Rattlesnakes & Rosaries

Verse 1

There’s a bite in her kiss, venom sweet as sin

Gospel on her lips but a viper within

She’ll pray for your soul while she breaks your skin

Forgive me Lord, I’m fallin’ again

Pre-Chorus

Cross on the wall swings side to side

Every time she lies and calls it divine

Chorus

Rattlesnakes and rosaries

Wrapped around my heart

Faith and poison wrestlin’

Pullin’ me apart

I’m dyin’ for her mercy

Livin’ for her touch

Rattlesnakes and rosaries

I love her too much

Verse 2

Halo in her hair made of cigarette smoke

Says she’ll change, but that’s a tale of folk

She’s a scripture twisted into a stroke

Of a pen that God Himself revoked

Pre-Chorus

A serpent’s charm in Sunday shoes

She’ll save your soul just to watch you lose

Chorus

Rattlesnakes and rosaries

Wrapped around my heart

Faith and poison wrestlin’

Pullin’ me apart

I’m dyin’ for her mercy

Livin’ for her touch

Rattlesnakes and rosaries

I love her too much

Bridge (big instrumental rise)

Strike fast, baby—sink your teeth

I’ll bleed out ‘fore I ever leave

Yeah I’d trade heaven for one more night

With those fangs and candlelight

Breakdown (whispered / half-sung)

Oh I know she’s the death of me…

But hell’s too dull to let her be

Final Chorus

Rattlesnakes and rosaries

Tangled with desire

I’ll take the venom every time

To feel that holy fire

If love’s a sin, then punish me

I’m already out of luck

Rattlesnakes and rosaries

God help me — I’m stuck

Outro

She’ll say amen

Then strike again

And I’ll still let her in