Testo Spider - Jon Anderson

Spider

Once there was a thirteenth sign of the zodiac
The Spider was a sign we have long since forgot
It seems that the gods, they had planned a great tapestry
Foreseeing the future in accordance with the stars above
Into our interpretation
That everybody's got the sign
Birth of all creation
Tapestry took to life
The jewels that have made the colors
Into what we call the purest light
Tapestry was near complete, in argument the silence broke:

Why do you depict a war of wars so eagerly?
Why do you picture pestilence, and starvation so?
The goddess of the Spider sign said:
I see what I see what I see
So said the Twelve, the word of law:
You and your heart dishonor life
Banishing her forevermore
Now her prophecy will come true
So it seems the sign of the Spider is equally spread
Amongst all the people including me and you