I have to disagree with you there, despite what the sleeve says. I dont see this song as about sex at all. In fact.. this is a song about the occult. The unknown. Imagine yourself a non-human entity that comes to earth, lives a life, then dies, never having known who or what you really are (because you just thought u were a human).. but after you die, you are talking to some sort of powerful entity. It's showing you your entire life before your eyes, "are you suprised in the way you like it?" (how do you like this fleshly existance.. here on earth as a human.) And I view this line, "ride the snake" as a reference to a form of kundalini energy that exists around us, and is used to propel us into the dream and astral realms.
"Ride the snake" is very much a sexual allusion. The whole song is explicitly sexual. It's about the occult as much as Bruce's "Dive, Dive, Dive" was about a submarine.
"Ride the snake" is very much a sexual allusion. The whole song is explicitly sexual. It's about the occult as much as Bruce's "Dive, Dive, Dive" was about a submarine.
I have to disagree with you there, despite what the sleeve says. I dont see this song as about sex at all. In fact.. this is a song about the occult. The unknown. Imagine yourself a non-human entity that comes to earth, lives a life, then dies, never having known who or what you really are (because you just thought u were a human).. but after you die, you are talking to some sort of powerful entity. It's showing you your entire life before your eyes, "are you suprised in the way you like it?" (how do you like this fleshly existance.. here on earth as a human.) And I view this line, "ride the snake" as a reference to a form of kundalini energy that exists around us, and is used to propel us into the dream and astral realms.
"Ride the snake" is very much a sexual allusion. The whole song is explicitly sexual. It's about the occult as much as Bruce's "Dive, Dive, Dive" was about a submarine.
"Ride the snake" is very much a sexual allusion. The whole song is explicitly sexual. It's about the occult as much as Bruce's "Dive, Dive, Dive" was about a submarine.