1. (515)
(515), is the spooky song intro with roars from the mighty Knot.The name was
chosen because this is
the area code for iowa.
"515 is the area code of
the capitol of Iowa, and repeated over and over in this 1:00 minute song
is the word "death". this song is basically about the psychotic rage that is
hidden within all of
our minds, and after being pushed to a certain limit...we will eventually snap
and let it all loose."
2. People = Shit
This song is about the worlds plague which is people. Check 'People Equal Shit'
page for more info.
3. Disasterpiece
"Basically, this song is pointed at people who are bullies or judgemental to
other people
they don't understand them. It's about what the people who are picked on or
judged by others
feelings and what they want to do. The chorus is about people just talking and
being irritating
and who they talk to have nothing to do about it. When Corey says "I'm not
supposed to
be here, I'm not supposed to be!!", what he is really saying is he is somewhere
he doesnt belong
or want to be. He's also sayin that he's just empty inside and has no point in
life and can't stand
it. So, to me, the song is talking to people both Corey and "reject" are judged
by that they are
really pissed off and about to snap on them so shut the fuck up before i kill
you. Also that those
who are judging them are not being their real selves, just what others want them
to be.(I got
that idea from "My wormwood meets your pesticide You'll never get out, coz you
were never
alive") Thats what Disaster Piece mens to me, if it don't to any of you who read
it, I don't give a fuck. "
4. My Plague
"I think this song is about the opinions that other people have for you,
especially when they
don't know you. He doesn't mind when people make fun of him, because they really
don't
understand him in the first place. At the end of the song, he's pretty much
saying "Fuck
you! I'm gonna be who I am, and if you don't like it, kiss my ass"
5. Everything Ends
"Is about the last time I tried to commit suicide, and more to the point, the
first day I figured out
what life was all about. It's about the last day in a life I don't want to
remember and about the
first day in a life that I am living right now."
Why did you want to kill
yourself? "Why does any 17-year-old guy want to kill themselves? A
chick of course! I thought she was the be and end all of everything and when you
are
that age, those emotions won't let you fucking consider reality. I was in a
really, really painful
place. I put 31 slashes on my arm and I took a bottle of pills and a friend
found me and took me
to hospital. Luckily the cuts weren't too deep but I still have the scars. They
pumped my stomach,
which was a completely fucking horrific experience, one that I don't wish on
anyone. They
make you drink this stuff which tastes like maple syrup, which is why I can't
eat pancakes for
the rest of my life, that induces you to vomit uncontrollably. You then spew up
everything you
have eaten for the past week and then they give you this shit which tastes like
liquid charcoal
to calm your stomach down again."
6. The Heretic Anthem
The Heretic Anthem is
about trying to find your self and loosing it, and then just going and doing
stupid stuff to your self [sent in by Craig Banziger]
7. Gently
Gently is a song that first appeared with Anders on Slipknot's debut outing,
MFKR. This
was Anders' interpretation of the song, using his lyrics, "Gently is about
stepping into the
"Umbra" or "Spirit World". It's accomplished with the help of any reflective
surface.
8. Left Behind
Left Behind is Slipknot's latest single and was the second song put up for
download, for
maggots to hear prior to the release of IOWA, by Roadrunner.
"I think it is about a
guy who has seen his friend change but he has'nt changed with him. His
friend got into drugs and became addicted. The more he got into drugs the more
he left his
friend behind. He left the guy for the people that they use to be against.
Finally he could not
take it ne more and e seaks revenge."
"I think its about this
guy who used to have these friends, but unlike them, he doesnt
grow up. So, they ignore him and he slips away from them. Then hes filled with
loneliness.
Key lyrics: (I ignore you), I feel it all slipping away, we all got left behind,
take this away."
9. The Shape
"In The Shape, someone is experiencing a big problem. He is really confused and
does not want
to come out and say it, because hes not sure how to deal with it. He uses alot
of metaphors
trying to get out his feelings, but its so hard that he can only manage to "beat
around the bush
" for say."
10. I Am Hated
"Well I think the whole point of this song is saying that slipknot is the cure
for the human race.
They are the "anti-cancer" of this planet. He is saying that all the ppl that
hate slipknot dont
understand them so they reject them, and think they are "two times the devil"
meaning they
think they are worse than the devil. He is also pissed off about all the
complaining going on. Then
he goes on to talk about how he doesnt care what everyone thinks he can be who
he is and be
happy, so fuck everyone that hates on him. We are not sorry for what we do,
because we started
this shit in the first place."
11. Skin Ticket
"In my opinion, the whole song is about Coreys life living in Iowa. Zero and
zero nothing
but zero means Iowa= the middle of nowhere. Running and running going on forever
means
there is nowhere to go, and he can''t get out. When he says starving for zero, I
think he
means that he is STRIVING for nothing, and he wants something, and feeling, but
there is
nowhere to get it. When he says come see my cage built in my grain, I think he
means the
obvious... I am stuck here, and I have nowhere to go. But when he says come see
my cage -built
in migraine, I think he means See me, my cage, my creation. It makes him ache
and hurt. He
can''t think. He has lost his mental picture of himself. This place he needs to
escape. He needs
life, and he needs to feel, but he can''t. He can''t see the world through his
eyes, because he is
stuck in his cage. His home. And when he says keeping myself alive through your
EMPATHY, I
think he means that WE are keeping him alive by our understanding of his lyrics,
and his life
and feelings. I think this song and all the others were meant to be figured out
by us. He
wants us to understand him. He needs someone to understand him, because no one
ever did.
He is counting on us. He needs us. If there are people out there that understand
what he is
trying to say, I believe he escaped his cage."
12. New Abortion
"That is for every fan we have who feels disorientated, especially kids who come
from towns like
we did. It's basically a new definition of abortion for the fact that these kids
are born with life
but that is basically all they have. They have no chance for a future and have
no chance
of finding themselves. They have no inside influence that is going to push them
in the right
direction. They fit and they stagnate, which when I think about it, real
abortion is better than
that fucking bullshit. These people are born with a life but they still have to
endure it. These
are the kids you see shooting up schools, losing their minds over sitting in
their rooms
and not having anywhere to go, so that is my testimony to these kids - that I
know where
they are coming from."
13. Metabolic
"This song is basically 'Diluted' Part II that is about my dad. It is about
being so enraged
yet being so impotent because there is nothing you can do about it. "It is about
that time
of the morning when you are sitting in bed and you are crying uncontrollably,
and you are
trying not to feel but all you can do is feel because every time you shut your
eyes it's there. It
is probably one of the most personal songs I have ever written just for the fact
that even though
I never knew my father and even though I have never met him, I feel like I am
turning into
him. I have no mental picture of what he is supposed to be, but sometimes I
wonder if I am
doing the things he used to do. It's definitely a pissed off, heavy, fuck you, I
don't give a
shit because nobody told me who I was because I had to figure it out for myself
song."
14. Iowa
This 15 minute mammoth is a reworking of the original, Killers are Quiet that
can be found on
MFKR. All lyrics for IOWA can be found within the booklet apart from this one,
this song has
its lyrics placed onto the surface of the actual CD.
