Slipknot

Released: October 31, 1996

Songwriter: Joey Jordison Shawn Crahan Josh Brainard Donnie Steele Paul Gray Anders Colsefni

Producer: Sean MacMahon

[Intro]
I know you don't want to see
I know you're not part of me
But you wonder just the same
So I'll let you in on this game

[Verse]
What's on the top is just the beginning
Of the protectorate that keeps Gaia spinning
It never ends, and with the gifts Luna sends to the apocalypse
On, we defend for the right to live in a perfect world
For our past mistakes, extinction we are hurled
Trying to make amends for the Impergium,
As Weaver and the Wyld and a bitch called the Wyrm

[Chorus]
You don't wanna know
All the power of the Wyld that runs through me
Yet the reason why is an answer that eludes me
You don't wanna see
Our viewpoint on what hominids are doing,
That black inside when frenzy is brewing
You don't wanna feel
The sorrow that my heart holds in knowing
Just where my hopes and dreams are going
I won't let you be
Caught up in a war that you are not part of
I sign this letter, "Your father, with love"

[Guitar Solo]

[Bridge]
I'm tryna set my mind free
I'm sorry you never knew me
My soul is in recession
Painful to make this confession!

[Chorus]
You don't wanna know
All of the power of the Wyld that runs through me
Yet the reason why is an answer that eludes me
You don't wanna see
Our viewpoint on what hominids are doing,
That black inside when frenzy is brewing
You don't wanna feel
The sorrow that my heart holds in knowing
Just where my hopes and dreams are going
I won't let you be
Caught up in a war that you are not part of
I sign this letter, "Your father, with love"

[Outro]
Love!

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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