According to language researcher Kateryna Pilyarchuk, Donald Trump has used ‘The Snake’ – written in 1963 by civil-rights activist Oscar Brown – to whip up racist fervor at raucous rallies. He once dedicated it to border patrol officers along the US/Mexico border, inferring immigrants were deadly an...
[Intro]
The dead have names like biblical verses
Matthew 19
Mark 21
John 33
Sent to war to fight for...
I don't think anyone knows anymore
The last breath before death
Before the invisible amputees of PTSD
And then slithering from its den
Came the snake
Trump!
[Chorus 1]
"Let me kiss it I can fix it"
Said the snake
"Let me kiss it I can fix it"
Said the snake
"Let me kiss it I can fix it"
Said the snake
"Let me kiss it I can fix it"
Said the snake
[Verse 1]
His kiss gave a little pain
As the venom pumps through your veins
This was your mistake
You knew I was a fucking snake
This was your mistake
You knew I was a fucking snake
[Pre-Chorus]
"Put another rifle in their hand
Send them like cattle to a foreign land"
Said the snake
[Chorus 2]
"Let me kiss it I can fix it"
Said the snake
"Let me kiss it I can fix it"
Said the snake
[Post-Chorus]
"Trust me", he said from his den
"Trust me", with a vicious grin
"Trust me, simpletons"
I alone can save your soul
Just give me complete control
[Verse 2]
His kiss gave a little pain
As the venom pumps through your veins
This was your mistake
You knew I was a fucking snake
This was your mistake
[Chorus 1]
"Let me kiss it I can fix it"
Said the snake
"Let me kiss it I can fix it"
Said the snake
"Let me kiss it I can fix it"
Said the snake
"Let me kiss it I can fix it"
Said the snake
[Post-Chorus]
"Trust me", he said from his den
"Trust me", with a vicious grin
"Trust me, simpletons"
I alone can save your soul
Just give me complete control
[Outro]
"Let me kiss it I can fix it"
Said the snake
"Let me kiss it I can fix it"
You knew I was a fucking snake
Said The Snake was written by Justin Kier & Ari Mihalopoulos & Andrew Barnes & Otep Shamaya.
Said The Snake was produced by Otep.
Otep released Said The Snake on Fri Jul 27 2018.
In an interview with RockFlesh, Otep explains:
‘Said the Snake’ is a fun song that is directly about Trump. He actually tried to use this old story about an old woman who found a frozen rattlesnake in the snow. She takes it inside, she helps it, mends it, feeds it, she keeps it by the fire, warms i...