The Serpent Said Lyrics - Tony Banks

In the silence of the night, a serpent shape 

Moves it's way across the stony floor 

In the comfort of your life, the serpent said, 

You know that you could have still more, 

Picture where you want to be 

The door is open wide 

Don't you really want to know? 

Don't you want to know how it feels 

To see if it's all worth trying? 

You want to know how it feels 

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Don't you want to rule the world a little bit, 

Who to help and who to leave to swim? 

You could better everything, the serpent said, 

In your own peculiar way, 

History would honour you 

No matter what you did 

Don't you really want to try? 

You want to know how it feels 

And see if it's all worth trying 

You want to know how it could feel, 

In the silence of the night, you lie awake, 

Turning over in your mind the words: 

If at first you lack the nerve, the serpent said, 

You could always try again. 

And now left upon your own 

Has nothing changed at all 

Do you really want to know? 

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You want to know how it feels 

And see if it's all worth trying 

You want to know how it could feel, 

To be the one.