Serpent’s Lure.

I learned my name in a garden of eyes

Coiled in the hush where the old skin lies

They told me stay low,

stay sweet, stay small Move like a rumor against the wall But

I was born with a lightning tongue A silver warning for everyone

I taste the fear in a polished grin I know the lock

and the key within If truth is dangerous,

let it start Right where they buried the wildest heart

Shed

it, shed it, let the old lie fall Shed it,

shed it, I can feel the call

Every little silence starts to break

Every sleeping fire starts to wake I am the serpent,

I do not crawl I rise through the cracks in the temple

wall

I bring the venom that heals the chain A kiss of truth

in a world of stain

Open your mouth, let the old words go Open your hands,

let the real self show

If they call it danger,

let it be light We were not made to live half alive

(ah) I rise, I rise (oh) let it slide (ah)

old skin, gone

(yeah) all night

I saw your fear dressed up as control A gilded cage with

a hungry soul You called me wicked for knowing my worth Like

power in a woman darkens the earth But every secret you hid

in shame Turns into fuel when I speak its name So lift

your face from the borrowed floor You do not owe them your

silence anymore

No crown, no chain,

no hand on my throat

No lie survives when the true notes float

I leave a trail for the brave to find A door in

the dark for a changed mind I am the serpent,

I do not crawl I rise through the cracks in the temple

wall

I bring the venom that heals the chain A kiss of truth

in a world of stain

Open your mouth, let the old words go Open your hands,

let the real self show

If they call it danger,

let it be light We were not made to live half alive

Old skin falling

New dawn calling

I leave the door wide