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The Cure

Snakepit

Release date: 26th May 1987

From Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me
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'Snakepit' by The Cure is taken from 'Kiss Me, Kiss Me' and was released in 1987. The lyrics place the speaker underground, framing intimacy as urgent, private business that no one else can see, while a drunken crowd provides a dark background. The tone is breathless and slightly unhinged, with lines that insist on physical insistence and frantic movement, as if the kiss is happening somewhere that feels less like shelter than a trap. One moment reads like seasonal make-believe, the next like panic, with the repeated insistence on being unseen doing the work of a locked room.

"Snakepit" is a track by The Cure, from the album Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me, released 26th May 1987. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 12 articles about The Cure.

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Lyrics

Snakepit

[Verse 1]

Well, we're a mile under the ground

And I'm thinking that it's Christmas

And I'm kissing you hard

Like I've got very important business

[Chorus 1]

And no one knows and no one sees us

Because they're drinking themselves senseless

And I'm writhing, and I'm writhing

And I'm writhing in the snakepit

[Verse 2]

Well, I'm out in a car

And it's just full of stupid girls

And I've forgotten how to speak

And I just can't remember a word

[Chorus 2]

And my eyes feel like they're bursting

And they're splitting like plums

And I'm writhing, and I'm writhing

And I'm writhing in the snakepit

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Track details

From Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me

1987
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Album
Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me
Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me
The Cure
Release year
1987
  1. —A Thousand Hours
  2. —If Only Tonight We Could Sleep
  3. —Shiver and Shake
  4. —Snakepit
  5. —The Perfect Girl
  6. —The Kiss
  7. —All I Want
  8. —Icing Sugar
  9. —Torture
  10. —How Beautiful You Are
  11. —Fight
  12. —Hey You!!!
  13. —One More Time
  14. —Like Cockatoos

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Writer
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Producer
Dave Allen, Robert Smith
Drums
Boris Williams
Guitar
Pearl Thompson, Robert Smith
Keyboards
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Vocals
Robert Smith
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Jacques Hermet, Sean Burrows
Bass Guitar
Simon Gallup
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