Slipknot

Released: November 22, 2002

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

Producer: Slipknot

This song is about a girl in a box
Shhhhhhhh...
This song is called: Purity

Alright, on the count of four
I want to see everyone of you fucking jumping
One two three now, now, now, now, now

Maze, psychopathic daze, I create this waste
Back away from tangents, on the verge of drastic ways
Can't escape this place, I deny your face
Sweat gets in my eyes, I think I'm slowly dying
Put me in a home-made cellar
Put me in a hole for shelter
Someone hear me please, all I see is hate
I can hardly breathe, and I can hardly take it
Hands on my face, overbearing I can't get out
Hands on my face, overbearing I can't
Lost, run at my own cost, fearing laughter, scoffed
Running from the rush, detached from such and such
Bleak all around me, weak, listening, incomplete
I am not a dog, but I'm the one you're dogging
I am in a buried kennel
I have never felt so final
Someone find me please, losing all reserve
I am fucking gone, I think I'm fucking dying
Hands on my face overbearing, I can't get out
Hands on my face overbearing, I can't
You all stare, but you'll never see, there's something inside me
You all stare, but you'll never see, there's something inside me
You all stare, but you'll never see, there's something inside me
You all stare, but you'll never see, there's something in you I despise
Cut me, show me, enter
I am willing and able and never any danger to myself
Knowledge of my pain, knowledge of my pain
Or was my tolerance a phase? Empathy, out of my way
I can't die, I can't die
I can't die, I can't die
You all stare, but you'll never see, there's something inside me
You all stare, but you'll never see, there's something inside me
You all stare, but you'll never see, there's something inside me
You all stare, but you'll never see, there's something in you I despise
Despise, despise
Purity, purity, purity, purity
Purity, purity, purity, purity
Have you ever seen God?
Have you ever seen God?
Have you ever seen God?
Have you ever seen God?

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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