Driving cars</p>
<p>(that&rsquo;s how they got here from Mars)</p>
<p>In my dreams</p>
<p>Sewing seams</p>
<p>Plotting deaths and graves and schemes</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>I don&rsquo;t like the way</p>
<p>They wrap their prey</p>
<p>In the webs of lies they say</p>
<p>&lsquo;Cause it reminds me of you&hellip;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>At the mall</p>
<p>On my wall</p>
<p>Crawling up towards my left ball</p>
<p>On my toe</p>
<p>In my fro</p>
<p>Right by my office window</p>
<p>In my veal</p>
<p>As I squeal</p>
<p>Who cares if they are not real?</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>I don&rsquo;t like the way</p>
<p>They poison their prey</p>
<p>With the venomous lies they say</p>
<p>&lsquo;Cause it reminds me of you&hellip;</p>

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