St. Vincent Songs - Rattlesnake Lyrics

St. Vincent - Rattlesnake

St. Vincent - Rattlesnake Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: St. Vincent
Released: 2014

Rattlesnake Lyrics

Follow the power lines back from the road
No one around so I take off my clothes
Am I the only one in the only world?
Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh, whoa

I see the snake holes dotted in the sand
As if the Seurat painted the Rio Grande
Am I the only the one in the only world?
Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh, whoa

Sweatin', sweatin'
No one is behind me
Sweatin' sweatin'
No one will ever find me

The only sound out here is my own breath
And my feet stuttering to make a path
Am I the only one in the only world?

Is that the wind finally picking up?
Is that a rattle sounding from the brush?
I'm not the only one in the only world
Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh, whoa

Runnin', runnin'
Runnin' rattle behind me
Runnin', runnin'
No one will ever find me
Runnin', runnin'
Runnin' rattle behind me
Runnin', runnin'
No one will ever find me
Sweatin', sweatin'
Sweatin' rattle behind me
Runnin', runnin'
No one will ever find me
Sweatin', sweatin'
Sweatin' rattle behind me
Runnin', runnin'
No one will ever find me

Writer/s: ANNE ERIN CLARK
Publisher: BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC
Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Rattlesnake

The song documents a hot day in Texas, when St. Vincent's Annie Clark went for a walk on her own on a friend's ranch. "It was a beautiful day and no one was around, so I thought, 'I'm going to take all my clothes off to fully experience this,' she recalled to The Observer. "I was having this communion with nature when I saw this rattlesnake. I took off running and when I got home had a shot of tequila."

NME asked Clark if she had thoughts of mortality when she realized a snake was lurking nearby. "Yes I think about dying all the time," she said, "and that would have been an awesome way to die – like it would suck to choke on a chicken bone alone in your apartment, but dying by rattlesnake bite is cool – I was like, 'No, not this time.'"