You are the snake Dancing till you lose your skins Dressed in red Passionate and intempestive Eternal soul charmed among the waves Waiting for times to come You've got to promise yourself Never, never to forget What should you have been What have you become What is that you in yourself Your life will always be On someone else's hands Shifting and swaying Twirling and tumbling Falling to crawl up again Loads of passion The more you know sadder you get The flame burns harder How long will you bet? How many lives does it take to grow wiser Struggling for times to come