Enemy - Show me what you wanna be
I can handle anything
Even if I can't handle you
Readily - Either way it better be
Don't you fuckin' pity me
Get up, get off...
What the hell am I sayin'?
I don't know about malevolent
Sure as hell decadent
I want somebody to step up, step off
Walls! Let me fall! FUCK YOU ALL!
Get a grip, don't let me slip 'til I drop the ball

I - I want it all!
Fuck this shit, I'm sick of it
You're goin' down, this is a war!

Who the fuck am I to criticize your twisted
state of mind?
You're leavin' me suspect - I'm leavin' you grotesque
Feels like a burn from which you never learn
Cause and effect, you jealous ass
Press your face against the glass - SUFFER!

I - I want it all!
Fuck this shit, I'm sick of it
You're goin' down, this is a war!
I've just begun
It's about that time
Gotta get mine

YOU CAN'T KILL ME
CUZ I'M ALREADY
INSIDE YOU

SIC



Lyrics submitted by thewhitepony33

Track duration: 03:20


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    My Interpretation:it means that you cant take shit from anyone. because most the people that give shit dont have the mental capacity to do anything productive. you get your friends backs and theyll get yours.
    Flag db155678on March 14, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:allright soo im not sure about the meanings because tbh i havnt studied the song too much
    but the intro "7426" is some woman commenting on the "manson family murders" where she says "the whole thing i think is sick" and its been mixed and stuff...
    during one of the murders charles manson wrote in blood Helter (sic) skelter ....helter skelter is a song by the beatles which manson misinterpreted as to meaning something to do with the apocolipse....but yeah im guessing a lot of that album is manson related :)
    Flag andywilleatyouon August 10, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:Basically if you get teased and made fun of throughout yourlife, get back at the people by beating them up or something. For instance '' Enemy show me wat u want to be i can handle anything even if i cant handle you'' to me is saying that get back at you enemy even if you cant handle them
    Flag marqon May 09, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:see press your face against the glass it's a mirror and his past is the other person
    Flag Drachma720on March 09, 2010   Link
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    Song Meaning:o.k this song is really about corey telling Himself yes himself that he wants to fuck himself up yes himself look at the way he moves on stage yes I am a huge fan I can decode any song he says he's the parodox diety so ya its always another
    Flag Drachma720on March 09, 2010   Link
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    My Interpretation:Hmm... kind of surprised no-one has posted my idea on the 'you can't kill me cause I'm already inside you' lyric:

    Personally, I think at the time of writing Slipknot viewed themselves as a cancerous musical movement,something that people in the very bland late '90s music business would want to remove.

    They were 'inside' people already, they were inside the minds people who were listening to their music in a virus-like way. You can pick up on the same themes, though greatly intensified, in other songs - first one that springs to mind is The Heretic Anthem, I'm specifically thinking of the "I'm teaching your brightest they're listening, clamoring..." lyric. Clearly meaning teaching the brightest young people,the future, who're 'listening, clamouring' for Slipknot (The Heretic Anthem is a very anti music business song generally). Just my two cents.

    (By the way, at what point does the lyric "I - I want it all!" get sung? Maybe an earlier version of something)

    Flag theo2103on October 12, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:This song is so freakin' fast I love it! In the beginning, don't they say "get with the pain!"? Cause that's my favorite part!
    Flag XXSNUFFXXon May 19, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:This song.. Is genious.

    When I first heard it I put it
    on replay and listened to it over
    and over.

    One of their best songs
    Flag jusagurl93xon May 01, 2009   Link
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    Song Meaning:What this mostly means is that he don't give a FLYIN FUCK!!!!!
    Flag UnderworldQueenon April 02, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:To me, the meaning of the song symbolises how powerfully Slipknot have bounced back from the criticism they faced whilst just getting as a band:
    "Enemy - Show me what you wanna bestarted
    I can handle anything
    Even if I can't handle you", I feel that this part of the song really backs up my point
    Flag DiscoDaveon February 01, 2009   Link

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