Snake Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Griphon 

Cover art for Snake lyrics by PJ Harvey

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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 man decived her. But this is just an interpretation..

PS. I just <3 the way she reinterprets (male centered)concepts in man-woman relations.

Pj uses biblical stories to sing about heartbreak. Notice how she uses religious themes in songs like "Missed", "The wind",and "Hair." She becomes each character: Mary Magdalene, St. Catherine, Delilah and Samson...in her songs all these characters are always mad with despair and torment over heartbreak. I've always thought Pj isn't as complex as we think...she simply relates to characters, over and over. (Like in A Perfect Day Elise, she identifies herself with Seymour Glass, the protagonist of "A perfect day for banana fish", by J.d salinger.) I dont think she offers a revision of the story of Adam and...

Pj uses biblical stories to sing about heartbreak. Notice how she uses religious themes in songs like "Missed", "The wind",and "Hair." She becomes each character: Mary Magdalene, St. Catherine, Delilah and Samson...in her songs all these characters are always mad with despair and torment over heartbreak. I've always thought Pj isn't as complex as we think...she simply relates to characters, over and over. (Like in A Perfect Day Elise, she identifies herself with Seymour Glass, the protagonist of "A perfect day for banana fish", by J.d salinger.) I dont think she offers a revision of the story of Adam and...

oh god im sorry i thought i was posting this in the general comments thread ahahhaha...i wasn't intending to answer you directly...AND I HAD NO IDEA IT WAS SO LONG! sorryyyy