Verse 1: I could choose not to sever The body from the head To live a short while longer In all-consuming dread Verse 2: Of waking up enwrapped In coils about my neck And chest and stomach trapped Without a chance to check Verse 3: On children of the world To see that they are free Of evils that unfurled And tightened up on me Chorus: Tightened up on me Tightened up on me Evils that unfurled And tightened up on me