Released: March 8, 2005
Songwriter: Anders Colsefni Josh Brainard Joey Jordison Mick Thomson Jim Root Sid Wilson Craig Jones Chris Fehn Shawn Crahan Paul Gray Corey Taylor
Producer: Rick Rubin
[Intro]
Go!
[Verse 1]
Stapled shut, inside an outside world and I'm
Sealed in tight, bizarre but right at home
Claustrophobic, closing in and I'm catastrophic, not again
I'm smeared across the page and doused in gasoline
I wear you like a stain yet I'm the one who's obscene
Catch me up on all your sordid little insurrections
I've got no time to lose, I'm just caught up in all the cattle
[Pre-Chorus 1]
Fray the strings…
Throw the shapes…
Hold your breath…
Listen!
[Chorus]
I am a world before I am a man
I was a creature before I could stand
I will remember before I forget
Before I forget that!
I am a world before I am a man
I was a creature before I could stand
I will remember before I forget
Before I forget that!
[Verse 2]
I'm ripped across the ditch and settled in the dirt and I
Wear you like a stitch yet I'm the one who's hurt
Pay attention to your twisted little indiscretions
I've got no right to win, I'm just caught up in all the battles
[Pre-Chorus 2]
Locked in clutch…
Pushed in place…
Hold your breath…
Listen!
[Chorus]
I am a world before I am a man
I was a creature before I could stand
I will remember before I forget
Before I forget that!
I am a world before I am a man
I was a creature before I could stand
I will remember before I forget
Before I forget that!
[Bridge]
My end, it justifies my means
All I ever do is delay
My every attempt to evade
The end of the road
And my end, it justifies my means
All I ever do is delay
My every attempt to evade
The end of the road!
[Chorus]
I am a world before I am a man
I was a creature before I could stand
I will remember before I forget
Before I forget that!
I am a world before I am a man
I was a creature before I could stand
I will remember before I forget
Before I forget that!
I am a world before I am a man
I was a creature before I could stand
I will remember before I forget
Before I forget that!
[Outro]
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, oh!
[Interlude]
You're wasting it
You're wasting it
You're wasting it
You're wasting it
You're wasting it
Go!
[Verse 1]
Stapled shut, inside an outside world and I'm
Sealed in tight, bizarre but right at home
Claustrophobic, closing in and I'm catastrophic, not again
I'm smeared across the page and doused in gasoline
I wear you like a stain yet I'm the one who's obscene
Catch me up on all your sordid little insurrections
I've got no time to lose, I'm just caught up in all the cattle
[Pre-Chorus 1]
Fray the strings…
Throw the shapes…
Hold your breath…
Listen!
[Chorus]
I am a world before I am a man
I was a creature before I could stand
I will remember before I forget
Before I forget that!
I am a world before I am a man
I was a creature before I could stand
I will remember before I forget
Before I forget that!
[Verse 2]
I'm ripped across the ditch and settled in the dirt and I
Wear you like a stitch yet I'm the one who's hurt
Pay attention to your twisted little indiscretions
I've got no right to win, I'm just caught up in all the battles
[Pre-Chorus 2]
Locked in clutch…
Pushed in place…
Hold your breath…
Listen!
[Chorus]
I am a world before I am a man
I was a creature before I could stand
I will remember before I forget
Before I forget that!
I am a world before I am a man
I was a creature before I could stand
I will remember before I forget
Before I forget that!
[Bridge]
My end, it justifies my means
All I ever do is delay
My every attempt to evade
The end of the road
And my end, it justifies my means
All I ever do is delay
My every attempt to evade
The end of the road!
[Chorus]
I am a world before I am a man
I was a creature before I could stand
I will remember before I forget
Before I forget that!
I am a world before I am a man
I was a creature before I could stand
I will remember before I forget
Before I forget that!
I am a world before I am a man
I was a creature before I could stand
I will remember before I forget
Before I forget that!
[Outro]
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, oh!
[Interlude]
You're wasting it
You're wasting it
You're wasting it
You're wasting it
You're wasting it
Vol. 3 The Subliminal Verses (Deluxe)
- Before I Forget
- Welcome
- Scream
- Danger – Keep Away (Full-Length Version)
- The Virus of Life
- Don’t Get Close
- Vermilion (Terry Date Mix)
- The Blister Exists (Live)
- People = Shit (Live)
- Three Nil (Live)
- Circle
- Prelude 3.0
- Duality
- Vermilion, Pt. 2
- Vermilion
- Pulse of the Maggots
- The Blister Exists
- Three Nil
- Opium of the People
- The Nameless
- Danger – Keep Away
- Disasterpiece (Live)
- Guitar Hero Live GHTV Soundtrack
- Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses) (2004)
- Vol. 3 The Subliminal Verses (Deluxe) (2005)
- MTV2 Headbangers Ball: The Revenge (2006)
- MotorStorm (Soundtrack) (2007)
- Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock Soundtrack (2007)
- Rock Band 3 Setlist (2010)
- Antennas to Hell (Deluxe) (2012)
- Antennas to Hell (2012)
- Snuff
- Psychosocial
- Unsainted
- Duality
- The Devil in I
- Nero Forte
- Wait and Bleed
- (sic)
- Solway Firth
- All Out Life
- People = Shit
- Spit It Out
- Killpop
- Before I Forget
- Vermilion, Pt. 2
- Eyeless
- The Negative One
- Vermilion
- Custer
- Disasterpiece
- Birth of the Cruel
- A Liar’s Funeral
- Slipknot Masks Through The Ages (Feature)
- The Heretic Anthem