Snakes was first previewed in James Ivy’s performance for Porter Robinson’s 2021 Secret Sky festival, as well as being performed in his opening sets for Robinson’s Nurture live tour. It’s also sampled in his cover of Robinson’s song Something Comforting.
[Verse 1]
Take the clothes right off of my back
Hold me right in the palm of your hand
It's so complicated
Oh
It's me that you need
And it's me that you fiend
And the more that I bleed
Is all the more you can leech
[Chorus]
And I see snakes at the bottom of the bucket
I get jaded looks and I love it
I just want a way to feel nothing
I just want it to make me feel something
And I got eyes in the back of my head
And I feel it in the pit of my stomach
I just want a way to feel nothing
I just want it to make me feel something
[Post-Chorus]
I just want a way to feel nothing
I just want it to make me feel something
I just want a way to feel nothing
I just want it to make me feel something
[Verse 2]
See no, hear no evil anywhere
And we do not feel еqual anymore
I become a dеmon in a dress
Call it how I see it in my head
It's so crystal-clear and pixel-perfect
But I can't paint a picture with my words
But I know something that makes me feel nothing
(I just want it to make me feel something)
[Chorus]
And I see snakes at the bottom of the bucket
I get jaded looks and I love it
I just want a way to feel nothing
I just want it to make me feel something
And I've got eyes in the back of my head
And I feel it in the pit of my stomach
I just want a way to feel nothing
I just want it to make me feel something
[Bridge]
(I just want a way to feel nothing)
(I just want it to make me feel something)
To make me feel
(I just want a way to feel nothing)
(I just want it to make me feel something)
To make me feel, oh
(I just want a way to feel nothing)
(I just want it to make me feel something)
To make me feel
(I just want a way to feel nothing)
(I just want it to make me feel, make me feel, make me f-)
[Outro]
Oh, you poisoned the well
I can tell, I can tell
Is it your loaded lips or my bullet smile?
Is it your loaded lips or my bullet smile?
Oh-oh, you poisoned the well
I can tell, I can tell
It's in your loaded lips or my bullet smile
You can't read my lips with my bullet