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"The Burden" is the sixteenth and final track on the digital special edition of .5: The Gray Chapter.

Background[]

"The Burden is really about the weight – carrying the weight of something as horrendous as losing a friend, losing a band member, losing family, losing a person who for 15 years has been on this road with you. And carrying that, and realizing that not only are they not going to be on the rest of the road with you, physically, but realizing that there are going to be nights where you struggle with it. There are going to be nights where you sit bolt-upright in bed and think to yourself, 'Fuck, what could I have done?'…"
Corey Taylor[1]

Lyrics[]

[Verse 1]
There's God
Can I feed you again?
Will I have to stay dumb?
You can feel, and it begins
But I know inside this heart attack
I can see through your eyes
I'm terrified of everything
But it's no real surprise
Because the parasites are dancing closer
All this sacrilegion warns in posters
Can you handle it?

[Verse 2]
In the dark
Why I think I'm alone?
I sweat through my visions
I'm going too cold
Today is a tragedy
In the mouth of the mad
But that doesn't matter now
I've come home relaxed
I'm curled up in a ball and shaking
I'm hiding from the hell I'm making
I can't believe the chance I'm taking
Is there any other way? Is there any other way?

[Chorus]
The burden
The burden

[Brige]
You can't save me
There is nothing more to give
I am changing
Almost like I never lived
Be my witness
Just don't leave me in suspense
Keep this, prove it
Tell them all the consequences

[Chorus]
The burden
Have you ever been burdened before?
The burden
Was there anything you wanted more?

[Bridge]
You can't save me
There is nothing more to give
I am changing
Almost like I never lived
Be my witness
Just don't leave me in suspense
Keep this, prove it
Tell them all the consequences

[Outro]
Our same plea
By now you know that looks are deceiving
I'm covered in a rash and receding
Is there any other way? Is there any other way?
For Gods' sakes, we've suffered, this pain is now our lives
For Gods' sakes, we've suffered enough
For Gods' sakes, we've suffered, this pain is now our lives
For Gods' sakes, we've suffered enough
For Gods' sakes, we've suffered, this pain is now our lives
For Gods' sakes, we've suffered enough
For Gods' sakes, we've suffered, this pain is now our lives
For Gods' sakes, we've suffered enough, enough, enough, enough

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Navigation[]

.5: The Gray Chapter ― October 21st, 2014 • Roadrunner Records
Standard 1 XIX • 2 Sarcastrophe • 3 AOV • 4 The Devil In I • 5 Killpop • 6 Skeptic • 7 Lech • 8 Goodbye • 9 Nomadic • 10 The One That Kills the Least • 11 Custer • 12 Be Prepared for Hell • 13 The Negative One • 14 If Rain Is What You Want
Special 15 Override • 16 The Burden • 17 -Silent- • 18 Huffys Between Dumpsters • 19 Flea Circus

References[]

  1. (October 19th, 2014). Corey Taylor Talks About Slipknot's '.5: The Gray Chapter' with Kerrang! Magazine. Slipknot Iowa. Retrieved April 23rd, 2022.
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