Lyrics Marking the Heart of a Serpent - Esben and the Witch

Marking the Heart of a Serpent

Hear my tongue, my
Heaving lungs
Expelling notes
Open throat
Sing your secrets
I’ll be your healer
Writhe that body
To the ceiling
Read my lips
I speak of bliss
Spider’s threads
Pour from my head
Uncoil
Your spiral
Slowly unravel
For me
The animal that was doomed to crawl
Now the gods are in your jaws
Faces looming behind the fangs
A gateway to more wicked lands
Suspended in air, a ladder, a spire
Trembling with a bad desire
Desperate to pierce, the hungry creature
Hissing devil speaker
Even the most subtle of beasts
Can be coaxed into a nervous sleep
To teach of fervour, to be a king
To be the master of a terrible thing
So hold my gaze, I’ll watch you climb
Taming the fiend that wants to bite
With a fluid of fire, spirit and air
I am the magnetizer!