Silver Spiders Hung on a Web

My earrings are gone
The silver spiders hung on a web
They're stranded in your basement
I don't wonder about their placement
But you do, and you've been looking
To toss the final piece of me
That lingers, that's been haunting
Your sweet and solo company

There's dust on the baseboards, and
Silver spiders hung on a web
You feel so lonely
You catch them with a cup, they're better off dead
Don't you know you're still learning?
You're still marking your height on the front yard tree
Don't you know that you're burning
Your fingers still with the lighter you bought me?

It goes by so very slow
But before you know it, you're dead on the floor
Those earrings don't matter that much anymore
You bottled up your crisis
And downed each drop, you drank it all so easily
And licked the bottle clean

This room is empty except
Silver spiders hung on a web
The grass stained kid inside you is screaming
But you don't allow yourself yet
You pretend each part of you
Is a chapter inside a book you loaned to a friend
Instead of reading, you skimmed the table of contents

It goes by so very slow
But before you know it, you're dead on the floor
Those earrings don't matter that much anymore
You bottled up your crisis
And downed each drop, you drank it all so easily
And licked the bottle clean