A Liar's Funeral

"A Liar's Funeral"
General Information
Artist	Slipknot
Release Date	August 9th, 2019
Recorded	November 2018 – April 2019
Genre	Nu Metal
Length	5:27
Audio	Official Audio
Label	Roadrunner Records
Writer(s)	Shawn Crahan, Jim Root, Corey Taylor
Producer(s)	Slipknot, Greg Fidelman
Mixer(s)	Joe Barresi
Album(s)	We Are Not Your Kind
We Are Not Your Kind Chronology
← Previous	"Critical Darling"
Next →	"Red Flag"

"A Liar's Funeral" is the seventh track on We Are Not Your Kind.

Background

"This is the one song that I was like, 'That has to be on the record.' It was a demo that I worked on at home, and I got really fond of it, but then put it on the back-burner while we were working on other songs. Corey put lyrics to it and then I just loved how heavy it was. It doesn’t have any thrashy, fast speed-metal kind of stuff, but it’s so melodic and has these grindy bits in it. Parts of this are, like, real horror."

—Jim Root

Song Meaning

In this song, Corey seems to point his finger at the friends who looked down on him for his depression, calling them "liars" and advising the listener to never trust that type of people. This leaves him hopeless and it makes him feel like the only way to make them happy is dying. By doing that, he’s "playing his part", that is to say, giving them what they really wanted.

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
A season at an end
A harvest of seclusion and regret
The burning can begin
A period of ash is what you get
The quiet is a curse
But my respect was shown to you by force
Another day too late
Another neck too eager for the rope

[Refrain]
Liar
Liar

[Verse 2]
Yesterday was hard
Tomorrow's just a promise of the same
When friends have all subscribed
To spitting on the ground to say my name
Fire on the ice
December in the summer kills the heart
Your hate is no surprise
I guess I have to die to play my part

[Refrain]
Liar
Liar

[Verse 3]
You close your eyes and join the blind
Slit your wrists for peace of mind
Turn your back and show us the truth
There's only one way to remember it for you
Burn, burn, burn the liar (Liar)
Burn, burn, burn the liar (Liar)
Burn, burn, burn the liar (Liar)
Burn, burn, burn the liar

[Chorus]
(Hold the weight)
Never trust the one beside you
(Carried away)
You know just as much as I do
(Hold the weight)
Do it all for what you really love
(Carried away)
Use you up until they've had enough
(Hold the weight)
Never trust the one beside you
(Carried away)
You know just as much as I do
(Hold the weight)
Do it all for what you really love
(Carried away)
Use you up until they've had enough

[Post-Chorus]
Clench your teeth and tighten your grip
Stand up straight, don't let it slip
Burn, burn, burn the liar (Liar)
Burn, burn, burn the liar

[Bridge]
True victims and survivors learn to make war
Don't want to be the sad man singing anymore
I did it all wrong so I'd get it all right
We're wasting all the candles, the dead need no light

[Outro]
Liar
Liar
Liar

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