Snake Handler

I swallow strychnine as the ground moves all around me

It slithers and writhes under my feet

Every step I take I can feel them break my skin

Yet I tread unscathed on serpents and scorpions

Call it arrogance

Call it ignorance

But I take them up

And I'll show no weakness

Their venom cannot

Find its way through my veins

I take them up

And I feel no pain

No devil or demon can withstand my righteous tongue

I cast them out one by one

The enemy has no power over me

Their mouths are filthy, but the water washes me clean

Call it arrogance

Call it ignorance

But I take them up

And I'll show no weakness

Their venom cannot

Find its way through my veins

I take them up

And I feel no pain

Time after time, again and again

Every single one gives me life

But will the next one be my end?

Call it arrogance

Call it ignorance

But I take them up

And I'll show no weakness

Their venom cannot

Find its way through my veins

I take them up

And I feel no pain