Black Snakes (song)
Lyrics
A room that's dark and sealed up tight A room without vestigial light A room so dark your senses drown A room without an up and down Is full of snakes, dull, warm and black Black snakes with the senses that you lack Black snakes in black you just can't see You can't describe identity
You know they hide and coil around In the shadow tangled mound Luminous numbers on them seem To break the spell of this bad dream But then, what's really hard to take The news that makes your logic quake But no-one knows if they don't fake Happening numbers on one snake
One may have two or perhaps four On long ones maybe twelve or more You Can't see the snakes at all You want to climb the unseen wall
You can see the numbers glow But how many snakes? You just can't know Count the snakes and feel secure In knowing that your judgement's sure Make this dream your social work Count the black creatures in the murk Count black snakes and feel secure That you know what's good and what's poor
Chronology
Black Snakes 
- Black Snakes II
Interpretations
Live recordings
| Show | ||
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| October 9, 1982 | ||
| October 14, 1982 | played twice | |
| October 1982 | video |
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| January 11, 1995 | ||
| August 2, 1995 | ||
| August 6, 2006 | ||
| October 15, 2006 | ||
| December 13, 2006 |
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