"Unsainted" is the second track on We Are Not Your Kind, as well as the album's first single.
Background[]
- "Before we even started writing this record, Clown had been like, 'I want to get a choir.' He was thinking in terms of a children's choir, like a Pink Floyd's 'Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 2' kind of thing, but we ended up getting a regular choir, and they took a version of the melody line from the original guitar line that started the demo song, which is a variation of the chorus riff. The choir did what they did, and to me it turned out to be pretty epic. I heard someone compare it to 'You Can't Always Get What You Want' by The Rolling Stones, and I think that's a pretty ambitious comparison, but I'll certainly take it."
- —Jim Root[1]
Song Meaning[]
The track talks about depression, as vocalist Corey Taylor has suffered with it for many years, but he's "finally holding on to letting go."
Track Listing[]
| Black Friday "All Out Life/Unsainted" 7" Vinyl | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length |
| 1. | "All Out Life" | 5:56 |
| 2. | "Unsainted" | 4:20 |
| Total length: | 10:16 | |
Lyrics[]
[Intro]
Oh, I'll never kill myself to save my soul
I was gone, but how was I to know?
I didn't come this far to sink so low
I'm finally holding on to letting go
(I'll never kill myself to save my soul)
I'm finally holding on to letting go
(I didn't come this far to sink so low)
I'm finally holding on to letting go
[Verse 1]
I'm just weathering a rough patch
Another villain with an itch to scratch
Denial is the darkest when you live in a hole
Why does the hell make you feel so cold?
Make a move and you pay for it
Pick a lord and you pray to it
You're so demanding when you want the truth
But your stories don't read for me
[Chorus]
Oh, I'll never kill myself to save my soul
I was gone, but how was I to know?
I didn't come this far to sink so low
I'm finally holding on to letting go
[Verse 2]
Indecision overload
Keep a buckle on the devil and your eyes on the road
Reaching out for the hand of God
But did you think you'd shake your own?
This killing field is all grown over
The motherfucker wants it wild
Go sow your oats in alphabetical order
The anti-antagonist is back in style
Myopic, cannot see straight
Dystopic, one sin too late
You gotta lie if you wanna believe
But your bibles don't work on me
[Chorus]
Oh, I'll never kill myself to save my soul
I was gone, but how was I to know?
I didn't come this far to sink so low
I'm finally holding on to letting
Go
[Bridge]
Did you think you could win? And fill me in?
Did you think you could do it again? I'm not your sin
I was all that you wanted and more, but you didn't want me
I was more than you thought I could be
So I'm setting you free, I'm setting you free
You've killed the saint in me
How dare you martyr me
You've killed the saint in me
[Chorus]
Oh, I'll never kill myself to save my soul
I was gone, but how was I to know?
I didn't come this far to sink so low
I'm finally holding on to letting go
[Outro]
You've killed the saint in me
How dare you martyr me?
You've killed the saint in me
How dare you martyr me?
Gallery[]
.jpg "All Out Life Picture Disc (Side A).jpg (109 KB)")
.jpg "All Out Life Picture Disc (Side B).jpg (93 KB)")
Trivia[]
- It was the official theme song for NXT TakeOver: Toronto II in 2019.
External Links[]
To be added
Release History[]
| Region | Date | Format(s) | Edition | Label(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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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.