Dead Memories

For other uses of "Dead Memories", see Dead Memories (disambiguation).

"Dead Memories"
General Information
Artist	Slipknot
Release Date	August 20th, 2008 (album) December 1st, 2008 (single)
Recorded	February – June 2008
Genre	Groove Metal
Length	4:28 3:58 (Chris Lord-Alge mix) 3:41 (radio edit)
Audio	Official Audio
Label	Roadrunner Records
Writer(s)	Corey Taylor
Producer(s)	Slipknot, Dave Fortman
Mixer(s)	Colin Richardson
Album(s)	All Hope Is Gone
All Hope Is Gone Chronology
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Next →	"Vendetta"
Singles Chronology
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Next →	"Sulfur"
Music Video

"Dead Memories" is the fifth track on All Hope Is Gone, as well as the album's third single.

Background

"Without naming names, it's the story of my last 10 years. I've been holding onto these things for the last 10 years. I decided it's just time to let them go."

—Corey Taylor

Music video

The music video for "Dead Memories" was directed by P. R. Brown. On September 30, 2008, the band's record label Roadrunner Records released a 15-second teaser video on YouTube which featured vocalist Corey Taylor in what appears to be a grave in torrential rain. The video premiered on MTV's Headbangers Ball on October 25, 2008, as part of the Headbangers Ball 20th anniversary special programming. The treatment for the music video was percussionist Shawn Crahan's idea, Crahan calls the video a "short film" and admits it was "very" expensive. Crahan's initial idea was to have several rooms; he introduced the idea to vocalist Corey Taylor who decided what each room would be.

Synopsis

The video starts with Taylor walking from the Iowa State Capitol in downtown Des Moines to a rural area. Reaching some empty fields, Taylor begins to dig. He seemingly falls through the ground into a room below, now wearing a mask. The room is occupied by turntablist Sid Wilson, crawling on the walls and ceiling. Taylor opens the curtains, only to find the view obscured by earth, suggesting the room is underground. Wilson tries to stop Taylor from leaving the room by grabbing his leg but Taylor manages to escape and enter a second room, occupied by drummer Joey Jordison, who is being assisted and nursed by four women. Taylor spectates the scene, but does not interact with anybody. As Jordison spots Taylor's reflection in a mirror and turns to look at him, the latter enters a third room, occupied by sampler and keyboardist Craig Jones. In this segment, the video's colors are reversed and remain so throughout the scene but Taylor's actions imply that the room itself is either very dark or dimly lit. Taylor walks around Jones, who remains immobile, and inspects his mask, touching one of the nails in it to get any response but to no avail. Jones lights a flare, which temporarily blinds Taylor, who leaves.

Taylor enters the fourth room, occupied by bassist Paul Gray. The room is filled with mirrors and when Taylor passes, he is reflected along with Gray. Taylor becomes unnerved and attempts to ascertain whether it is Gray or not by turning from the mirror and back to it. He then waves and Gray uses the wrong hand, revealing that he is not a reflection. Gray advances, smashing the mirror, and his image appears in all the mirrors, visibly frightening Taylor. Backing away, Taylor falls backwards, and into another room, occupied by percussionist Shawn Crahan, who is dancing with several women. Again, just like in the second room with Jordison, he does not interact with anybody, although two of the women persuade him to stay. When Taylor pushes his way into another room, he is met by guitarist Mick Thomson. The two standoff, only for Taylor to fail to push past Thomson several times. Thomson advances towards Taylor, who bolts through the door he came through. He enters a seventh room, occupied by guitarist Jim Root and several women, this time engaged in a pillow fight. Root spots Taylor but seems too caught up in the moment to interact with him. Taylor walks through the crowd into an eighth room, occupied by percussionist Chris Fehn, who is lighting candles. Taylor spectates and eventually blows a candle out while Fehn looks on. In the end, a masked Taylor emerges from the pit, where his unmasked counterpart is also seen digging as shown at the beginning.

Track Listing

Promo
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Dead Memories" (Radio Edit)	3:41
2.	"Dead Memories" (Full-Length Alternative Version)	4:00
3.	"Dead Memories" (Full Original Version)	4:28
Total length:		12:09

"Dead Memories" (Chris Lord-Alge Mix) CD Single
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Dead Memories" (Chris Lord-Alge Mix)	3:58

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Sitting in the dark, I can't forget
Even now, I realize the time I'll never get
Another story of the bitter pills of fate
I can't go back again, I can't go back again
But you asked me to love you and I did
Traded my emotions for a contract to commit
And when I got away, I only got so far
The other me is dead
I hear his voice inside my head

[Chorus]
We were never alive
And we won't be born again
But I'll never survive
With dead memories in my heart
Dead memories in my heart
Dead memories in my heart

[Verse 2]
You told me to love you and I did
Tied my soul into a knot and got me to submit
So when I got away, I only kept my scars
The other me is gone
Now I don't know where I belong

[Chorus]
We were never alive
And we won't be born again
But I'll never survive
With dead memories in my heart
Dead memories in my heart
Dead memories in my heart
Dead memories in my heart

[Bridge]
Dead visions in your name
Dead fingers in my veins

[Outro]
Dead memories in my heart
Dead memories in my heart
Dead memories in my heart
Dead memories in my heart

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