| For other uses of "Scissors", see Scissors (disambiguation). |
"Scissors" is the fifteenth track on Slipknot.
Background
During the recording sessions of SlipKnot, "Heartache and a Pair of Scissors" was recorded. The title was shortened to just "Scissors", and this version is obviously more emotional than the demo version. After the actual lyrics are done, Corey is screaming very hard and painfully and added a new set of lyrics into a new section of the song, not in the demo version (You want it, you need it).
The physical edition of the song includes two things; A conversation titled "Mudslide", and a hidden track titled "Eeyore".
Lyrics
[Intro]
I play doctor for five minutes flat
Before I cut my heart open and let the air out
Three bugs, a pound of dust, some wind spilled before me
In the strangest manner that had broke away my tear spout
[Verse 1]
As I lie there with my tongue spread wide open
A black widow had offered me a sweetheart tube
As I injected the candied heart that I selected
She said don't hesitate, just do what you have to do to me
[Verse 2]
It's hard to stay between the lines of skin
Just 'cause I have nerves, don't mean that I can feel
I wasn't very much fun to be with anyway
Just let the blood run red 'cause I can't feel
It's hard to stay between the lines of skin
Just 'cause I have nerves, don't mean that I can feel
I wasn't very much fun to be with anyway
Just let the blood run red 'cause I can't feel
[Bridge]
Biding my time until the time is right
Biding my time until the time is right
Biding my time until the time is right
Biding my time, it's time
Biding my time until the time is right
Biding my time until the time is right
Biding my time until the time is right
Biding my time, it's time
Biding my time until the time is right
Biding my time until the time is right
Biding my time until the time is right
Biding my time, it's time
Biding my time until the time is right
Biding my time until the time is right
Biding my time until the time is right
Biding my time, it's time
Biding, biding, biding, biding
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!
[Verse 3]
Someone in behind me
Someone inside me
Everyone against me
Everyone beside me
Clawing away the pieces
Scratching away the abscess
One more, two more
Everyone, once more
One more, two more
Everyone, once more
Inside the places that I hide from you
I want to see you splayed before me
You are the only one
That I would rather see before me
You want it, you need it
You want it, you need it
You want it, you need it
You want it, you need it
Don't lie; I die, you lie; I lie, oh, why?
I don't want you to pay anyone when I die
I wanna die, I'd rather die, I wanna die
You purge, you burn, you purge
I don't need you anymore, I don't need you
[Outro]
It is time!
It is time!
It is time!
It is time!
It is time!
It is time!
It is time!
It is time!
It is time!
It is time!
It is time!
It is time!
Trivia
- The music video was featured on the DVD for "Welcome to Our Neighborhood". Thomas Mignone directed all the live footage for the video, but did not direct the outside clips, where the band members are banging on barrels and starting fires, it is unknown whether these clips are from an unreleased music video or not.
External Links
Scissors on YouTube (Audio Stream)
Scissors on YouTube Music
Scissors on Apple Music
Scissors on Spotify- Scissors on Soundcloud
- Scissors on Amazon Music
- Scissors on Tidal
- Scissors on Deezer
- Scissors on Pandora
| Slipknot ― June 29th, 1999 • Roadrunner Records | |
|---|---|
| Standard | 1 742617000027 • 2 (Sic) • 3 Eyeless • 4 Wait and Bleed • 5 Surfacing • 6 Spit It Out • 7 Tattered & Torn • 8 Frail Limb Nursery • 9 Purity • 10 Liberate • 11 Prosthetics • 12 No Life • 13 Diluted • 14 Only One • 15 Scissors • 16 Eeyore |
| Bonus | Me Inside • Get This • Snap • Interloper • Despise |