SERPENTS

[Verse 1]
Isolate the rattling of the chains
Cough up my lungs on the mattress I've stained
Too good to die, yet forget to be saved
Take off the gloves, run my fist through the frame

[Chorus 1]
Take my folklore, push me to the edge
And round me up like cattle
Draw my blood and tie me down
And watch me as the serpents rattle

[Verse 2]
I've bitten my tongue to the point where it bleeds
Folklore has covered the depths of the screams
We are accusers, the label has faded
We say to believe, yet the image stops tainting
Why is it so hard to beg to be freed?

[Chorus 2]
Rip my heart out, beat me to a pulp
And hang me by the chapel
Draw my blood and tie me down
And watch me as the serpents rattle

[Bridge]
Wherever you are
I hope you're aware
This ambition's a farce
Melodrama en garde
Vasculize the soil
Tragicomedy's a part of me
I want to feel the serpents rattle

[Outro]
I want to feel the serpents rattle