Slipknot

Songwriter: Joey Jordison Paul Gray Shawn Crahan Anders Colsefni

Producer: Sean McMahon

[Verse 1]
I'm feeding through the sheets of skin
Cold, shut down, succumb within
Darken the wings, betray my plight
I'm unaware you're in the light
No time to think, darker than coal
A mirror reflected will touch my soul
Just as a note appeared on the wall
Warning me of my inevitable fall

[Pre-Chorus]
Try and paint the black in my eyes
Ride the trails up and down my veins
Oiled hands, my brain on life
Realize it comes from somewhere real
And I am real, and it is real
And you are real, everything's real
Can't handle life, can't read my mind
I can't define, it's just the way I failed

[Chorus 1]
Trapped outside my dreams (Can't find my way inside)
Face my naked mind (What has gotten into me?)
I place the world on hold (Taste the reality)
My eyes have turned to gold (My mind suffocates)
Trapped outside my dreams (Can't find my way inside)
Face my naked mind (What has gotten into me?)
I place the world on hold (Taste the reality)
My eyes have turned to gold (My mind suffocates)

[Verse 2]
[?] dark within, weaken my might
I lose control, I'm cut and bruised
'Cause I've been burned, dissolved and sliced
I made my side, I paid the price
I made my friends, they're in the wall
They gnawed at me, can't fault them all
Come all forth, this wall of thieves
Just one more line, and I'll be unseen

[Bridge]
Go down, go forth
It's time to win
Go round, go taste
See me, my mind

[Chorus 2]
Trapped outside my dreams (Can't find my way inside)
Face my naked mind (What has gotten into me?)
I place the world on hold (Taste the reality)
My eyes have turned to gold (My mind suffocates)
Trapped outside my dreams (Can't find my way inside)
Face my naked mind (What has gotten into me?)
I place the world on hold (Taste the reality)
My eyes have turned to gold (My head suffocates)

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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