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Conor Oberst
Conor Oberst


Background information
Birth name Conor Mullen Oberst
Born February 15, 1980
Origin Omaha, Nebraska, United States
Genre(s) Indie Folk
Indie Rock
Folk-Rock
Alternative Country
Years active 1992—present
Label(s) Saddle Creek Records
Wichita Recordings
Merge Records
Team Love Records
Associated acts Monsters of Folk
Bright Eyes
Desaparecidos
Commander Venus
The Faint
Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band
The Magnetas
Website Website



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Conor Oberst Lyrics

"Snake Hill" lyrics


I was born on Snake Hill
And that's where I'll probably die
Because I don't like to kill
But I've got poison in my bite

Well, I feel safe to say
That I should probably stay upon Snake Hill

My mother told me, "Son
You got strychnine in your blood
It comes from pedigree ancestory"

She warned me not to leave
Said my concience was too deep
That when I bite
It would hurt mostly me

For many many years
I stayed up on that hill
Occasionaly I'd go down to the edge
Just to see what I could see
So curiousity got the best of me

Well, it's a big world and it's not fair to me
To stay up there when there's so much to see
I want to play with others that I need to meet
Poison will be poison till it's through

Soon I hit the world
I discovered that a girl
Was what my mother tried to hide from me

She could make you feel alive
She could make you want to die
And that's exactly what she did to me

And it was only self defense
But I coiled up and I bit
I let my venom run into her veins

And I sat and watched her die
To me
Then I realized

I was born on Snake Hill
And that's where I'll probably die
Because I don't like to kill
But I've got poison in my bite

Well, I feel safe to say
That I should probably stay upon Snake Hill

And it's a big world and it's not fair to me
To have to stay when there's so much to see
I want to play with others that I need to meet

And poison will be poison till it's through
Poison will be poison till it's through
Poison will be poison till it's through
Poison will be poison till it's through

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