Get on the Snake Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Jam Boyz 

Cover art for Get on the Snake lyrics by Soundgarden

My guess is that this song is about the fear of joining a gang. (motorcycle gang)

"Get on the snake with a swarm of motor flies, get on the snake under the cola-colored sky." -Join a gang that is badly viewed by others and is dark. (cola-colored)

"Don't worry, everything's clean, road worthy, hungry and mean." -The person gets worried and the gang says: it's fine, we won't get caught and someone has to do this job.

"Get on the snake where the metal river bleeds, Get on the snake where you never will believe, Hey baby, what's your disease? My heart's bleeding I'm dying to leave." -He sees destruction and death like he'd never believe and his heart and mind are through. (guess the disease and STD thing was to add filth?)

"Get on the snake where the water turns to steam, Get on the snake with a suicide machine." -He sees that the gang turns something that gives (water) into little or nothing. (steam) He also finds out gangs gain and loose members from death. (suicide machine)

"Don't worry, everything's clean road worthy, hungry and mean hungry and mean... hungry and mean..." -He leaves and realizes that the clean and worthy parts only look good in evil eyes. I guess the repetition of hungry and mean shows that it's the most of it.

Thanks for reading.

My Interpretation