IMO it's about being shut in, disconnected, maybe with the use of drugs or other addictions. "Step down on the slithering snake", i.e stop the temptations from pulling down, "Rescue yourself from the prick/pit.. devil or hell, saying to get help and get out. I've always liked this song for being so heavy and having a really positive and motavational meaning. Although after reading the post about the movie Rumble Fish it might be about fighting, in which a lot of Sevendusts songs a pretty blatant about that subject lol.
IMO it's about being shut in, disconnected, maybe with the use of drugs or other addictions. "Step down on the slithering snake", i.e stop the temptations from pulling down, "Rescue yourself from the prick/pit.. devil or hell, saying to get help and get out. I've always liked this song for being so heavy and having a really positive and motavational meaning. Although after reading the post about the movie Rumble Fish it might be about fighting, in which a lot of Sevendusts songs a pretty blatant about that subject lol.