Snake Lyrics

Lyric discussion by birnod 

Cover art for Snake lyrics by PJ Harvey

I agree that this song is about how the snake (the devil) tempted Eve into sin. She took the fruit it's too late to return to innocence. It's Paradise Lost! I don't think she's pleading for sex at the end, though, as pumkinhed suggests. She's just explaining to Adam that the snake maliciously tempted her ("Oh Adam, please, you must believe, that snake put it in front of me").