Slipknot

Released: August 20, 2008

Songwriter: Joey Jordison Craig Jones Chris Fehn Shawn Crahan Sid Wilson Mick Thomson Jim Root Paul Gray Corey Taylor

Producer: Dave Fortman Slipknot

[Verse 1]
12/08/73, that was all I got, and now you got me
All I ever really wanted was to take the blame
I will go down in history and not down in flames
Meningitis, I will survive this
Dry sockets and a schizophrenic crisis
The Time of the Nine has begun
Get out of the way or you will suffer as one
Oh, this is so typical, apocalyptical
Hanging on abysmal release, Jesus
I don't need this, don't wanna be this
Icon in the making, my hands are fucking shaking

[Refrain]
What if God doesn't care?
What if God doesn't care?

[Pre-Chorus]
Remember, surrender
The time is now
Continue, we're in you
And we will burn your cities down

[Chorus]
America is a killing name
It doesn't feel or discriminate
Life is just a killing field
It's all that's left, nothing's real
Throw away your disposable past
And fall apart like a cigarette ash
We are the fatal and vital ones of the world
And we will burn your cities down

[Guitar Solo]

[Refrain]
What if God doesn't care?
What if God doesn't care?

Oh

[Chorus]
America is a killing name
It doesn't feel or discriminate
Life is just a killing field
It's all that's left, nothing's real
Throw away your disposable past
And fall apart like a cigarette ash
We are the fatal and vital ones of the world
And we will burn your cities down

[Bridge]
Down, ha
We will burn your cities down
We will burn your cities down
Yeah, we will burn your cities down

[Verse 2]
Feed the hungry, feed them shit
Feed them bones and politics
You wanna revolutionize?
Be specific and believe your eyes
Start a war in another backyard
And we'll destroy your house of cards
Give me a minute and I'll change your mind
Give me a bullet and I'll change your life

[Pre-Chorus]
Remember, surrender
The time is now
Continue, we're in you
And we will burn your cities down

[Chorus]
America is a killing name
It doesn't feel or discriminate
Life is just a killing field
It's all that's left, nothing's real
Throw away your disposable past
And fall apart like a cigarette ash
We are the fatal and vital ones of the world
And we will burn your cities down

[Outro]
Down, down
We will burn your cities down
Down, down
We will burn your cities down

America, what if God doesn't care?
What if God doesn't care?

Slipknot is a metal group based in Des Moines, Iowa. They were formed in 1995, and are well known for their live shows and their image of nine masked performers. They are one of the most important bands of the NWOAHM (New Wave of American Heavy Metal).

The band released their demo album Mate, Feed, Kill, Repeat on October 31st, 1996. Slipknot went through several lineup changes before settling with their most known Sid Wilson, Joey Jordison, Paul Gray, Chris Fehn, Jim Root, Craig Jones, Shawn “Clown” Crahan, Mick Thompson, and Corey Taylor.

This core line-up rose to the spotlight after their self-titled debut in 1999 which contained the breakout singles “Wait and Bleed” and “Spit it Out.” They would go on to release Iowa (2001), The Subliminal Verses (2004), and All Hope Is Gone (2008), and .5: The Gray Chapter (2014) and We Are Not Your Kind (2019). The band has sold millions of records worldwide.

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