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.
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.