It seems the “spider” is a metaphor for a wedge–an affair, a glaring problem, or something else–that caused the singer’s relationship with the “lady” to end.
Portner describes the “Spider” walking up and down his leg, sitting next to him, and never being able to forget its voice or forget “it” in g...
A lady
A lady
A lady
Saw what I one day
This life I won't forget
His voice I won't forget
Came up and down my leg
Sat right next to me
Say it I'm now
That you I love you can't forget
Those things you can't forget
So you think about it on your way
She had the darkest way
Sat right down next to me
So fast it's gone away
While you're out there on your way
Do you think about a way?
I hope you don't feel these things
There's something in my way
'Cause all damn day
Did I not know?
[Lost open eyes think I'll go]
Those things for days
Sometimes I wish I didn't know
Spider bit our lady
I feel it in my bones
Spider bit my lady
Spider bit our lady
Spider bit our lady
Spider bit our lady
I don't feel alone
I was fine until the day when the spider bit our lady
I was fine until the day when the spider bit our lady
A lady
A lady
A lady
A lady
A lady
Animal Collective released Spider Bit My Lady on Fri Mar 16 2018.