Hype-THE BEST NEW NAMES, FIRST

Upset-DORK'S HOME FOR ALL THINGS LOUD

Festival Guides-YOUR ESSENTIAL FESTIVAL COMPANION

Hype-THE BEST NEW NAMES, FIRST

Mixtape-DORK'S BEST NEW TRACKS

Play-DORK'S NEW MUSIC FRIDAY EDIT

Upset-DORK'S HOME FOR ALL THINGS LOUD

Playlist Covers

Playlist Directory

Before Doors-LIVE SESSIONS

Music Video Directory

Down With Boring-THE DORK PODCAST

Chart Attack-UK NUMBER ONES, DISSECTED

Dork Radio

Live

Live 24/7

Dork Radio

Down With Boring

Join thousands of music lovers getting the best new tracks, exclusive interviews, and breaking news delivered straight to your inbox every week.

In print now

June 2026

Latest issue variants

Dork, June 2026 (Bleachers cover)

Bleachers

Dork, June 2026 (Myles Smith cover)

Myles Smith

Dork, June 2026 (Towa Bird cover)

Towa Bird

|

Privacy Policy|

Cookie settings

© 2026 The Bunker Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved.

Advertise on this site.

Sonic Youth – Calming the Snake (2009) | Track profile | Dork

Tracks
Sonic Youth
The Eternal
Calming the Snake

TRACK

Calming the Snake

Release date: 9th June 2009

From The Eternal

More on Sonic Youth

About This Track

"Calming the Snake" is a track by Sonic Youth, from the album The Eternal, released 9th June 2009. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Sonic Youth

Sonic Youth

Lyrics

Calming the Snake

[Verse 1]

Come on down

Down to the river

Come on down

I want to feel you shiver

Dark on the edges

Golden on top

Floating down the river

You're so hot

[Bridge]

Oh oh oh oh ooh

Oh oh oh oh ooh

[Verse 2]

Come on down

Down to the river

Come on down

I want to feel you shiver

The sight of death

Is sure to deliver

Come on down

I want to hear you quiver

[Bridge]

Oh oh oh oh oh ooh

Oh oh oh oh oh ooh

[Outro]

Corpses' drapery

Rusting, sliding, sliding, sliding

Endless

Lyrics provided by LRCLIB

View full lyrics page →

Track details

From The Eternal

2009

Listen

Album

Release year

2009

—Calming the Snake
—Malibu Gas Station
—Poison Arrow
—Walkin Blue
—No Way
—Antenna
—Anti-Orgasm
—Leaky Lifeboat (For Gregory Corso)
—What We Know
—Thunderclap for Bobby Pyn

More from Sonic Youth

Albums & EPs

Live In Copenhagen 2000

World Trade Center Benefit 2001

Live In Denver 1986

I Wanna Be Your Dog - Rare Tracks 1989-1995

Spinhead Sessions • 1986

Simon Werner A Disparu (Original Enregistrement Sonore)

iTunes Live From Soho

J'accuse Ted Hughes / Agnès B Musique

Explore

More tracks by Sonic Youth

Expressway to Yr. Skull (Live)

Death Valley '69 (Live in Brooklyn, Ny)Live in Brooklyn 2011

Ghost Bitch (Live in Brooklyn, Ny)Live in Brooklyn 2011

Cotton Crown (Live in Brooklyn, Ny)Live in Brooklyn 2011

Sacred Trickster (Live in Brooklyn, Ny)Live in Brooklyn 2011

Brave Men Run (In My Family) [Live in Brooklyn, Ny]Live in Brooklyn 2011

Eric's Trip (Live in Brooklyn, Ny)Live in Brooklyn 2011

Tom Violence (Live in Brooklyn, Ny)Live in Brooklyn 2011

I Love Her All The Time (Live in Brooklyn, Ny)Live in Brooklyn 2011

Kill Yr Idols (Live in Brooklyn, Ny)Live in Brooklyn 2011

Flower (Live in Brooklyn, Ny)Live in Brooklyn 2011

Psychic Hearts (Live in Brooklyn, Ny)Live in Brooklyn 2011

Sugar Kane (Live in Brooklyn, Ny)Live in Brooklyn 2011

Calming the Snake (Live in Brooklyn, Ny)Live in Brooklyn 2011

Drunken Butterfly (Live in Brooklyn, Ny)Live in Brooklyn 2011

Inhuman (Live in Brooklyn, Ny)Live in Brooklyn 2011

What We Know (Live in Brooklyn, Ny)Live in Brooklyn 2011

Starfield Road (Live in Brooklyn, Ny)Live in Brooklyn 2011

Social StaticIn/Out/In

Basement ContenderIn/Out/In

Play the New York Dolls

White KrossLive In Copenhagen 2000

Nevermind (What Was It Anyway)Live In Copenhagen 2000

Free City RhymesLive In Copenhagen 2000

Renegade PrincessLive In Copenhagen 2000

HoarfrostLive In Copenhagen 2000

Brother JamesLive In Copenhagen 2000

NYC Ghosts & FlowersLive In Copenhagen 2000

Lightnin'Live In Copenhagen 2000

Intro (Live)World Trade Center Benefit 2001

Sympathy For The Strawberry (Live)World Trade Center Benefit 2001

Disconnection Notice (Live)World Trade Center Benefit 2001

Rain On Tin (Live)World Trade Center Benefit 2001

Karenology (Live)World Trade Center Benefit 2001

Empty Page (Live)World Trade Center Benefit 2001

NYC Ghosts & Flowers (Live)World Trade Center Benefit 2001

Schizophrenia (Live)World Trade Center Benefit 2001

White Kross (Live)World Trade Center Benefit 2001

Drunken Butterfly (Live)World Trade Center Benefit 2001

Brother James (Live)World Trade Center Benefit 2001

Burning Spear (Live)World Trade Center Benefit 2001

Tom Violence (Live)Live In Denver 1986

White Kross (Live)Live In Denver 1986

Shadow Of A Doubt (Live)Live In Denver 1986

Star Power (Live)Live In Denver 1986

Death To Our Friends (Live)Live In Denver 1986

Flower (Live)Live In Denver 1986

Green Light (Live)Live In Denver 1986

Brother James (Live)Live In Denver 1986

View all tracks by Sonic Youth →

Basement ContenderIn/Out/In
Brave Men Run (In My Family) [Live in Brooklyn, Ny]Live in Brooklyn 2011
Brother JamesLive In Copenhagen 2000
3:42
Brother James (Live)World Trade Center Benefit 2001
3:37
Brother James (Live)Live In Denver 1986
2:44
Burning Spear (Live)World Trade Center Benefit 2001
4:21
Calming the Snake (Live in Brooklyn, Ny)Live in Brooklyn 2011
Cotton Crown (Live in Brooklyn, Ny)Live in Brooklyn 2011
Death To Our Friends (Live)Live In Denver 1986
3:34
Death Valley '69 (Live in Brooklyn, Ny)Live in Brooklyn 2011

Showing 10 of 50

If you like Sonic Youth

Ciccone Youth

Thurston Moore

Thurston Moore

Dinosaur Jr.

Dinosaur Jr.

Unwound

Unwound

Big Black

Big Black

Pixies

Pixies

Swans

Swans

Lee Ranaldo

The Breeders

The Breeders

Free Kitten

READ MORE ABOUT SONIC YOUTH

READ MORE ABOUT SONIC YOUTH

READ MORE ABOUT SONIC YOUTH

READ MORE ABOUT SONIC YOUTH

No coverage available for Sonic Youth yet.

Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer: Kim Gordon, Lee Ranaldo, Mark Ibold, Steve Shelley, Thurston Moore
Producer: John Agnello, Sonic Youth
Engineer: Ted Young
Bass: Mark Ibold
Drums: Steve Shelley
Guitar: Kim Gordon, Lee Ranaldo, Thurston Moore
Vocals: Kim Gordon
Mastering Engineer: Greg Calbi
Mixing Engineer: James Frazee, John Agnello
Recording Engineer: Aaron Mullan, John Agnello, Justin Pizzoferrato