Sulfur

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

"Sulfur"
General Information
Artist	Slipknot
Release Date	August 20th, 2008 (album) June 15th, 2009 (single)
Recorded	February – June 2008
Genre	Nu Metal Thrash Metal Hard Rock
Length	4:37 (album) 4:04 (Chris Lord-Alge mix)
Audio	Official Audio
Label	Roadrunner Records
Writer(s)	Joey Jordison, Jim Root
Producer(s)	Slipknot, Dave Fortman
Mixer(s)	Colin Richardson
Album(s)	All Hope Is Gone
All Hope Is Gone Chronology
← Previous	"Gematria (The Killing Name)"
Next →	"Psychosocial"
Singles Chronology
← Previous	"Dead Memories"
Next →	"Snuff"
Music Video

"Sulfur" is the third track on All Hope Is Gone, as well as the album's fourth single.

Background

"It's kind of a reflection of where I am at the moment. I probably feel the best I have in years, not only health-wise, but as a person. The last three years have been an awakening for me. I'm standing up for my morals, standing up for myself, but the flip side to that coin is that there is always something inside of me that's going to make people feel like they're chewing on tin foil. For most of my life, I tended to base my opinion on myself by what people thought of me. As I got stronger, I learned to be happy in my own skin and accept that there are these fucked up things about me."

—Corey Taylor

Track Listing

US CD Single
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Sulfur"	4:38

"Sulfur" (Chris Lord-Alge Mix) Single
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Sulfur" (Chris Lord-Alge Mix)	4:04

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
My guilt and my shame
Always sell me short, always feel the same
And my face and my soul
Always wear me thin, always under control
But the longest hours you'll have in your life
Are the ones you sit through to know if you're right
So I'll wait, but I'll pray that I'm wrong
Because I think I know what's going on

[Verse 2]
So let me get this straight
The only will is my own
I do whatever I want and stay alone
All my decisions make it, untouchable and tainted
I'm gonna suffer for the rest of my life
But I will always find a way to survive
I'm not a failure, but I know what it's like
I can take it or leave it or die

[Chorus]
Stay, you don't always know where you stand
'Til you know that you won't run away
There's something inside me that feels
Like breathing in sulfur

[Verse 3]
My life is undone
And I'm a sinner to most but a sage to some
And my gods are untrue
I'm probably wrong but I'm better than you
And the longest hours I've had in my life
Were the ones I went through to know I was right
So I'm safe but I'm a little outside
I'm gonna laugh when I'm buried alive

[Chorus]
Stay, you don't always know where you stand
'Til you know that you won't run away
There's something inside me that feels
Like breathing in sulfur

[Post-Chorus]
Like breathing in sulfur
Like breathing in sulfur

[Chorus]
Stay, you don't always know where you stand
'Til you know that you won't run away
There's something inside me that feels
Like breathing in sulfur

[Chorus]
Stay, you don't always know where you stand
(You don't always know where you stand)
'Til you know that you won't run away
There's something inside me that feels
(There's something inside me that feels)
Like breathing in sulfur

[Post-Chorus]
Like breathing in sulfur
Like breathing in sulfur
Like breathing in sulfur
Like breathing in sulfur
Like breathing in sulfur

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Release History

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