They said you’re poisonous
Cold blooded sorcerous
Distract your prey
Then you make your escape.
Speaking with forked tongue
No sense of back bone
You’ll shed your skin
As you outgrow the last.
You are mistaken
With pleasure taken
From judging one
That you can’t understand.
That’s what I thought
But my head had been turned
Couldn’t see for the trees
What was happening to me.

Just a rattlesnake
Just a rattlesnake
You’ll steal my soul
With your piercing blank gaze.
Just a rattlesnake
Just a rattlesnake
Venom persists
Running deep in your veins.
Just a rattlesnake
Just a rattlesnake
I’m just a prize
At the end of the day.
Just a rattlesnake
Just a rattlesnake
No sense of shame
As you get your own way.

Completed my research
From looking inwards
Found myself
With the facts of the case
That’s when I knew
They were speaking the truth
All the things they could see
That were hidden from me.
Hoped for a clean break
Release from heartache
No going back;
A strategic withdrawal.
I failed to note
That there’s no antidote
Once the poison sets in
Then the trauma begins.

Just a rattlesnake
Just a rattlesnake
You’ll steal my soul
With your piercing blank gaze.
Just a rattlesnake
Just a rattlesnake
Venom persists
Running deep in your veins.
Just a rattlesnake
Just a rattlesnake
I’m just a prize
At the end of the day.
Just a rattlesnake
Just a rattlesnake
No sense of shame
As you get your own way.

Finding your prey where you can
Heeding the heat of the sun
Emerge from a hole in the ground
Stealth on your side, make no sound.

Just a rattlesnake
Just a rattlesnake
You’ll steal my soul
With your piercing blank gaze.
Just a rattlesnake
Just a rattlesnake
Venom persists
Running deep in your veins.
Just a rattlesnake
Just a rattlesnake
I’m just a prize
At the end of the day.
Just a rattlesnake
Just a rattlesnake
No sense of shame
As you get your own way.
Just a rattlesnake
Just a rattlesnake
You’ll steal my soul
With your piercing blank gaze.
Just a rattlesnake
Just a rattlesnake
Venom persists
Running deep in your veins.
Just a rattlesnake
Just a rattlesnake
I’m just a prize
At the end of the day.
Just a rattlesnake
Just a rattlesnake
No sense of shame
As you get your own way.