Snake Hill-Conor Oberst

[00:00.64]I was born on Snake Hill [00:04.58]And that's where I'll probably die [00:08.45]Because I don't like to kill [00:12.44]But I've got poison in my bite [00:16.57] [00:17.38]Well, I feel safe to say [00:21.00]That I should probably stay upon Snake Hill [00:27.53] [00:32.59]My mother told me, [00:35.89]"Son, you've got strychnine in your blood [00:40.89]It comes from pedigree ancestory" [00:48.37]She warned me not to grieve [00:52.32]Said my concience was too deep [00:56.19]That when I bite [00:58.36]It would hurt mostly me [01:02.35] [01:04.48]For many many years [01:08.66]I stayed up on that hill [01:12.42]Occasionaly I'd go down to the edge [01:19.55]To see what I could see [01:23.67]So curiousty got the best of me [01:29.90] [01:31.59]Its a big world and it's not fair to me [01:35.80]To stay up there when there's so much to see [01:39.71]I want to play with others that I need to meet [01:47.60]Poison will be poison until it's through [01:53.86] [01:55.29]Soon I hit the world [01:59.51]I discovered that a girl [02:03.16]Was what my mother tried to hide from me [02:10.28]She could make you feel alive [02:14.53]She could make you want to die [02:18.68]And that's exactly what she did to me [02:24.84] [02:26.72]And it was only self defense [02:30.33]And I coiled up and I bit [02:34.11]I let my venom run into her veins [02:41.47]And I sat and watched her die [02:47.55]Then I realized I was born on Snake Hill [02:57.62]And that's where I'll probably die [03:01.31]Because I don't like to kill [03:05.20]But I've got poison in my bite [03:09.27]Well, I feel safe to say [03:13.24]That I should probably stay upon Snake Hill [03:21.50]And it's a big world and it's not fair to me [03:25.50]To have to stay when there's so much to see [03:29.19]I want to play with others that I need to meet [03:35.63] [03:37.13]And poison will be poison until it's through [03:44.92]Poison will be poison until it's through [03:52.56]Poison will be poison until it's through [04:01.66]Poison will be poison until it's through [04:10.44]