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For other uses of "Left Behind", see Left Behind (disambiguation).

"Left Behind" is the eighth track on Iowa, as well as the the album's first single.

Background[]

The track "Lust Disease" was reworked into "Left Behind".[1]

Song Meaning[]

The song is about the friends Taylor made during a period of time where he was homeless.[2]

Track Listing[]

CD Single
No.TitleLength
1."Left Behind"4:04
2."Liberate" (Live)4:27
3."Surfacing" (Live)5:10
Total length:13:41
7" Vinyl
No.TitleLength
1."Left Behind"4:04
2."Liberate" (Live)4:27
Total length:8:31
UK Promo Single
No.TitleLength
1."Left Behind" (Single Version) 
US Promo Single
No.TitleLength
1."Left Behind" (Alternate Version)3:40
2."Left Behind" (Alternate Version with Fade)3:40
3."Left Behind" (Album Version)4:06
Total length:11:26

Note[]

For the CD Single[]

  • Includes the "Left Behind" music video.

Lyrics[]

[Verse 1]
I've known faces that have disappeared in time
Find me wrapped in glass and slowly soaked in lime
All my friends have pictures made to make you cry
I've seen this and wondered what I've done to calcify

[Chorus]
I ignore you
As I close my eyes, I feel it all slipping away
I come toward you
We all got left behind, we let it all slip away
I ignore you
As I close my eyes, I feel it all slipping away
I come toward you
We all got left behind, we let it all slip away

[Verse 2]
I can't stand to see your thalidomide robot face
I don't even try it
You had to be a liar just to infiltrate me
I'm still drowning

[Chorus]
I ignore you
As I close my eyes, I feel it all slipping away
I come toward you
We all got left behind, we let it all slip away
I ignore you
As I close my eyes, I feel it all slipping away
I come toward you
We all got left behind, we let it all slip away

[Bridge]
Take this away
Take this away
I can feel it on my mouth
I can taste you on my fingers
I can hear you like the holy ghost
And kill you if you get too close

[Chorus]
I ignore you
As I close my eyes, I feel it all slipping away
I come toward you
We all got left behind, we let it all slip away
I ignore you
As I close my eyes, I feel it all slipping away
I come toward you
We all got left behind, we let it all slip away

[Outro]
We let it all slip away
We let it all slip away
We let it all slip away
We let it all slip away
We let it all slip away
We let it all slip away

Gallery[]

External Links[]

To be added

Release History[]

Region Date Format(s) Edition Label(s)

Navigation[]

Iowa ― August 28th, 2001 • Roadrunner Records
Standard 1 (515) • 2 People = Shit • 3 Disasterpiece • 4 My Plague • 5 Everything Ends • 6 The Heretic Anthem • 7 Gently • 8 Left Behind • 9 The Shape • 10 I Am Hated • 11 Skin Ticket • 12 New Abortion • 13 Metabolic • 14 Iowa
Bonus 15 My Plague (New Abuse Mix)
Singles
Spit It OutWait and BleedLeft BehindMy PlagueDualityVermilionBefore I ForgetThe NamelessAll Hope Is GonePsychosocialDead MemoriesSulfurSnuffThe Negative OneThe Devil In ICusterKillpopGoodbyeAll Out LifeUnsaintedSolway FirthBirth of the CruelNero ForteThe Chapeltown RagThe Dying Song (Time to Sing)YenBone Church
Promotional Singles
SurfacingHeretic SongPulse of the MaggotsVermilion Pt. 2The Blister ExistsXIXSarcastropheAOVKillpopSkeptic
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[]

  1. Bryant, Tom (July 14th, 2012). Hell Unleashed. Kerrang! #1423. p. 23. Retrieved April 1st, 2022.
  2. @SlipknotMetabolic (June 1st, 2010). YouTube Mr. Corey Taylor On ''Left Behind'' 's Meaning.. YouTube. Retrieved April 1st, 2022.
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