Snake Oil

Maybe I misunderstood you, maybe I was wrong
Maybe I've been listening
For the singer not the song
I swallowed down my medicine
And looked the other way
In celebration or escape, I drink it down either way
You call it sweet surrender
But it's bitter on the tongue
And I ain't no great pretender
When I get myself undone
Sipping on quicksilver
Selling me snake oil boy
Sucking on sweet sugar
Selling me snake oil boy
Maybe I misunderstood you, maybe I was wrong
Maybe I've been the hunter
Playing the victim all along
Maybe I misunderstood surrender for giving in
Maybe I should have been looking for
A different song to sing
You call it sweet surrender
But it's bitter on the tongue
And I ain't no great pretender
When I get myself undone
Sipping on quicksilver
Selling me snake oil boy
Sucking on sweet sugar
Selling me snake oil boy
Maybe I misunderstood you snake oil boy
Maybe I misunderstood you snake oil boy
Maybe I've been lazy and
Maybe I've been lied to
Maybe it just happened to me
And maybe I was trying to
Looking for reactions
Thinking I could do no wrong
Maybe I don't know why I still try to follow on
Or maybe I don't want to know
Sipping on quicksilver
Selling me snake oil boy
Sucking on sweet sugar
Selling me snake oil boy