Cold and silent, soiled face I will wash it all away,
With my love,
That's all she's ever needed, from me
It's my time, to mother,
One of my own in my life,
I am so alone, left with no one
In my life, I'm so alone

Life submissiveness,
Hypnotizing the ignorant a little boy's best friend's always his mother,
At least that's what she said,
Life of a simple man,
Taught that everyone else is dirty,
And their love is meaningless,
I'm just a soiled dirty boy,
I'm just a soiled dirty boy,

Sheltered life innocence,
Insulated memories, spark reflections of my head,
Duality in my consciousness,
Caught in the war of hemispheres,
Between the love lost in my head,
Mommy do you still live inside of me,
I'm so lost in my life without any guiding,
Protected me my whole life from everything,
Nailed shut the doors to the shrine,
To screen your dead eyes from me and my sickness,
Mutilate and sew my new clothes for masquerading,
Aprons of flesh corpse scalped hair with skin upon my face,

Deliver the remains from her womb of earth,
Prep the rack and tie up for new love's rebirth,
Covert understanding of novice surgery,
I'll focus concentration and only take just what I need
For sickness I'm masticating,
Dancing and masturbating,
Celebrate in fields of night with skin upon my face

If I soak my hands in others blood am I sick,
If I wash my hands in others blood am I sick,
If I drench myself in others blood am I sick,
If I bathe myself in others blood

Blame mother for the sickness,
Mutilate and sew my new clothes for masquerading,
Aprons of flesh corpse scalped hair with skin upon my face,
Dance and masturbate in night light by myself

Nothing is left for me to gain they're coming to take me far away

Life of a simple man taught that everyone else is dirty and love is meaningless
I'm so soiled
Soiled



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Track duration: 05:29

"Nothing To Gein" as written by Chad L. Gray, Matthew Mcdonough, Greg Tribbett, Ryan Martinie

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    General Comment:I don't listen to metal anymore, but when I was a teenager this song was the shit. I recently revisited this album, and it still holds up. This song is by far the most intense. The emotional power, the horror of it, self-loathing, the rage, it's all captured equally in the lyrics and the pounding music. Beautiful, in a way.

    It's just too bad everything else Mudvayne did sucks so bad in comparison. This whole album was raw and powerful. The rest of their albums are hollow, heartless, and sound like a studio exec started telling them how to play their instruments. But this remains a classic in my book.
    Flag sortileguson April 07, 2012   Link
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    My Opinion:I understnad getting emotional about their other songs but ...i wonder why the band members get emotional about THIS song though. It's about a guy who was sick in the head. (In my opinion, I think he was possessed because Gein himself stated that he was "in a daze-like state" everytime he dug up bodies. and when he fell out of it, he stopped what he was doing and went home. I mean, of course there needs to be more evidence of possesion but its just an interesting thought and possibilty.... or he could've just been drugged up haha.) but anyway, why are they emotional over this song? Well..I guess it could just be that several lyrics in this song could be about multiple things. I know that when I write a song it isnt always about one thing. That must be the same with everyone. Anyone able to reply to me?
    Flag TakeMeAway93on October 19, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:This song, obviously, is about Ed Gein, a serial murderer and necrophiliac.

    Life submissiveness,
    Hypnotizing the ignorant a little boy's best friend's always his mother,
    At least that's what she said,
    Life of a simple man,
    Taught that everyone else is dirty,
    And their love is meaningless,
    I'm just a soiled dirty boy,
    I'm just a soiled dirty boy,

    His mother was a religious freak, who taught him and his brothers that all people were evil, all women (including herself) were simply whores, and that sex was a sin. She read to them from the bible for an hour every day, usually reading from the most explicit passages about murder, sin, and rape. Gein grew up to be an extremely deranged man, obsessed with the female anatomy.

    To screen your dead eyes from me and my sickness,
    Mutilate and sew my new clothes for masquerading,
    Aprons of flesh corpse scalped hair with skin upon my face,

    He later grew up, killed his mother, and skinned her to make a 'costume'. He admitted that he loved to wear the skins and pretend to be his mother. He started digging up corpses of women he believed looked like his mother and mutilated them, fashioning furniture from their body parts, including a window shade pull thingy made of human lips, human skullcaps for bowls, and breasts for cup holders.

    Sorry if that grossed you out, which it probably did. I just find the case fascinating; how gruesome and brutal a child can grow up to be just by being raised the way he was.
    Flag Shenkuuon August 18, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:Plain and simply, this song is about Ed Gein and the shit he endured.
    Flag Colorofrealon February 22, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:I love this song...but I'm just a soiled dirty boy.
    Flag WacoBiteson February 07, 2008   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:ed gein
    Flag trashhGLAMon January 14, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:idk if anyones said this yet but when i saw them about a year ago, before they got into this song, chad said 'this next ones about a man who had everything figured out.'
    Flag thoughtlessclownon November 27, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:no doubt its about ed gein the serial killer. it was only proved he murdered 1 person. mostly he was a grave robber. but hes its a really interesting story. if you dont know it you should def. read about it
    Flag bamf1088on March 19, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:First off I agree with corpse grind Mantus, Col is the fucking shit. And second I was born literally 24hours (almost to the exact hour) after Ed Gein died on the 26th of July 1984. I was born on the 27th. It kind of creeps me out.
    Flag cheeseandbaconon February 17, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:this song is about ed gein the killer that buffalo bill was based off of. and how his mom kept him from everything and basically taught everything was evil. and he was kept from everything outside of home basically. then his mom along with his brother died and he started to hang out in graveyards and eventually dig up bodies. police then found in home flesh used as lampshades and even a armchair and what appeared o look like a suit of made of flesh from a woman. Aprons of flesh corpse scalped hair with skin upon my face and it appeared that he never had sex hence where the dancing and masturbation came from. the end
    Flag marinespcopson December 13, 2006   Link

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