Smooth scales slither over my skin

As soft, seductive words are whispered within

My ears so near to those lustful lips

Across which this temptation slides and slips

And I try to resist the serpent's will.

Mascara dark eyes and lucid dreams

But what it offers isn't what it seems

For those sad, sanguine lips just might

Conceal in their kiss a poisonous bite

And I try to resist the serpent's will.

Wrapped in her coils, trapped by desire

My blood burning hot, my veins filled with fire

Hypnotic eyes silently beg me believe

With promised pleasures it seeks to deceive

And I try to resist the serpent's will.

It's lies, offers of things once forbidden

Devouring, consuming those things I keep hidden

In it's relentless pursuit my world falls apart

For it stops at nothing to swallow my heart

And I try to resist - but the serpent will.