The Serpent Said - Tony Banks

In the silence of the night a serpent shape

Moves its 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

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

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