Glass Spider [Bowie]

Up until one century ago, there lived
In the Zi Duang province of Eastern country
A glass-like spider
Having devoured its prey, it would drape the skeletons over its web
In weeks creating a macabre shrine of remains
Its web was also unique in that it had many layers
Like floors of a building

At the top of this palace-like place
Assembled with almost apparent care, were tiny shining objects
Glass, beads, dew-drops
One could almost call it an altar
When the breeze blew through this construction
It produced sounds of wailing, crying
Tiny wails, tiny cries

The baby spiders would get scared
And search frantically for their mother
But the glass spider would have long gone
Having known that the babies would survive somehow on their own
Oh, the glass spider had blue eyes almost like a human's
They shed tears at the wintered turn of the centuries

Don't you hear this wasted cry?
Life is over you
(Mommy, come back 'cause the water's all gone)
But you've seen who's in Heaven
Is there anyone in Hell?
(Mommy, come back 'cause it's dark now)

Ah, ah, ah, ah
Ah, ah, ah, ah

Take care, take care
(Mommy, come back 'cause the water's all gone)
Somewhere she glows divine, somewhere she wakes alone
But you, you've promised in your loving eye, God, it's dark now
(Mommy, come back 'cause it's dark now)

Ja, ja, ja, ja, ja
Ja, ja, ja, ja, ja
Ja, ja, ja, ja, ja

Gone, gone, the water's all gone
(Mommy, come back 'cause the water's all gone)
Stay low on the ground, my fire can drive 'ya, savage and afraid
Spitting at the dawn, come along before the animals awake
(Gone, gone, the water's all gone

Mommy, come back 'cause it's dark now)

Run, run, moving all night, river's to the left
If your mama don't love 'ya, the riverbed might
Gone, gone, the water's all gone

(Mommy, come back 'cause the water's all gone)

Ja, ja, ja, ja, ja
Ja, ja, ja, ja, ja
Ja, ja, ja, ja, ja

Gone, gone, the water's all gone
Mommy, come back 'cause the water's all gone

Gone, gone, the water's all gone
Mommy, come back 'cause the water's all gone

Gone, gone, the water's all gone
Mommy, come back 'cause the water's all gone

Mommy, come back 'cause it's dark now
Ah, ah, ah, ah
Ah, ah, ah, ah

Mommy, come back 'cause the water's all gone
Ja, ja, ja, ja, ja
Ja, ja, ja, ja, ja

Mommy, come back 'cause it's dark now
Ja, ja, ja, ja, ja
Ja, ja, ja, ja, ja

Mommy, come back 'cause the water's all gone
Ja, ja, ja, ja, ja
Ja, ja, ja, ja, ja

Mommy, come back 'cause it's dark now
Ah, ah, ah, ah
Ah, ah, ah, ah