Snake Lyrics

Lyric discussion by missme 

Cover art for Snake lyrics by PJ Harvey

I think it's relating the Garden of Eden story to being tempted and hurt by a man. Snake, as we all know, can be a metatphor for penis...he was charming, she gave into him, fell for him and fucked him...but he lied, he cheated, he didn't just fuck her in the end, he fucked her over.

the snake is penis

So she's implying that man was the one who is responsible for primal sinn. And next he's proposing complete fall from god. The fruit could be reffering from taking the power of life from god and put it in a woman, so man can from hereon have power to create life. The choice the man made that led to destruction of god also destroyed the infinite solace god offered for the pain in this world. Fire part speaks about the pain this god-killing brought out in this world. At the end is an apologetic tanrum, how...