Tarantula passes by your window
No one takes it as a sign
No one cares which way the wind blows
Someone’s got to change your mind

Every bone has been broken
All rumours lost at sea
Every word, every language has been spoken
Someone’s got to set you free

I'm going to wait for you
I'm going to wait for you

Suicide days
Suicide, suicide nights
In the wheelchair, almost blind
Someone’s going to have to pay the price
Someone’s got to change your mind

I'm going to wait for you
I'm going to wait for you
 
Is it just that we must?
Is it hear that we gear?
Is it only that we’re lonely?
Is it there that we dare?
Is it lies that we fight?
Is it whores we adore?
Is it God with a rod taking more, more more?
 
I'm going to wait for you
I'm going to wait for you

No one knows my name
No one knows my name
Walking down the street baby now

No one knows my name
No one knows my name
Walking down the street baby now

No one knows my name
No one knows my name
Oh, we're walking down the street baby now

No one knows my name
No one knows my name
Walking down the street baby now
Walking down the street baby now
Walking down the street baby now

No one knows my name
No one knows my name
Walking down the street baby now
Walking down the street baby now
Walking down the street baby now

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WEBMISTRESS speculates:

This seems to be a very dark song. He feels beaten down, no one cares about anything, no one knows his name when he walks down the street. He wants to be set free, he wants to get out of that mindset (this echoes the words of another song, Someone's Gotta Change Your Mind.)

Still, the fact that he is willing to wait for the person does have a gleam of hope to it.... although it's unclear just who he's waiting for.

 

JESSICA speculates:

If it's true that this song was originally called Hit & Run (that track that never showed up), then the lyrics seem to make sense. "did you dive with him right on the floor" and "no one knows my name" support a quick murder or other crime done by someone who's not going to get caught. All the violent images (suicide days, wheelchair, almost blind, every bone broken) seem to be Lindsey's description of whatever this person did. And he doesn't like it. He says that "someone's gotta change" what this person is thinking. Maybe "set them free" from a life of crime and anonymity? Lindsey's sorta like an undercover cop or something, seeing things others don't (tarantula) and trying to make things right.