Lullaby

Lullaby" is a 1989 single by The Cure from their album Disintegration. The song is the most successful single by the band, reaching number five in their home country of the UK, and the music video won the 1990 Best British Video at the 1990 Brit Awards. Background The meaning of "Lullaby" has been speculated by fans, including as a metaphor for addiction or for depression, and Smith has offered multiple, different explanations as to its theme or content. Tim Pope, a long-time collaborator of The Cure on many of its music videos, reported that "Lullaby" was, in fact, an allegory for lead singer Robert Smith's druggy past. Music video The music video for "Lullaby" was filmed at a sound stage in London, England. It features Robert in bed, in a dream sequence, and the rest of the band playing tin soldiers who sporadically appear throughout the music video for a few seconds. The music video, during which Smith plays both the cannibalistic "spiderman" mentioned in the lyrics (which does not refer to the similarly-named Marvel Comics superhero) and his intended victim, concludes with Smith being swallowed by what appears to be a giant spider. The music video, directed by Tim Pope and edited by Peter Goddard won Best Video at the 1990 Brit Awards. Reception Upon its release, "Lullaby" became The Cure's highest charting hit in their home country when it reached number five; in fact, it remains their only single to reach the Top 5 in the UK Released-10 April 1989 Format-7", 12" Genre-Alternative rock, dark wave, gothic rock Length-4:10 Label-Fiction Records Producer(s)-Robert Smith, Dave Allen <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/The+Cure/_/Lullaby">Read more on Last.fm</a>. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

[Intro] I spy with the corner of my little eye Something beginning with "S" [Verse 1] On candy-stripe legs the spiderman comes Softly through the shadow of the evening sun Stealing past the windows of the blissfully dead Looking for the victim shivering in bed Searching out fear in the gathering gloom And suddenly a movement in the corner of the room And there is nothing I can do when I realise with fright That the spiderman is having me for dinner tonight [Verse 2] Quietly he laughs and shaking his head Creeps closer now, closer to the foot of the bed And softer than shadow and quicker than flies His arms are all around me and his tongue in my eyes Be still, be calm, be quiet now, my precious boy Don't struggle like that or I will only love you more For it's much too late to get away or turn on the light The spiderman is having you for dinner tonight [Bridge] And I feel like I'm being eaten By a thousand million shivering, furry holes And I know that in the morning I will wake up in the shivering cold And the spiderman is always hungry [Outro] "Come into my parlor," said the spider to the fly "I have a little something here"