[Intro – Slow, winding melody with subtle sitar-like tones, bass pulsing like a heartbeat] The hiss is older than the word… But I taught it silence. ⸻ [Verse 1 – Spoken, entranced tone] I played the reed And shaped the air It rose for me With coiled stare I danced in rings Around the threat It followed close But never bit ⸻ [Bridge – Tension rises with slow drum entrance] I made it sway It watched me breathe I wore its gaze Beneath my sleeve ⸻ [Chorus – Melodic and eerie, vocals stretch syllables like winding scales] SERPENT’S WILL — I CALLED YOU NEAR BUT FELT YOU WHISPER IN MY EAR DID I LEAD YOU… OR OBEY? WHO HOLDS THE FLUTE, AND WHO DECAYS? ⸻ [Verse 2 – Stronger delivery, more rhythmic tension] It showed me truth With skin that sheds A thousand lies In patterns bled I named myself The master there But every coil Breathed mirrored air ⸻ [Bridge 2 – Guitar distortion swells like venom heating up] I taught the dance Then learned its name The serpent waits But plays no game ⸻ [Chorus 2 – Louder, more chaotic rhythm underneath] SERPENT’S WILL — NOT MINE TO HOLD THE MORE I LED, THE MORE I FOLD THE LINE BETWEEN US GROWS TOO THIN I CHARMED THE SNAKE — IT CHARMED ME IN ⸻ [Instrumental – Complex tribal polyrhythms, guitar bends like hissing breath, ambient samples like rattling scales] ⸻ [Bridge 3 – Voice almost chanted, trance-state tone] I am the music It is the form I shape the spiral It keeps me warm I never feared What slipped below But now I feel It start to grow ⸻ [Final Chorus – Massive vocal harmonies, crashing cymbals, rhythm peaks] SERPENT’S WILL — AND I SUBMIT THE DANCE IS DONE, I SLIDE AND SPLIT I BECAME WHAT I CONTROLLED THE TONGUE THAT STRIKES… WAS ONCE MY OWN ⸻ [Outro – Guitar fades into echo, last sound is a hiss-like breath fading into silence]
