The One That Kills the Least

"The One That Kills the Least"
General Information
Artist	Slipknot
Release Date	October 21st, 2014
Recorded	March 1st – July 28th, 2014
Genre	Nu Metal
Length	4:11
Audio	Official Audio
Label	Roadrunner Records
Writer(s)	Corey Taylor, Jim Root
Producer(s)	Slipknot, Greg Fidelman
Mixer(s)	Joe Barresi
Album(s)	.5: The Gray Chapter
.5: The Gray Chapter Chronology
← Previous	"Skeptic"
Next →	"Custer"

"The One That Kills the Least" is the tenth track on .5: The Gray Chapter.

Background

"That song is a moment of melancholy, where you're looking at all the problems in your life, and you're trying to put everything in perspective, and you realize that the decisions you make can come back to haunt you, because of something like, in our case, losing Paul. The choices that you make are really starting to affect everything around you, and it comes down to the point where the one that kills the least still kills us all. Where every action has an equal and opposite reaction, so it's really about dealing with the negative side effects of your choices in the grief process."

—Corey Taylor

Lyrics

[Intro]
I don't seem to care today
I mirror what I love with what I hate
Empty ways can cloud your eyes
I only know because I tried
So come with me, come with me
Let's meet our contestants
That have no better time to play the game

[Verse 1]
I don't wanna give it away, underneath the citadels
Buried deep with your guilt and regrets
Leading in the dark, everything is wonderful
I don't care, I don't want to forget
Why is it a crime? It's none of your business
I prefer to be in hell by myself
Turn the other cheek and tell it to somebody
Who refuses to forgive when nothing was taken

[Chorus]
No one else survives, I've seen you live, now watch me die
But we don't see the writing on the wall
And as I close my eyes, alone in here, I realize
The one that kills the least still kills us all

[Verse 2]
Hidden in the rubble
Everybody's got a story to tell
What do I need? Eliminate the possible
All that's left is a man in a cell
Maybe I'm wrong, maybe a decision
Is the better way to go, the better way to be
I've got my demons, go get your own
Save another number, don't forget to hate me

[Chorus]
No one else survives, I've seen you live, now watch me die
But we don't see the writing on the wall
And as I close my eyes, alone in here, I realize
The one that kills the least still kills us all

[Chorus]
No one else survives, I've seen you live, now watch me die
But we don't see the writing on the wall
And as I close my eyes, lost in here, I realize
The one that kills the least still kills us all

[Outro]
The one that kills the least still kills us all
The one that kills the least still kills us all, all, all, all

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