Urgh! Yeah!

I did my time, and I want out.
So effusive - fade - it doesn't cut.
The soul is not so vibrant.
The reckoning, the sickening.
Packaging subversion.
Pseudo sacrosanct perversion.
Go drill your deserts, go dig you graves.
Then fill your mouth with all the money you have saved.
Sinking in, getting smaller again.
I'm done, it has begun.
I'm not the only one.

And the rain will kill us all.
We throw ourselves against the wall.
But no-one else can see, the preservation of the martyr in me.

Psychosocial! Psychosocial! Psychosocial!
Psychosocial! Psychosocial! Psychosocial!

Oh, there are cracks in the road we laid.
But where the temple fell.
The secrets have gone mad.
This is nothing new, but when we kill it all.
The hate was all we had.
Who needs another mess? We could start over.
Just look me in the eyes and say I'm wrong.
Now there's only emptiness.
Venomous, insepid.
I think we're done, I'm not the only one.

And the rain will kill us all.
We throw ourselves against the wall.
But no-one else can see, the preservation of the martyr in me.

Psychosocial! Psychosocial! Psychosocial!
Psychosocial! Psychosocial! Psychosocial!

The limits of the dead!
The limits of the dead!
The limits of the dead!
The limits of the dead!

Fake anti-facist lie.
I tried to tell you, but your purple hearts are giving out.
Can't stop a killing idea if it's hunting season.
Is this what you want?
I'm not the only one!

And the rain will kill us all.
We throw ourselves against the wall.
But no-one else can see, the preservation of the martyr in me.
And the rain will kill us all.
We throw ourselves against the wall.
But no-one else can see, the preservation of the martyr in me.

The limits of the dead!
The limits of the dead!



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    General Comment:exactly how i feel i want to kill a certain someone!
    Flag gogogirlon February 17, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:The song seems to be critical of both the way the world works and, to a lesser extent, the failure of religion to give us an answer as to why. Bear with me:

    I did my time, and I want out.
    So effusive - fade - it doesn't cut.
    The soul is not so vibrant.
    The reckoning, the sickening.
    Packaging subversion.
    Pseudo sacrosanct perversion.
    Go drill your deserts, go dig you graves.
    Then fill your mouth with all the money you have saved.
    Sinking in, getting smaller again.
    I'm done, it has begun.
    I'm not the only one.

    (I've been a part of this consumerist paradise for too long, and now I want something real. I've realised that there's more to life than money, and I'm not the only one)

    And the rain will kill us all.
    We throw ourselves against the wall.
    But no-one else can see, the preservation of the martyr in me.

    (Yes, we will die no matter what we do, but nobody realises how willing I am to die to prove a point. We're not invincible, and your life should be spent LIVING rather than EARNING.)

    Psychosocial! Psychosocial! Psychosocial!
    Psychosocial! Psychosocial! Psychosocial!

    Oh, there are cracks in the road we laid.
    But where the temple fell.
    The secrets have gone mad.
    This is nothing new, but when we kill it all.
    The hate was all we had.
    Who needs another mess? We could start over.
    Just look me in the eyes and say I'm wrong.
    Now there's only emptiness.
    Venomous, insepid.
    I think we're done, I'm not the only one.

    (In the past we've looked to religion for answers, but when we realised how fruitless it was and abandoned our religions, all we had left was hatred of our world. You can't deny that we could ALL make a concerted effort to make the world a better place, but you'll never do it because you love your money too much. Because of greed, the world is a grim place, filled with hate and stupidity. I'm sick of it, and I'm not the only one.)

    Fake anti-facist lie.
    I tried to tell you, but your purple hearts are giving out.
    Can't stop a killing idea if it's hunting season.
    Is this what you want?
    I'm not the only one!

    (You compare our democracy to extreme forms of government so we'll think we have it better than anyone else, but it's obvious a few rich elites REALLY rule this place. I've tried to warn people, but they'd rather not hear the truth. We're all looking for an answer, and you can't stop people believing what's most convenient for them. Is to continue to be lied to and led what you REALLY want? I'm not the only one who's sick of this.)

    At least, this is my interpretation. I could always be wrong.
    Flag CourageStrengthPrideon November 27, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:Some of the song's meaning is simply the sound of the words -"Psychosocial" as a shouted slogan/phrase just sounds great. Ditto for The limits of the dead. But the gist of the song is about the American Middle East wars -sick and tired of the greed (Go drill your deserts, go dig you graves. Then fill your mouth with all the money you have saved) and the lies (Fake anti-facist lie).

    The temple? Maybe Wall Street, maybe Solomon's Temple more than 2000 years ago, maybe the Buddha statues destroyed by the Taliban, maybe just a cool image.

    "But no-one else can see, the preservation of the martyr in me" is hard to wrap your head around. IF they really thought about it, it may mean that he did his time, he's disgusted with the destruction but knows he's only going to sign up again.




    Flag offhandon August 15, 2010   Link
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    Lyric Correction:Hey dumbasses! It's called an ALBUM VERSION!!! These lyrics are correct for the album version. The single has the lyrics, "Pseudo sacred psycho virgin." while the album lyrics has, "Pseudo Sacrosanct perversion." etc. etc. etc.
    Stupid asses. Learn to read and observe. Damn. >.>
    Flag ChristineCatastropheon July 19, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:It means that its hard to trust people.Fake anti-facist lie.
    The chorus explains that you are willing to give up something for something that you loveand put faith in.But no-one else can see, the preservation of the martyr in me.

    But his are the dead or being dead
    Flag marqon May 09, 2010   Link
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    My Interpretation:

    I did my time, and I want out.
    So effusive - fade - it doesn't cut.
    The soul is not so vibrant.
    The reckoning, the sickening.
    Packaging subversion.
    Pseudo sacrosanct perversion.

    *My interpretation is that he is a military soldier who is fed up with this war. He did his time, but he wants out*

    Go drill your deserts, go dig you graves.
    Then fill your mouth with all the money you have saved.
    Sinking in, getting smaller again.
    I'm done, it has begun.
    I'm not the only one.

    *The Us Governments secretly drilling up all the Oil wells in iraq, and also filling graves with the many soldiers they are sending out there to fight and this guy is done with it, and others are also getting fed up with it so he isnt the only one.*


    And the rain will kill us all.
    We throw ourselves against the wall.
    But no-one else can see, the preservation of the martyr in me.

    *My interpretation is that hes is saying that everyday he(the soldiers) are putting there lives on the line for a war that may be for the wrong reasons, and he isnt willing to be a Martyr for it, he wants to preserve his life for something more*

    Psychosocial! Psychosocial! Psychosocial!
    Psychosocial! Psychosocial! Psychosocial!

    Oh, there are cracks in the road we laid.
    But where the temple fell.
    The secrets have gone mad.
    This is nothing new, but when we kill it all.
    The hate was all we had.
    Who needs another mess? We could start over.
    Just look me in the eyes and say I'm wrong.
    Now there's only emptiness.
    Venomous, insepid.
    I think we're done, I'm not the only one.

    * The many building that have fallen during the duration of the war (possible searching for WMD's) but none are found so he may be suspecting some sort of conspiracy and its getting ridiculous so in return he is starting to form hate and emptiness. He is wanting to say to the government to look him in the eyes and tell him all his suspicious thoughts are wrong. And that he is done with it along with many others*


    And the rain will kill us all.
    We throw ourselves against the wall.
    But no-one else can see, the preservation of the martyr in me.

    Psychosocial! Psychosocial! Psychosocial!
    Psychosocial! Psychosocial! Psychosocial!

    The limits of the dead!
    The limits of the dead!
    The limits of the dead!
    The limits of the dead!


    Fake anti-facist lie.
    I tried to tell you, but your purple hearts are giving out.
    Can't stop a killing idea if it's hunting season.
    Is this what you want?
    I'm not the only one!

    *Tired of the governments false truths, and that there has been too many lives lost too many people receiving purples hearts for being hurt in the war.


    **just my interpretation of the song*
    Flagged KILLALLon April 14, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:I love this song! Slipknot is a progressive band embracing raw creattivity. Corey should fuck lady gaga. Lol
    Flag 1beg2differon November 12, 2009   Link
  • -1
    General Comment:apparintly theas a website by slipknot themselves, the wabsite (apparintly) states THIS SONG HAS NO MEANING!!

    ITS A SHIT SONG!!!

    FUCK YOU!!
    YOU MAGGOTS SHOULD GO KILLYOURSELF!!!!@!!!
    Flag infuckingsane666on October 01, 2009   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:This song Rocks!!!
    Flag Toolshed2000on August 26, 2009   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:i think it is rain instead of reign because it means rain as in bombs raining in like war because people are always at war and that we will all die due to war
    Flag Dwillyon July 27, 2009   Link

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