Rumble Fish Lyrics

Lyric discussion by theotherness 

Cover art for Rumble Fish lyrics by Sevendust

I'm pretty positive he doesn't say "Step down on the slivering snake," nor does he say "Step down on the slivering stake." Instead, and doesn't it make SO much more lyrical sense, that he's saying, "Step down on the *sliTHering sNake?"

That's what I meant. Slithering. Step down on the slithering snake. I think I was paying too much attention to the prior comment to mine.

Anyways, to sliver is to cut or break something into small, thin, or narrow pieces.

Snakes don't sliver very often.