Eric Church’s “The Snake” Lyrics Meaning

“The Snake” is the title of a song by American country music singer and songwriter Eric Church. The lyrics of “The Snake” see Church focus all his time condemning America’s divisive politics.

In the song, he compares America’s two major political parties (the Republican Party and the Democratic Party) to dangerous snakes. Hence the song’s title “The Snake”. In addition to likening the Democrat Party and the GOP to snakes, Church goes on to state that their sole objective is to feast on the innocent American electorate.

In the song, Church mentions two types of venomous snakes – the copperhead and the rattlesnake. Which political party is the copperhead? And which is the rattlesnake?

According to Church, neither of these snakes refers to a particular political party. Any of the serpents could be red (Republican Party) or blue (Democratic Party).

In a 2018 interview with Rolling Stone magazine, Church revealed that he didn’t vote during the 2016 United States presidential election. And why did he fail to exercise his franchise? To him, he saw no difference between the two Presidential candidates: Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.

Quick Facts about “The Snake”

•  Three songwriters (including Eric Church) wrote this song. Travis Meadows and Jeremy Spillman are the other two writers of this song.
•  “The Snake” was produced by American record producer Jay Joyce.
• This is the first track on Church’s sixth album which goes by the title Desperate Man.

Did Eric Church release “The Snake” as a single?

No. The album Desperate Man (on which the song is on) produced just two singles: “Some of It” and “Desperate Man”.