Vana – SERPENTINE
New Zealand-based, Anaheim-born artist VANA merges brutal metal riffs with haunting electro-pop elements, offering a glimpse into a world where horror, femininity, and raw intensity collide on her sophomore EP TRIAL AND TERROR. The singer, songwriter, and self-taught musician captured global attention earlier this summer with her breakout single “Beg” which independently amassed over 7 million streams and 1.7 million video views. VANA’s boundary-pushing sound serves as an open invitation to those who might feel out of place in traditional metal spaces, making her an approachable bridge into heavier music for women and queer audiences and has earned her acclaim from international media including Rolling Stone Australia, Vice New Zealand, NZ Musician, Rova, and more.
Lyrics:
[Intro]
Take a bite of me
[Verse 1]
Just take another bite
I bet that tastes good (Yeah)
Keep the apple ripe
A holy parasite
I’ll feed your appetite
Learn what you never knew (Yeah)
I slither down your thigh
I’m never satisfied
Silver-tongued, make it flick, flick, flick, flick
Venom drippin’ down your lip, lip, lip, lip
Restore my soul to all its former glory
Baby, I’ll meet you back in purgatory
[Chorus]
Baby, sink your teeth into me (It’s forbidden, original sin)
Twistin’ on it, she’s serpentine (Slither my way into your garden)
Cursed to crawl upon my belly (Cursed to crawl upon)
Apples don’t fall far from their trees, so take a bite of me
[Verse 2]
Constricting your throat lately
I’m wrappin’ ‘round you, make you struggle, make you choke, baby (No one can hear you)
The souls of the damned always wish to command
The sentence of the lamb, yet they bite at the hand
That feeds them, the shepherd that bleeds them
The wooden crook that breaks the necks of the weakened
I told you I’m a pit viper, death grippin’, tighter
Told you I’m a biter, venomous striker
[Chorus]
Baby, sink your teeth into me (It’s forbidden, original sin)
Twistin’ on it, she’s serpentine (Slither my way into your garden)
Cursed to crawl upon my belly (Cursed to crawl upon)
Apples don’t fall far from their trees, so take a bite of me
[Bridge]
Hyp-hyp-hypnotic-notic
The fruit is rotted, rotted
I slither up and on it
T-t-take a bite off from it
Taste me
I’ll be your everything
Shedding
Coiled-up serpentine
[Chorus]
Baby, sink your teeth into me (It’s forbidden, original sin)
Twistin’ on it, she’s serpentine (Slither my way into your garden)
Cursed to crawl upon my belly (Cursed to crawl upon)
Apples don’t fall far from their trees, so take a bite of me