The day I turned my back on all you people
I felt an itching in my thumbs
Salt air like a broadcast from the distant dark beyond
When my transformation comes

I went down to the warm warm water
Saw a pelican fly past
Waved once at the highway and then left all that behind me
I went wading through the grass

And no one was gonna come and get me
There wasn't anybody gonna know
Even though I leave a trail of burned things in my wake
Every single place I go

And it was cool and it was quiet
In the humid marsh down there
I let my head sink down beneath the brackish water
Felt it gumming up my hair

The sun was sinking into the Atlantic
The last time that I turned my back on you
I tried to summon up a little prayer as I went under
It was the best that I could do

And I said let them all fare better than your servant
The reeds all pricking at my skin
Here's hoping they have better luck than I had down here with you
All that water rushing in


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    It is servant, not serpent. Yes, there's reference earlier in the album to him being a snake to her Eve, but this is a prayer to God, not to her. Additionally, the final word here is them instead of you:

    Here's hoping they have better luck than I had down here with them*

    "Them" is referencing other people in general. Kind of a "hope they do better than I did," a half-assed prayer before "all that water rushing in" and the narrator drowns.

    Today was the first I really heard all the lyrics and it is easily one of the most devastating songs I've heard.

    Lightbluenesson February 10, 2009   Link

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