 Genius Lyrics
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Slipknot – Slipknot
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Track 1 on Slipknot’s official first self-distributed album. It eventually evolved into “(sic)”.
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XXXTENTACION (Ft. Killstation & Kin$oul) – Slipknot
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“Slipknot” was released April 18th, 2017 on X’s Soundcloud. The song was also included on Revenge, X’s first commercial mixtape which consisted of old songs from his Soundcloud.
X
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Slipknot – Eyeless
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A song from Slipknot’s debut album. At 0:02 “Eyeless” samples “Ease Yourself” by The Collective, which in turn heavily samples “Amen Brother” by The Winstons (at 1:27). The “Amen
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Slipknot – Unsainted
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“Unsainted” is the first single being released from Slipknot’s album We Are Not Your Kind. The track talks about depression, as vocalist Corey Taylor has suffered from it for many
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Slipknot – Interloper
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[Intro] / Fuck you! / [Verse 1: Corey Taylor] / Many have come and gone / Still left out of the guttural swansong / I'm takin' nothin' but the best in the area / Get me grief, but
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Slipknot – Surfacing
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Track 5 on Slipknot’s self-titled debut. Much like the other songs on the album, it discusses misanthropy and hatred. When played live, it is announced as “your new national anthem
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Slipknot – My Plague
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The 4th song on Iowa, “My Plague” was also featured on the Resident Evil OST as a “The New Abuse Mix.” It was the 3rd (and last ) single released from the album.
It was nominated
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Slipknot – The Negative One
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The first single from .5: The Gray Chapter was released on August 1 as a “gift for the fans”, according to Corey Taylor. The official video was released August 5th.
The video does
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Slipknot – All Out Life
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“All Out Life” is a song bashing the music industry. It’s a single which was not included in Slipknot’s “Iowa levels of heavy” sixth studio album called We Are Not Your Kind
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Slipknot – Disasterpiece
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“Disasterpiece” talks about how Corey Taylor was bullied and how he wants his bully to die.
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Slipknot – Purity
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The song was written about a story that Corey Taylor read on a website. According to the story, a girl named Adrianne Purity Knight was kidnapped and buried alive. Corey thought
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Slipknot – Spit It Out
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“Spit it Out” was the first song that Slipknot wrote with Corey Taylor. It is one of the band’s best known songs due to their live interaction with the crowd (this has been dubbed
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Slipknot – Confessions
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Track 6 on Slipknot’s official first self-distributed album, that was self-released on October 31st (Halloween) 1996.
MFKR-era Slipknot
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Slipknot – Dead Memories
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“Dead Memories” was the third single released from All Hope Is Gone.
Without naming names, it’s the story of my last 10 years. I’ve been holding onto these things for the last 10
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Slipknot – The Dying Song (Time to Sing)
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[Intro] / Put your hands into the water / Let your mouth go sick and dry / Put your life into your death now / Let them sing until you die / Die, die, die, yeah / [Verse] / Radical
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Slipknot – Tattered & Torn
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Originally track 5 on Mate.Feed.Kill.Repeat., Slipknot reworked it into another song by the time Slipknot was produced by Ross Robinson, with new vocalist Corey Taylor.
Tattered
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I hate sex – You + Me = Slipknot
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Soft thoughts, pink bruises / Floral blankets, sunday afternoons / You plucked flowers from my mother's garden / To lay across my cold, gray grave / Walked past a doe with a throat
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Slipknot – Sulfur
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“Sulfur” is All Hope Is Gone’s fourth single, it deals with depression and sadness. According to Joey Jordison, this was written in one evening.
This is the first song Jim [Root
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Slipknot – Gently
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This is one of 3 songs originating from the “Basement Sessions” recordings in 1993 which were used as a basis for later Slipknot songs. Originally written by Shawn Crahan in high
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Slipknot – Wait and Bleed
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“Wait and Bleed” is about a man who has constant dreams of his suicide by slitting his wrists. One day, he wakes to find that his dream is a reality. He tries to fall back to sleep
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Slipknot – Eeyore
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“Eeyore” is the secret track at the end of “Scissors,” after some adlib dialogue at the 16:30 mark. On the 10th anniversary edition and on reissues since then, it is listed as a
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Slipknot – Bone Church
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[Verse 1] / Burned my hands, wrapped around the sun / Raise my walls, but the damage is done / I see bugs from the corner of my eyes / Just a shadow, a figment, another empty lie
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Slipknot – Killpop
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“Killpop” has a similar concept to “Vermilion” in which the narrator is obsessed with someone (or something) of beauty, but finds it impossible to coexist with it.
The meaning
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Slipknot – Nero Forte
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“Nero Forte,” the fifth song on Slipknot’s sixth studio album We Are Not Your Kind (as well as being the fourth and final single from the album), is more akin to the heavy, fast-
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Slipknot – Goodbye
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“Goodbye” is the eighth track on Slipknot’s .5: The Gray Chapter.
In an interview for Kerrang! Magazine, Corey Taylor spoke about this song:
“Goodbye” is actually a song that
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Slipknot – Lech
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“Lech” is the seventh track on Slipknot’s .5: The Gray Chapter.
In an interview for Kerrang! Magazine, Corey Taylor spoke about this song:
“Lech” is one of the other tunes
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Slipknot – AOV
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“AOV” (An abbreviation for Approaching Original Violence) is the third track on Slipknot’s .5: The Gray Chapter.
In an interview for Kerrang! Magazine, Corey Taylor spoke about
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Slipknot – Before I Forget
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The 4th single to be released from Slipknot’s 3rd album, “Before I Forget” won the 2006 Grammy for Best Metal Performance.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shuyFOl2r-U
As with all
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Slipknot – Liberate
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The tenth song on Slipknot’s self-titled album. The song is about accepting your anger and frustration instead of letting it bottle up inside.
Live versions of the song appeared
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Slipknot – Solway Firth
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“Solway Firth” is the second single from Slipknot’s sixth album, We Are Not Your Kind. The title is likely a reference to the “Solway Firth Spaceman” which is an image of a little
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Slipknot – 742617000027
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The opening track on Slipknot’s self-titled studio album from 1999. It links to Track 2, entitled “(sic).”
The voice is sampled from the 1993 documentary Manson and belongs to
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Slipknot – Scissors
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The final song on Slipknot’s self-titled debut (excluding secret track “Eeyore” and bonus tracks).
The lyrics were written by Joey Jordison about self-harm, but the last lines
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Slipknot – Gehenna
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Slipknot themselves described “Gehenna” as an eerily melodic song about obsession and self-loathing. Here, the speaker has become obsessed over a love interest, and try to fake a
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Slipknot – Metabolic
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[Verse 1] / Gone, I couldn't murder your promise / Right before my eyes / The revolutions of my psychosis / Kept me outta the way / [Refrain] / Once inside, all I hold is ash
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Slipknot – Skeptic
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“Skeptic” is the sixth track on Slipknot’s .5: The Gray Chapter.
In an interview for Kerrang! Magazine, Corey Taylor spoke about this song:
This is definitely about Paul
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Slipknot – Prosthetics
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“Prosthetics” is the eleventh song on the original issue and the tenth on the reissue. The song’s premise is loosely adapted from the 1965 horror film The Collector, centering
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Slipknot – Nomadic
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“Nomadic” is the ninth track on Slipknot’s 2014 album .5: The Gray Chapter, possibly alluding to their former bassist Paul Gray, who died of a drug overdose in 2010.
In an
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Slipknot – Welcome
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[Intro] / Yeah! / [Verse 1] / I am a product of your conduct / The uncontrollable urges that made me / Have made us all; are you proud? Do you even care? / You taught us all to lie
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Slipknot – Override
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“Override” is the first track on the bonus disk of Slipknot’s .5: The Gray Chapter.
In an interview with Kerrang! Magazine, Corey Taylor spoke about the song:
“Override” is
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Slipknot – Diluted
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“Diluted” continues the themes of misanthropy and self-hatred that flow throughout Slipknot’s self-titled record. Musically, it is a fast-paced nu-metal song that makes use of
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Slipknot – 'Til We Die
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A bonus track off Slipknot’s fourth studio album All Hope Is Gone, the song is a little slower and deeper then usual Slipknot songs. The song was also dedicated to their bassist
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Slipknot – (515)
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Track 1 on Iowa, Slipknot’s 2nd album. “(515),” is named after an area code in Iowa, Slipknot’s home state and the name of this album. 515 is also the sum of 9 consecutive prime
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Slipknot – The Nameless
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The nameless is the 12th track on Slipknot’s more melodic album Vol.3:(The subliminal verses).
In this song Corey takes control of his loved one, forcing them to be submissive or
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Slipknot – Vendetta
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[Verse 1: Corey Taylor] / I know my uses, I have my pride / But my heart is still untamed / I learn my lessons, I've conquered death / I go on, and I'm unashamed / I'll paint your
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