Slipknot

Released: April 12, 2005

Songwriter: Joey Jordison Mick Thomson Jim Root Sid Wilson Craig Jones Chris Fehn Shawn Crahan Paul Gray Corey Taylor

Producer: Rick Rubin

[Intro]
Come on!

[Verse 1]
Somebody give me some light not pointed into dark
Somebody show me the end and I try to push a start
I'm trying to figure out a better way, a better answer
But I keep finding all the problems I've been looking after
You can't wander through the world with nothing but a smile
I'll take your tongue for words and use it to instill denial

[Chorus]
Don't get close
You don't know me and you'll never know
Chivalry will get you somewhere
Rivalry will take you there
Don't get close
You don't know me and you'll never know
Chivalry will get you somewhere
Rivalry will take you there

[Verse 2]
Maybe I should look away before I really miss
Maybe I should pick the time before I pick the place
I bet you all the things that you emulate, you penalize
But I don't wanna go until you learn to finalize

[Chorus]
Don't get close
You don't know me and you'll never know
Chivalry will get you somewhere
Rivalry will take you there
Don't get close
You don't know me and you'll never know
Chivalry will get you somewhere
Rivalry!

[Verse 3]
You ascertain the plot, my vision's overshot
I have the best confection, I was gone for all the lessons
Who coined these words I use? Stay out and be abused
I didn't want to be the undeniable source of everything

[Refrain]
Don't get close
Don't get close
Don't get close
Don't get close
Don't get close (You'd better stay away)
Don't get close (You'd better stay away)
Don't get close (You'd better stay away)
Don't get close (You'd better stay away!)

[Guitar Solo]

[Bridge]
Waiting, watching all the conflicts
Constrict, push the fist in, squeeze it
I cannot resist claws and fist
Remember, remember

[Verse 4]
You take the rivalries and never make much sense
I have the worst possession, what I want is so insensitive
Come out and be abused 'cause this is so confused
I only want to be left alone and rot away

[Refrain]
Don't get close
Don't get close
Don't get close
Don't get close
Don't get close (You'd better stay away)
Don't get close (You'd better stay away)
Don't get close (You'd better stay away!)
Yeah!
Yeah!

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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