Story Behind The Song
Personal Experience
Song Description
A Friend Describing to another band member that he's been decieving them all along so that he could end up in the spotlight
| Song Length |
2:51 |
Genre |
Rock - Modern, Rock - Gothic |
| Tempo |
Fast (151 - 170) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Restless, Endearing |
Subject |
Power, Jealousy |
| Similar Artists |
Beck, The Cure |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
Snake Oil Salesman
by Steven James
Well pull your chair close little one, I?d like to take some of your time
?Cause finally after all these years I?m confessing to my crime
I know you?ve thought that I was prone to wearing pointed hats
But now you see I?m not alone in lacking a puritan past
Now you see that I?m just what you thought my friend
Nothing but a sinister and savvy self-styled snake oil salesman
I?m a snake oil salesman, snake oil salesman
Well you?ve always had some good ideas and I?ve reluctantly endorsed them
But now you see I?ve got my moods and I willingly enfroce them
And all I know is what I want and I?ve always wanted you
To fill in the spots where my colors run and do what I can?t do
(Repeat Chorus)
So hush now while I lull you to sleep with my latest lullaby
I hope you feel your resistance fading a heaviness in your eyes
And pick up your harp and strum away but be weary of the lights
?Cause the stage I stand on is clearly mine
And mine alone tonight
(Repeat Chorus)