Released: June 29, 1999

Songwriter: Corey Taylor Mick Thomson Shawn Crahan Paul Gray Joey Jordison

Producer: Slipknot Ross Robinson

[Chorus: Corey Taylor & Clown]
Liberate my madness
(One of me, all of you)
Liberate my madness
I just want to liberate my madness!
(One of me, all of you)
Liberate my madness!

[Verse 1: Corey Taylor]
Section off myself
Put a wall up, what the hell have I done?
Keep the dog at bay
Survive by saving me
Values and the game
Not a fuck-up, not a part of your lie
I am one, I am all, I'm above and beyond

[Pre-Chorus: Corey Taylor & Chris Fehn]
Stand off of the shit
Back off or I'll spit
So soft, you forget
(Your garbage in is garbage out)
You don't give a shit
I won't play the fit
Get off, get on this
(Your garbage in is garbage out)
Liberate my madness…

[Chorus: Corey Taylor & Clown]
Liberate my madness
(One of me, all of you)
Liberate my madness
I just want to liberate my madness
(One of me, all of you)
Liberate my madness

[Verse 2: Corey Taylor]
I am not ashamed
What is vital isn't always humane
You can break in vain
But you can't break away
Even in my face
Lot of bullshit, not a lotta the truth
I can't see from here
But I can smell your fear

[Pre-Chorus: Corey Taylor & Chris Fehn]
Back off of the shit
Stand off or I'll spit
So soft, you forget
(Your garbage in is garbage out)
You don't give a shit
I won't play the fit
Get off, get on this
(Your garbage in is garbage out)

[Bridge 2: Corey Taylor]
Saved, you're such a slave, I don't expect a name
You don't care, I wasn't witness, I can't be a part of a system such as this
Hard eyes glow right in my darkness again with the sickness
Renegade sisters, blisters, salivate, litigate, liberate
Madness, sadness, fuck this, how long have I had this?
I don't need this outta my business
Insert, engage, betrayed, my God
Fraud!
Fraud!
Fraud!

[Outro: Corey Taylor]
Liberate my madness
Liberate my madness
I just want to liberate my madness
Liberate my madness

Slipknot

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.