[Instrumental] [Verse 1] Dune's stretching my skin open, my bottle's got a cracked dry ring, the sand packs tighter in my boots, and the horizon won't hand me a thing. [Chorus 1] (S- S- S- SNAKE!) my body's going numb, my blood runs cold. no shade, no rest, the dune hisses my name, can't rest, i'm caught by the SSSSSSSSNAKE! its track is in my cuffs, its dust is in my teeth, i feel it in my pulse every time i breathe. don't look down now, it's already at my heel. [Verse 2] I shake out my sleeves, nothing there, still something's moving under cloth, a dry little scrape on the inside seam, like a key stuck in a lock. My radio spits static in the sun, then dies when I ask for help, and every ridge I climb just bends back down, like the desert kept it for itself. [Chorus 2] (S- S- S- SNAKE!) My veins go slack, my jaw locks tight, This desert slips in with a venom bite. No escape, no sweet relief, Just a hiss in my throat and teeth in the heat. Caught by theSSSSSSSSNAKE! it loops through the sun-bleached cloth, it rides the seam of my shirt, every step i take just wakes it up worse. i can't shake it off, it's got my name in its mouth. [Interlude] (SSSSSSSSNAKE) snake, snake, snake keep your hands off the seam SNAKE! i hear it in the zipper pull i hear it in the buckle click (SSSSSSSSNAKE) snake, snake, snake in the dust and the heat SNAKE! it slips through the threadwork and tags along with me [Bridge] there's a sharp little rattle in the hem of my coat when the wind cuts hard from the west i swear it moved when i stopped moving, like it was taking notes on my chest and i laugh once, then don't laugh again, 'cause that sound came back from my throat i tug my collar, i stomp my boot, but it keeps finding the road [Verse 3] Sun's dropping low and the sky turns brass, I can see my truck two dunes away, but the closer I get, the farther it drifts, like it learned my name today. My water's warm, my hands are sand, my tongue keeps tripping on the "s", and that same old hiss keeps riding close, like it likes the way I say yes. [Chorus 3] (S- S- S- SNAKE!) My body's gone slack, my nerves all crack, this desert keeps calling me right back. No map, no shade, no easy exit, just a hiss in the cloth where the heat won't quit. Caught by the SSSSSSSSNAKE! it's in the cuffs, it's in the seam, it's in the drum of my tired feet, every step i take sounds like a repeat. don't look down now, it's learned my beat. [Bridge 2] If I rip the shirt, it'll still be there, if I run, it rides my trail, I can feel it coiled in the line between my breathing and my nails. So I keep on singing through my grit-filled teeth, keep the rhythm mean and fast, 'cause the only way out of this rattling heat is to move before it catches back [Final Chorus] (S- S- S- SNAKE!) My body's gone numb, my blood runs cold. No shade, no rest, the dune won't fold. Caught by the SSSSSSSSNAKE! its track is in my cuffs, its dust is in my teeth, i feel it in my pulse every time i breathe. don't look down now, it's already at my heel. SNAKE, SNAKE, SNAKE— and it won't let go of me. [end]
