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Killing Snakes

from The Pinkermen Set by C. Gibbs

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Inspired by a 'Self Help Group" event at famous peoples houses in LA with someone who referred to battling their demons as " Killing Snakes,"
Song about addiction.

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Lonely are the ones who always
Walk away when things get bad
I'll be lonely and be knowing that you painted this by hand
The picture never fit the frame
You had a taste but couldn't keep the fast it seems
Caramelized and glazing over ( shot heavy unaware)
As the locust take to trees
Flying low and taking over different personalities
Leaving me to be devoured by the elders as they please

I keep to Killing Snakes
'cause they're crawling over me
Beneath the weight the body breaks
peeling skin and pulling teeth
I keep to Killing Snakes
'cause it deepens as you need it
And the body starts to feed it as you please

On the podium they're waving
like delirious inbreds
See his heart while it's still beating through his lonely broken chest
The anchor drags and slips away
The story is now sordid and complete it seems

I keep to Killing Snakes
'cause they're crawling over me
Beneath the weight the body breaks
peeling skin and pulling teeth
I keep to Killing Snakes
'cause it deepens as you need it
And the body starts to feed it as you please

Love me till the blue sky fades
Hold me till the blue sky fades
Love me till the blue sky fades

Crawl into my head
Roll into my space
Killing Snakes alive

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from The Pinkermen Set, track released May 13, 2019
Gibbs- Piano, Guitars, Vocals
Lance Kruger - Bass
Dan Meke - Drums
Julia Kent- cello

Recorded , Engineered and Mixed by Charles Scott and Andy Markham

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C. Gibbs 8th album " Tales from the Terramar" is his latest release . He has released over 15 albums under different monikers (Lucinda Black Bear, He Arrived By Helicopter, The Droves) .
He is currently on tour in Switzerland with his longtime backing European backing band “ The Handsome Two”

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