Open the basket
Listen to the flute play
Open the basket
Listen to the flute play
Toot toot toot play

Snakes in the basket
Lie to lead you astray
Snakes in the basket
Force to make you betray
Your innermost truth hidden away

Now you're falling down to the underground
Slither down to your lair
Hidden in the many trenches of a hopeless war
Those who were sold out by a corporate board

Carry the casket
Never mind the gun spray
Bury the casket
Pawns in someone's gameplay
Shoot shoot shoot, obey

Now you're falling down to the underground
Slither down to your lair
Hidden in the many trenches of a hopeless war
Those who were sold out by a corporate board

Listen to the flute play
Listen to the flute play
Listen to the flute play

(La la la la la la la)
Subscription to the spreading of lies
Soldier catches on a glimpse of his demise deep down inside
Even he knows snakes come in many shapes and sizes
Many shapes and sizes
Snakes have no hands to be tied

Concoction of malicious lies
Deep inside the general despises himself
Listen to the flute play
Another reptile in line
Snakes without grass cannot hide

Now you're falling down to the underground
Slither down to your lair
Hidden in the many trenches of a hopeless war
Those who were sold out by a corporate board
Falling down to the underground
Slither down to your lair
Forked tongues spread the poison with another toxic sting
So much pain their serpentine inhibitions bring

(La la la la la la la)
Oh, listen to the flute play
(La la la la la la la)
Listen to the flute play
(La la la la la la la)
Listen to the flute play
(La la la la la la la)
Listen to the flute play
(La la la la la la la)
Open the basket
(La la la la la la la)
Open the basket
(La la la la la la la)
Listen to the flute play
(La la la la la la la)
Open the basket

(La la la la la la la)
Listen to the flute play
(La la la la la la la)
Listen to the flute play
(La la la la la la la)
Go ahead
Listen to the flute play
Open the basket
Oh, open the basket

Copyright: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Writer(s): Gwen Renee Stefani, Tony Kanal