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I felt a stutter and a waiver, cutting like a razor
Like fire through the snow, then straight down to the bone
She creeps up like a spider, then wants you deep inside her
She turns you into stone, a twisted little show
That's how it was all to begin, cause good girls they like to sin
Way back at the starting line, when Eve was on Adam's mind
And he was the first to go, in search of the great unknown
And falling yet again, cause good girls they like to sin
You are a hero and survivor, your eyes are getting tired
There's claw marks up your spine, it happens all the time
Those silent evil daughters, like sirens on the water
You've been the perfect crime, it happens all the time
Like fire through the snow, then straight down to the bone
She creeps up like a spider, then wants you deep inside her
She turns you into stone, a twisted little show
That's how it was all to begin, cause good girls they like to sin
Way back at the starting line, when Eve was on Adam's mind
And he was the first to go, in search of the great unknown
And falling yet again, cause good girls they like to sin
You are a hero and survivor, your eyes are getting tired
There's claw marks up your spine, it happens all the time
Those silent evil daughters, like sirens on the water
You've been the perfect crime, it happens all the time
Lyrics submitted by Bskiffington
Track duration: 04:26
"Snake Charmer" as written by Mark Hoppus, Thomas Delonge, Travis L. Barker
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., EMI Music Publishing
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That's pretty obvious what that means.
I think it's kind of telling the story of a girl who has intentions of seducing a guy for sex. It kind of makes the girl sound evil and puts the boy as the victem.
'she creeps up like a spider & wants you deep inside her'
Well, you could try to put deeper meaning in to that but I don't think you're supposed to. It basically means she wants to have sex. Creeps up like a spider - she appears Innocent at first.
'She turns you into stone, a twisted little show'
Okay, well she makes him hard "turns him to stone". I think it's referring to her when it says 'a twisted little show' meaning she is messed up.
'That's how it was all to begin, cause good girls they like to sin
Way back at the starting line, when Eve was on Adam's mind
And he was the first to go, in search of the great unknown
And falling yet again, cause good girls they like to sin'
Adam and Eve where the first man and woman on earth. Adam was the first to have sex with a girl, to be seduced. The great unknown = sex. good girls they like to sin, sex out of marriage is a sin, i think that's what its talking about there. How good girls can seem so innoncent but then they go use sex as a weapon/.
'you are a hero and survivor, your eyes are getting tired'
This is after the sex. it's putting the man as the victem of the story, the hero. his eyes are tired, sex is tiring.
'there's claw marks up your spine'
I'm pretty sure this is just talking about scratch marks on his back from sex. It happens.
'those silent evil daughters'
Girls are evil and sneaky. They use sex as a weapon.
'like sirens on the water'
This is a simile it compares women to sirens, which are basically mermaids that seduce sailors with their song and then kill them.
'youve been the perfect crime it happens all the time'
Maybe it's about a guy with a girlfriend and that's why it's a crime, because some other girl seduced him for her own evil intentions.. It happens all the time = lots of girls do this.
I'm not sure guys just thinking aloud. I really don't think this song is abbout falling in love. I think it's about a girl that seduced a guy in a relationship.
Personally, I feel it's about the corrupting influence sex can have on men, especially when used by women as a weapon. Guys just can’t resist the ladies - even if they do feel “a stutter and a waver", they still succumb to womanly wiles.
Women, on the other hand, are construed as cunning. They creep like "a spider" (who, significantly, kill the male after mating), and their ability to turn men "into stone" is comparable to that of the mythical Medusa. Similarly, women (the “evil daughters” of Eve) are like "sirens on the water", who infamously lured sailors to their deaths.
The metaphorical implications are pretty blatant - with beauty and sex, “even good girls” can’t help but lead men to their own destruction. They like to exercise the immense sexual power they hold over men. This has been apparent since the very beginning, where Eve tempted Adam to eat the apple; he was the first to give up goodness for a woman, and for “the great unknown” ie sex.
Anyway, loving this so much. A feminist reading would be interesting, though...
Cheers for the bitter rant, though.
Sure, there are easily laid girls and a few guys with money and/or charm who can do so too, but that aren't many.
But yeah, I think this song is clever. For essentially writing a song partly about Adam and Eve fucking, blink did it so well. haha
I like how the original title of this song was "Genesis," as in The Book of Genesis. I'm not extremely familiar with the story of Adam and Eve, but I believe it was satan who disguised himself as a snake and convinced the two to sin and eat the forbidden fruit. So I think 'Snake Charmer' is an obvious reference to that, and, what at least I like to think, somewhat a sexual pun as well.
"I felt a stutter and a waiver, cutting like a razor
Like fire through the snow, then straight down to the bone"
The guy knows he likes the girl. She seems to like him back but he's not so sure. Something seems off and she's giving mixed signals. He can feel this "cutting like a razor" straight down to the bone.
"She creeps up like a spider, then wants you deep inside her
She turns you into stone, a twisted little show"
Again with the mixed signals. She gives wrong impressions and teases with you because she likes being chased. She creeps around you like a spider, giving you the impression that she is into you. Then it all comes crashing down right when you think you've got her. She turns you into a twisted little show, a mess and wreck of emotions as you realize she's not into you at all.
"That's how it was to all begin, cause good girls they like to sin,
Way back at the starting line, when Eve was on Adam's mind."
Love this line. This shows you aren't the first guy to fall for this girls trap. This has been going on for all time because this is just what "girls do." Eve was on Adam's mind because they were the only humans alive, so naturally Adam "liked" Eve. You may seem to like "the good girl", but the "sin" is that she loves the chase and may be leading you on.
"And he was the first to go, in search of the great unknown,
And falling yet again, cause good girls they like to sin"
Adam was the first guy to "go" and fall into the girls trap. Even though the story of Adam and Eve isn't a love story, the parallels are eerily beautiful. Adam fell for her, but Eve sinned when she ate the apple. Much like a guy fell for a girl, but she sinned when she led him on. Adam was the first "guy" to fall for this, when he went searching into the great unknown (pursuing a girl).
"You are a hero and survivor, your eyes are getting tired,
There's claw marks up your spine, it happens all the time"
Tom is now speaking to "the guy". You're a hero to the rest of us guys. You fell for a girl but she led you on and broke your heart. But you're still here and alive. A survivor, but you're tired and exhausted from the experience and the "chase". The claw marks are your "battle wounds", and it happens to more people than you think.
"Those silent evil daughters, like sirens on the water,
You've been the perfect crime, it happens all the time"
Eve's "daughters", being the rest of the female population. He compares them to sirens, evil creatures. You, the guy, were the perfect crime. She led you on, felt loved, and then broke your heart. She had it planned perfectly, but you were the victim.
Love love love this song. Let me know what you guys think.
When Eve on adam's mind - eve is the one who told adam to eat the illegal fruit before both of them are thrown onto earth. at first, adam don't want to do it when the devil ask him to do so, but when eve told him to do so, he eat it anyway.
Good girls who like to sin- i believe that it's something like when girls behave so good toward guys that they always succeeded on pursuing the guys to do bad things. which in return the consequences only effect the guys.
You've been the perfect crime It happens all the time- the girls are the perfect crime because they are the one that creep into mind and influence the guys to do bad things.
well, i don't know if my take on this song make sense or not, but i think there is a truth to it.
cheers guys. =)
Instead of "Last night, it was to all begin" it is "That's how it was to all begin"
Instead of "cause good girls, they like to sin" it is "Cause good girls who like to sin"