Released: May 25, 2004

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

Producer: Rick Rubin

[Verse 1]
I am a product - of your conduct
The uncontrollable urges that made me
Have made us all - Are you proud? Do you even care?
You taught us all to lie - that's how we made it here
You should've buried the truth with your secrets
But you were far too impressed with your pretense
Now as far as I know, I don't know anything
'Cause you made damn sure I wasn't anything

[Chorus 1]
Distractions, reactions!
The only way to go is to go away!
Discarded, retarded!
Before I let you go, you have to let me!

[Verse 2]
Clawed away from human clay
We are the broken shards the art disarray
Before you condemn, you rape them, feed us meconium
Stunt our growth from our souls to our throat - cut!
You shouldn't wall us up with your apathy
But you did, and now you're only growing enemies
This is the catalyst, the alpha, the first breed
'Cause you made damn sure, now we're everything

[Chorus 2]
Distractions, reactions
The only way to go is to go away
Discarded, retarded
Before I let you go, you have to let me!
Much to my surprise, I will wake up
And follow the path of the ones I am made of
This time… I won't give in
I will save you from my sins

[Refrain]
What is wrong with this?
Manipulation
Violence and chaotic
Go!

[Guitar Solo]

[Verse 3]
Ensconced… ('onch) in all that's wrong (wrong)
I slam you shut… (shut) I can only take so much
How many times do I have to mistreat you?
Constantly biting my hand as I feed you
Maybe now, you'll understand severity
I'll sum it up with the best of amount of brevity
Welcome to the transformation
Welcome to annihilation
Welcome to the man that wanted
Everything, but couldn't have it

[Chorus 2]
Distractions, reactions
The only way to go is to go away
Discarded, retarded
Before I let you go, you have to let me!
Much to my surprise, I will wake up
And follow the path of the ones I am made of
This time… I won't give in
I will save you from my sins

[Outro]
Save you from my sins! (Yeah!)
Oh, save you from my sins!

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.