[Spoken Word] Yeah. I see you all out there, watching, waiting for me to trip. [Verse 1] Steering wheel gripped tight, knuckles turning white Leaving the outskirts, fading out of sight They print my failures in the morning paper ink Telling the town everything they think I’m naming names, Mark and Joe, you think you’re so tall Watching me stumble, just waiting for the fall [Chorus] And I’m weeping, yeah, I’m letting the tears run dry Thinking ‘bout the men I wish I could be, passing by Trying to outrun the ghost of Laurie and her silver tongue But I’m trapped in the trap, just like I’m always among Can’t find a clean exit, just stuck in the mud Living like a snake with poison in my blood [Verse 2] Fiddles crying out, matching the ache in my chest Banjo ringing sharp, put my spirit to the test Those men, they got a spine of iron, I got a hollow heart Pulling my fragile world completely apart Laurie’s lies are a siren, calling from the bridge I’m just a low down shadow beneath the mountain ridge [Bridge] [Spoken Word] (Male Harmonies: Low, steady rumble) (Female Harmonies: High, mournful wail) I wish I was different. I wish I was strong. But the snake skin fits, and it’s been on for too long. [Outro] Hard kick drum beating like a final warning bell Cymbals crashing down, locking up my personal cell Yeah, just another mile, another day, same old game Triple T, forever bound to the snake’s name. [Instrumental fade out]
