Metabolic

For other uses of "Metabolic", see Metabolic (disambiguation).

"Metabolic"
General Information
Artist	Slipknot
Release Date	August 28th, 2001
Recorded	January 17th – Mid 2001
Genre	Nu Metal
Length	3:59
Audio	Official Audio
Label	Roadrunner Records
Writer(s)	Corey Taylor
Producer(s)	Slipknot, Ross Robinson
Mixer(s)	Andy Wallace
Album(s)	Iowa
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"Metabolic" is the thirteenth track on Iowa.

Background

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Song Meaning

"This song is basically 'Diluted' Part II that is about my dad. It is about being so enraged yet being so impotent because there is nothing you can do about it. "It is about that time of the morning when you are sitting in bed, and you are crying uncontrollably, and you are trying not to feel, but all you can do is feel because every time you shut your eyes, it's there. It is probably one of the most personal songs I have ever written just for the fact that even though I never knew my father and even though I have never met him, I feel like I am turning into him. I have no mental picture of what he is supposed to be, but sometimes I wonder if I am doing the things he used to do. It's definitely a pissed off, heavy, fuck you, I don't give a shit because nobody told me who I was because I had to figure it out for myself song."

—Corey Taylor^{[citation needed]}

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Gone, I couldn't murder your promise
Right before my eyes
The revolutions of my psychosis
Kept me outta the way
Once inside all I hold is ash
Fail, suppressing every feeling
I'm in so much pain
I have every fucking right to hate you
I can't take it
The hardest part was knowing that I could never be you
Now all I do is sit around and wish I could forget you

[Chorus]
My demise
I took a life worth living and made it worth a mockery
I deny, I fold, but they keep on coming
Stop!
I'm always ready to die, but you're killing me
Stop!
I'm always ready to die, but you're killing me
Stop!
I'm always ready to die, but you're killing me
Stop!
I'm always ready to die, but you're killing me

[Verse 2]
Who are you to me? Who am I to you?
Is this a lesson in nepotistic negligence?
By default, you are my only link to the outside
Psychosomatic suicide
Where were you when I was down?
Can you show me a way
To face every day with this face?
Goodbye

[Chorus]
My demise, I took a life worth living and made it worth a mockery
I deny, I fold, but they keep on coming
Stop, I'm always ready to die, but you're killing me
Stop, I'm always ready to die, but you're killing me
Stop, I'm always ready to die, but you're killing me
Stop, I'm always ready to die, but you're killing me

[Bridge]
Oh, when I blur my eyes, they make the whole world breathe
I see you fucking me
And I am absolutely controlling every urge to mutilate
The one and only answer so much for memories
I wanna dress in your insecurities
And be the perfect you, I'm through
I'm out-stretched out for all to loathe
Here we go, the ultimate irony
Yeah, yeah, yeah

[Chorus]
My demise, I took a life worth living and made it worth a mockery
I deny, I fold, but they keep on coming
Stop, I'm always ready to die, but you're killing me
Stop, I'm always ready to die, but you're killing me
Stop, I'm always ready to die, but you're killing me
Stop, I'm always ready to die, but you're killing me

[Outro]
Stop, killing me
Stop, killing me
Stop, killing, stop, me
Killing me

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