Slipknot

Songwriter: Paul Gray Joey Jordison Anders Colsefni Shawn Crahan

Producer: Sean McMahon

[Slipknot]

[Intro: Stephen Lang]
Law don't go around here, savvy

[Verse 1: Anders Colsefni & Josh Brainard]
Pentex sucks, Pentex sucks
They drain the life force of my tribe
Pentex sucks
Bone Gnawers suck, Bone Gnawers suck
They roll around in garbage bins
All Bone Gnawers suck
(Pentex is bleeding
But night is dawning)

[Verse 2: Anders Colsefni & Josh Brainard]
The Black Hand sucks, the Black Hand sucks
Those wyrm-tainted bastard leeches
Black Hand sucks
If I had my way, if I had my way
I'd rend them all ripped and torn
All that sucks dies
(Sweet smell bleeding
Glow is melting me)

[Guitar Solo]

[Bridge: Anders Colsefni & Josh Brainard]
I bring my klave into battle
Shifting into Crinos
I slay Wyrmfoe
Then I step sideways

[Outro: Anders Colsefni with Clown and Paul Gray]
You can't see me, for I hide within the Umbra
You can't see me, for I hide within the Umbra
You can't see me, for I hide within the Umbra
You can't see me, for I hide within the Umbra

[Gently]

[Intro: Anders Colsefni]

"Fuck you! Who the fuck are you?"
"Are you fucking with me!?"
"I am just disagreeing with you! In America, we have the freedom of speech! The right to disagree!"
"Fuck you and your freedom! Who the fuck are you?! You fuck...you faggot fuck!"

Gently, my mind escapes into the relaxing mode of pleasure
A pleasure that will take my mind off of the realities of my life
My past life, life as I know it now
And whatever may come, it slowly disappears
To somewhere in the back of my mind
It will remain there 'til I wish to retrieve it

[Bridge: Anders Colsefni]
Yes, I will stay here for awhile, for I need the break
A break from the pressures of life
And everything that lay in the palm of life's hands
Life's hands

[Outro: Anders Colsefni]
This mode is incredible
It's out of this world
Too bad I must always leave it
Oh, but that's life

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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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