"Birth of the Cruel" is the third track on We Are Not Your Kind, as well as the album's third single.
Background[]
Corey Taylor started writing this song back in March 3rd, 2018.[1]
- "The thing I love about this song is the groove on it It slides in. It's got hints of old school stuff… It's dark, man. It's real, but it still pulls you in, and just, it's that lurch."
- —Corey Taylor[2]
- "That was a demo that I had worked on in my garage for a while that was called Gene Wilder—it was just this weird melancholy bit that was really guitar-driven throughout. There's a couple of riffs on there that sound like they could have come off the first record—there's sort of a breakdown without it actually having a breakdown, while still keeping the flow of the song moving along. These songs wouldn't be what they are without the input of Clown and Corey, and this one ended up evolving into a very good place."
- —Jim Root[3]
Lyrics[]
[Intro]
Let him crave understanding
Let him crave your wisdom
Let him crave
Let him be provoked
Father, by self-control
[Verse 1]
I'm just a Judas, lookin' for a silver line
And tomorrow is still a step behind
Hey, hey, drama, I'd love to be a waste of your time
Oh no, thanks so much for wasting mine
So hear me out
Let's hear it for the damaged
Who understands but the broken?
Developed in the arms of spite
I'm all fucked up and I make it look good
Adrenaline sight tonight
[Pre-Chorus]
I'm overthrown
I'm over your throne
I'm over it
[Chorus]
Sick, sickened, I'm sickening, I'm stricken by the fist
Blessed are the fires that have burned me
Listen to this, the lesson is, never underestimate the agony
Death of the fool, birth of the cruel
[Verse 2]
Remember how you spent the best part of forever
In a state of pure disease?
It was another thing altogether
To forget that you brought out the worst in me
Hey, karma, you don't feel like I do
You just wish you'd hate like I do
We are the bitter, the maladjusted and wise
Fighting off a generation too uptight
We're all dressed up with nobody to kill
The rhetoric stops tonight
[Pre-Chorus]
I'm overthrown
I'm over your throne
I'm over it
[Chorus]
Sick, sickened, I'm sickening, I'm stricken by the fist
Blessed are the fires that have burned me
Listen to this, the lesson is, never underestimate the agony
Death of the fool, birth of the, birth of the cruel, yeah
[Bridge]
Now's not the time for denying
Shifting the focus to scare
Let's not forget we're all guilty
All three dimensions polluted by earnest despair
[Refrain]
I'm overthrown
I'm over your throne
I'm overthrown
I'm over your throne
I'm over it
[Outro]
Let him crave understanding
Let him crave your wisdom
Let him crave
Let him be provoked
Father, by self-control
That he can see, look in the enemy in front of him
Because cursed, not today, sucker
Go back to hell where you belong
External Links[]
To be added
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| We Are Not Your Kind ― August 9th, 2019 • Roadrunner Records | |
|---|---|
| Standard | 1 Insert Coin • 2 Unsainted • 3 Birth of the Cruel • 4 Death Because of Death • 5 Nero Forte • 6 Critical Darling • 7 A Liar's Funeral • 8 Red Flag • 9 What's Next • 10 Spiders • 11 Orphan • 12 My Pain • 13 Not Long for This World • 14 Solway Firth |
| Japanese | 15 All Out Life |
| Singles | |
|---|---|
| Spit It Out • Wait and Bleed • Left Behind • My Plague • Duality • Vermilion • Before I Forget • The Nameless • All Hope Is Gone • Psychosocial • Dead Memories • Sulfur • Snuff • The Negative One • The Devil In I • Custer • Killpop • Goodbye • All Out Life • Unsainted • Solway Firth • Birth of the Cruel • Nero Forte • The Chapeltown Rag • The Dying Song (Time to Sing) • Yen • Bone Church | |
| Promotional Singles | |
| Surfacing • Heretic Song • Pulse of the Maggots • Vermilion Pt. 2 • The Blister Exists • XIX • Sarcastrophe • AOV • Killpop • Skeptic | |
| Live Singles | |
| The Nameless (9.0: Live) • Surfacing (Day of the Gusano) • Before I Forget (Day of the Gusano) • Psychosocial (Day of the Gusano) | |
References[]
- ↑ @coreytaylor (March 3rd, 2018).
Working… #Slipknot. Instagram. Retrieved November 3rd, 2021.
- ↑ Serota, Maggie (August 5th, 2019). Slipknot Release New Song "Birth of the Cruel". Spin. Retrieved April 1st, 2022.
- ↑ Carter, Emily (August 9th, 2021). Slipknot: Jim Root's track-by-track guide to We Are Not Your Kind. Kerrang. Retrieved December 27th, 2021.