Slipknot - Scissors (Audio)

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LYRICS
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[UntitledKirk]

Corey sounds legitimately insane in this, especially towards the end.

[justalexhalford]

One of the most intense, dark and heavy track they have ever recorded.

[anthonypena]

In my opinion, the part at 8:02 where Corey kinda coughs and wheezes while screaming was the creepiest part. Just pure agony and anger.

[neonespeonclash]

Corey destroyed his vocal cords to give us this masterpiece and all of the other masterpieces on this album.

[Catch]

8:18 

When I was 14, this ending completely crushed me. Its so dark, so painful. Those last screams are pure agony and anger. 

Now I'm 32. The feeling hasn't change. In fact, now that life has hit me. I feel it even more.

....Now i Understand.

[GardenOfStone]

Scissors is the Iowa of the debut album

[KoopySandwiches]

I wish there was video of Corey recording this.

[metalhead_for_life]

Imagine telling people this is your favorite slipknot song

[deadfuck]

LYRICS HERE MAGGOTS!

I play doctor for five minutes flat
Before I cut my heart open
And let the air out
Three bugs, a pound of dust
Some wind spilled before me
In the strangest manner that had
Broke away my tear spout!

As I lie there
With my tongue spread wide open
A black widow had offered me
A sweetheart tube
As I injected
The candid heart that I selected
She said don't hesitate
Just do what you like to do to me!

It's hard to stay between the lines of skin.
Just 'cause I have nerves, don't mean that I can feel.
I wasn't very much fun to be with anyway.
Just let the blood run red, 'cause I can't feel!

It's hard to stay between the lines of skin.
Just 'cause I have nerves, don't mean that I can feel.
I wasn't very much fun to be with anyway.
Just let the blood run red, 'cause I can't feel!

Biding my time until the time is right
Biding my time until the time is right
Biding my time until the time is right
Biding my time
It's time!
[x4]

Biding!
Biding!
Biding!
Biding!

Yeah!

Someone in behind me
Someone inside me
Everyone against me
Everyone beside me
Clawing away
The pieces
Scratching away
The absence
One more
Two more
Everyone, once more
One more
Two more
Everyone, once more
Inside the places that I hide from you
I want to see you spread before me
You, are, the only one, that I would rather see
Before me!

You want it
You need it
You want it
You need it
You want it
You need it
You want it
You need it
Don't lie
I die, you lie
I lie? Oh why
I don't want you to pay anyone when I die
I wanna die
I'd rather die
I wanna die
You purge
You burn
You purge
I don't need you anymore
I don't need you...

[JonathonJDog]

That ending is the closest thing to insanity I've ever heard

[obscuredvisions]

I think this is their darkest song that they'll ever make

[triton]

To anyone that doesnt have severe anxiety, this is what it feels like. The inability to breath, the feeling of your body imploding and your mind snapping in two. Corey gets it here. Whenever an attack comes I just listen to this so that I dont have to experience the pain alone. Jesus these guys are good.

[wheyconsumer]

“Just cause I have nerves, don’t mean that I can feel.”
For some reason that hit me harder than a ton of bricks...

[bahe_]

This is still the most "real" song the band has ever recorded. It feels like absolute chaos and I know it is because the last third of the song is basically improvised

[dopermane]

5:38 that riff still gives me goosebumps

[dragon___]

Joey's drumming 6:00 onwards is so beautiful, RIP

[aeo]

This makes me calm after I feel pissed off or angry, great meditation

[hotdognamayyelo]

YOU KNOW A SONG IS DAMN HEAVY IF THE LYRICS STARTS AFTER 1 MINUTE.

[jonlewisclips]

I think this and Prosthetics are their heaviest songs. You just feel...a pressure and uncomfortableness. They both feel raw and unscripted. I think those two songs are masterpieces.

[patrickconnelly]

I play doctor for five minutes flat
Before I cut my heart open and let the air out
Three bugs, a pound of dust, some wind spilled before me
In the strangest manner that had broke away my tear spout

[Verse 1]
As I lie there with my tongue spread wide open
A black widow had offered me a sweetheart tube
As I injected the candied heart that I selected
She said don't hesitate, just do what you have to do to me

[Verse 2]
It's hard to stay between the lines of skin
Just 'cause I have nerves, don't mean that I can feel
I wasn't very much fun to be with anyway
Just let the blood run red 'cause I can't feel
It's hard to stay between the lines of skin
Just 'cause I have nerves, don't mean that I can feel
I wasn't very much fun to be with anyway
Just let the blood run red 'cause I can't feel

[Bridge]
Biding my time until the time is right
Biding my time until the time is right
Biding my time until the time is right
Biding my time, it's time
Biding my time until the time is right
Biding my time until the time is right
Biding my time until the time is right
Biding my time, it's time
Biding my time until the time is right
Biding my time until the time is right
Biding my time until the time is right
Biding my time, it's time
Biding my time until the time is right
Biding my time until the time is right
Biding my time until the time is right
Biding my time, it's time
Biding, biding, biding, biding
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!

[Verse 3]
Someone in behind me
Someone inside me
Everyone against me
Everyone beside me
Clawing away the pieces
Scratching away the abscess
One more, two more
Everyone, once more
One more, two more
Everyone, once more
Inside the places that I hide from you
I want to see you splayed before me
You are the only one
That I would rather see before me
You want it, you need it
You want it, you need it
You want it, you need it
You want it, you need it
Don't lie; I die, you lie; I lie, oh, why?
I don't want you to pay anyone when I die
I wanna die, I'd rather die, I wanna die
You purge, you burn, you purge
I don't need you anymore, I don't need you

[Outro]
It is time!
It is time!
It is time!
It is time!
It is time!
It is time!
It is time!
It is time!
It is time!
It is time!
It is time!
It is time!