"Nero Forte" is the fifth track on We Are Not Your Kind, as well as the album's fourth and final single.
Background[]
- "This is also a Clown song, which is amazing. This one is going to be a great life. It's very percussive and reminiscent of "Psychosocial"—but maybe an evolution of "Psychosocial". Obviously, Clown is a drummer and percussionist, but he's also a songwriter—and he always has been. Now we're able to collaborate as songwriters, and this is what we end up with. When Corey came in and started diving into the vocals, he came up with this extra melody in the chorus line, very late into the process. That really drew me into this song."
- —Jim Root[1]
Lyrics[]
[Intro]
Watch this
[Verse 1]
I'm never enough
You bleed me dry, using me up
Dissatisfied and used
Another key to the empty spot in you
I'm sick as a fuck
I'm in my prime, what do you want?
I guess it's time to see
If you're lost in hell, you'll find no peace
Ooh, wade through hate and fear
I haven't felt like this in years
Not much left, so uprooted
Fists clenched tight in the pockets of my hoodie
And I know where I need to go
But the voice of reason can't say no
It's in the eyes and heart
Just the latest psycho off the charts
[Pre-Chorus]
That's what you do best
[Chorus]
A home like yours is upside down
Too much animosity
Nobody does it better than the enemy
A hope like yours won't help me now
You can do your worst to me
At the end of the day, that's what you do best
A home like yours is upside down
Too much animosity
Nobody does it better than the enemy
A hope like yours won't help me now
You can do your worst to me
At the end of the day, that's what you do best
[Verse 2]
I know, and even if I didn't, I would lie so
Many would believe it
Stand up and resist the chains
Of all the people in belligerent sick restraint
I wasn't enough
You bled me dry, which way is up?
Oh, you're a lie and a fake
I hope the truth is not too late
[Pre-Chorus]
That's what you do best
[Chorus]
A home like yours is upside down
Too much animosity
Nobody does it better than the enemy
A hope like yours won't help me now
You can do your worst to me
At the end of the day, that's what you do best
A home like yours is upside down
Too much animosity
Nobody does it better than the enemy
A hope like yours won't help me now
You can do your worst to me
At the end of the day, that's what you do best
[Post-Chorus]
That's what you do best
That's what you do best
That's what you do best (Hahahaha)
[Bridge]
(Why) Why was it easy for you?
(Did) Did I deserve the abuse?
(I) I can't believe I let it
(Not) Not what I wanted
(See) See through your bullshit
(Your) You're so traumatic
(True) True to your form of
(Face) Every consequence
(Un-) Unintimidated
(-'til) 'Til the very end
(It) It'll never happen
(Was) Was it all a lie?
(Too) Many motherfuckers
(Late) That's what you do best
(Lie) That's what you do best
(Lie) That's what you do best
That's what you do best
[Chorus]
A home like yours is upside down
Too much animosity
Nobody does it better than the enemy
A hope like yours won't help me now
You can do your worst to me
At the end of the day, that's what you do best
A home like yours is upside down
Too much animosity
Nobody does it better than the enemy
A hope like yours won't help me now
You can do your worst to me
At the end of the day, that's what you do best
A home like yours is upside down
You can do your worst to me
At the end of the day, that's what you do best
A hope like yours won't help me now
You can do your worst to me
At the end of the day, that's what you do best
[Outro]
That's what you do, that's what you do best, yeah
(That's what you do best)
(That's what you do best)
(That's what you do best)
(That's what you do best)
(That's what you do best)
(That's what you do best)
That's what you do best, that's what you do best
Trivia[]
- There exists a short film by Shawn Crahan that expands on the music video for this song, called “Pollution”.
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[]
- ↑ Carter, Emily (August 9th, 2021). Slipknot: Jim Root's track-by-track guide to We Are Not Your Kind. Kerrang. Retrieved December 27th, 2021.