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Enter Shikari
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Sssnakepit is the first single and third track from Enter Shikari’s 2012 album, A Flash Flood of Colour. It was remixed twice for the US deluxe edition of the album.
In a 2012 interview with Bryne Yancey, Rou summarised the meaning and feeling of this track:
It’s about bouncing back when you’re fe...
[Intro: Rou Reynolds]
Come and join the party, leave anxieties behind
When the weight of all the world is pushing...
Oh, cut this tension, it's too much!
[Verse 1: Rou Reynolds]
Situation volatile, seriously hostile
Breadwinners, soul searchers
Fear merchants, seeking
Brightly coloured, no use for camouflage
When you're venomous and willing to sabotage
We're just a group of your white blood cells
Fighting off parasites
We're your system mechanics
Trying to fix this machine
What's the one thing that has
More speed, more strength
And goes deeper than us?
A nuclear submarine
[Verse 2: Rou Reynolds & all]
Ah, come on, just open the door!
Knocked off my feet by the back draft
Brought back to earth
Oxygen clears my head
And I just gotta say
Oh, you're not gonna believe this
You can't perceive this
This is like nothing you've seen before
But lucky for you (Yeah, lucky for you!)
This is an open door
[Chorus: Rou Reynolds & Rory Clewlow]
Come and join the party, leave anxieties behind
When the weight of all the world is pushing down
Down on your shoulders
Come and join the party, leave anxieties behind
Down on your shoulders
When the weight of all the world is pushing down
Just push right back
[Verse 3: Rou Reynolds, Rory Clewlow, & (all)]
Oh, you're not gonna believe this
You can't perceive this
This is like nothing you've seen before
But lucky for you (Yeah, lucky for you!)
They're well prepared, But they forgot one thing
[Bridge: Rou Reynolds]
Yeah, yeah, we're nice guys
Until we're not
[Chorus: Rou Reynolds & Rory Clewlow]
So come and join the party, leave anxieties behind
When the weight of all the world is pushing down
Down on your shoulders
Come and join the party, leave anxieties behind
Down on your shoulders
When the weight of all the world is pushing down
Just push right back
Come and join the party, leave anxieties behind
When the weight of all the world is pushing down
Come and join the party, leave anxieties behind
When the weight of all the world is pushing down
[Outro: Rou Reynolds & Rory Clewlow]
Just push right back, back, back
Just push right back, back, back
Just... Yeah
What was that?
Something like Louis Armstrong?
Anyway, whatever
Just... Yeah
Come and join the party
Fuck, that was shit
Sssnakepit was written by Rou Reynolds.
Sssnakepit was produced by Enter Shikari & Dan Weller.
Enter Shikari released Sssnakepit on Tue Sep 20 2011.
In a track by track interview for Alternative Press Rou Reynolds describes the song as:
I wrote this when I was feeling rather down in the dumps. It’s hard to write positive songs with everything going on in the world, but this track is basically one full-on party–it’s about cherishing your friends...