Discover the story of the song > Disappearer – Sonic Youth

The protagonist is experiencing a sense of familiarity and newness at the same time. They compare this feeling to a rainstorm and a simple rhyme. The feeling turns into something valuable and slow-moving, like a gold coin. They see something shining and are drawn towards it, like a silver eye. They pick it up and head towards a place that feels like a land of western stars. They feel a sense of nostalgia and decide to stay there, in what they call the eastern silent way. They see a ghost in a dirty mirror and feel that they have been away for too long. They describe it as an eastern star that disappears.