Gifted away [x3]
I had a snake farm, there was a rogue one
She patrolled outside the gates
I had to catch her to show the others
I could bruise underbellies
[Chorus]
I caught the queen snake
Or did the queen snake catch me?
Gifted away [x3]
I thought she watched me but we had cloud eyes
Oh, we can't blink it away
She'd be scarred all over her body
I pulled the thorns that caused her pain
[Chorus]
I caught the queen snake
Or did the queen snake catch me?
This ain't no armadillo
This ain't no snapping turtle in its shell
When the light hits just right
It's a rainbow of muscle and bone
It goes unhinged and slack-jawed
As it changes again and again
Gifted away [x3]
My scarred finger pads made her body quiver
As her skin sloughed away
She would not fight so we loosed our grips
And we both went on our ways
[Chorus]
I caught the queen snake
Or did the queen snake catch me?