And The Snakes Start To Sing – English Lyrics

• By: Bring Me The Horizon
• Album: Sempiternal

Lyrics & Translation

“And The Snakes Start To Sing” offers a powerful and emotive listening experience that can be a unique tool for English language learners. The song's lyrics, while personal to the songwriter, utilize vivid and metaphorical language related to animals like snakes, wolves, leeches, and rats to convey feelings of betrayal and inner turmoil. By exploring these metaphors, learners can enhance their understanding of figurative language in English. The raw emotion in Oli Sykes's vocals, which transition from melodic singing to intense screams, also provides an opportunity to study how tone and delivery can drastically alter the meaning and impact of words.

[English]

I've lost the plot again, tell your friends to sharpen their teeth

There's a few quid to be made

And my soul's a sorry state, so come on down, you empty lovers

Worms come out of the woodwork, and the snakes start to sing

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Do you feel the chill clawing at the back of your neck?

I start to spill, did you really think that you could fix me?

They'll sell your bones for another roll

Well, sharpen your teeth, tell yourself that it's just business

Worms come out of the woodwork

Leeches crawl from out of the dirt

Rats come out of the holes they call home

I fall apart, and the snakes start to sing

Don't say I'm better off dead 'cause Heaven's full and Hell won't have me

Won't you make some room in your bed?

Oh well, you could lock me up in your heart and throw away the key

Won't you take me out of my head?

I'm just a woulda been, coulda been, shoulda been, never was and never ever will be

Well, sharpen your teeth, tell yourself that it's just business

Woulda been, coulda been, shoulda been, never was and never ever will be

Worms come out of the woodwork, and the snakes start to sing

Worms come out of the woodwork

Leeches crawl from out of the dirt

Rats come out of the holes they call home

I fall apart, and the snakes start to sing

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If you can't soar with the eagles, then don't fly with the flock

Are you still getting high?

Did you catch your own reflection in the knife my mother held?

Or the hell in my father's eyes?

If you can't soar with the eagles, then don't fly with the flock

Are you still getting by?

Was I your knight in shining armour? The apple of your eye?

Or just a step to climb?

If you can't soar with the eagles, then don't fly with the flock

Are you still getting high?

Did you catch your own reflection in the knife my mother held?

Or the hell in my father's eyes?

If you can't soar with the eagles, then don't fly with the flock

Are you still getting by?

Was I your knight in shining armour or the apple of your eye?

Or just a step, a fucking step to climb?

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