Snaggin' Trouble by the Tail

© Copyright 2025 SonicSketch https://suno.com/@sonicsketch [Intro] (breath in, breath out) [Verse 1] The woods swell thick with waitin’ Not a stir but the drip off a limb Smoke hangs low — like somethin’ breathin’? You ever feel watched, like the earth got eyes steamin’? Bark peels clean without a sound Tracks lead up, but they don’t come back down [Pre-Chorus] Something’s near, not walkin’ — just there [Chorus] Snaggin’ trouble by the tail, bare feet draggin’ through shale and sumac Snaggin’ trouble, snaggin’ trouble — can’t shake it, can’t sell it, can’t turn back Took one step off the line Now it’s twined ‘round your spine Snaggin’ trouble by the tail —now it sure as sin won’t let go [Groove Chorus] Got that wild-eye tingle, Bones gone light Done bit off somethin’ Won’t sleep tonight It’s grin or run — No time to choose When you’re dancin’ with fire You don’t get to lose Snaggin’ trouble by the tail And baby, it bites back hard [Verse 2] Voice in the pines don’t carry like it should Might be the air’s gone thick with nothin’ good Saw a flash — a flicker— a warning? Light don’t behave right up here Some names you say once just never reappear They slink off in the grass, wrap around the next fool to pass [Chorus] Snaggin’ trouble by the tail Blood in the bark, stone slick with failin’ Snaggin’ trouble, snaggin’ trouble — caught in a twitch, in a tale, in a trail …to trouble Kissed a dare and it smiled right back Now it's sleepin’ in your shadow Snaggin’ trouble by the tail… fact —and it don’t let go, no matter how you howl [Call & Response] I poked the fire— And it licked you clean. I cracked the door— Something slipped between. I laughed too loud— It don’t forget your name. I left no offerings— That’s why it came. I took one step too far— And it grabbed that heel. Snagged me good— Trouble’s real. [Bridge] She told you once — don’t stir what’s sleepin’ But you lit it up for the thrill Now it’s walkin’ behind your shoulder breath… so close you can feel [Final Chorus] Snaggin’ trouble by the tail By the thorn, by the rail Snaggin’ trouble, snaggin’ trouble — And the water’s startin’ to bubble You danced on the line, Now it’s carved down your spine Snaggin’ trouble by the tail — And it ain’t lettin’ go [Outro] Snaggin’... trouble... (trouble don’t blink...) By the tail... (can’t unspool what’s knotted in bone...) Won’t let go... Won’t let go...