Vermilion

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

"Vermilion"
General Information
Artist	Slipknot
Release Date	May 25th, 2004 (album) October 5th, 2004 (single)
Recorded	2003 – Mid 2004
Genre	Alternative Metal
Length	5:16 4:17 (single mix) 5:25 (Terry Date mix) 5:23 (live; Voliminal: Inside the Nine)
Audio	Official Audio Terry Date Mix
Label	Roadrunner Records
Writer(s)	Corey Taylor, Mick Thomson, Shawn Crahan, Craig Jones, Jim Root, Chris Fehn, Paul Gray, Joey Jordison, Sid Wilson
Producer(s)	Rick Rubin
Mixer(s)	Greg Fidelman
Album(s)	Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses)
Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses) Chronology
← Previous	"Welcome"
Next →	"Pulse of the Maggots"
Singles Chronology
← Previous	"Duality"
Next →	"Before I Forget"
Music Video

"Vermilion" is the eighth track on Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses), as well as the album's second single.

Background

To be added

Track Listing

EU/JP CD Single
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Vermilion" (Single Mix)	4:16
2.	"Scream"	4:32
3.	"Danger - Keep Away" (Full-Length Version)	7:53
Total length:		16:41

EU Cardboard Sleeve CD Single / 7" Vinyl
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Vermilion" (Single Mix)	4:14
2.	"Scream"	4:30
Total length:		8:44

EU 2nd CD Single
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Vermilion" (Single Mix)	3:59
2.	"Scream"	4:30
3.	"Vermilion" (Full-Length Single Mix)	5:17
Total length:		13:46

NE Promo CD
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Vermilion" (Single Mix)	3:59
2.	"Vermilion" (Full-Length Single Mix)	5:17
Total length:		9:16

US Promo CD
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Vermilion" (Edit)
2.	"Vermilion" (Album Version)
3.	"Vermilion Pt. 2"

US Euro Radio Edit Promo CD
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Vermilion" (Euro Radio Edit)	3:59

US Full-Length Single Mix Promo CD
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Vermilion" (Full-Length Single Mix)	5:17

Note

For EU/JP CD Single

• Includes "Vermilion" music video.

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
She seems dressed in all the rings of past fatalities
So fragile yet so devious, she continues to see
Climatic hands that press her temples and my chest
Enter the night that she came home, forever
Oh, she's the only one that makes me sad!

[Verse 2]
She is everything and more, the solemn hypnotic
My Dahlia bathed in possession, she is home to me
I get nervous, perverse, when I see her, it's worse, but the stress is astounding
It's now or never she is coming home, forever
Oh, she's the only one that makes me sad!
(What am I doing here?
She's my imagination come alive
What am I doing? What am I doing here?
She's my imagination come alive
My imagination come alive, come alive)

[Pre-Chorus]
Hard to say what caught my attention
Fixed and crazy, aphid attraction
Carve my name in my face (In my face) to recognize
Such a pheromone cult to terrorize

[Chorus]
I won't let this build up inside of me
I won't let this build up inside of me
I won't let this build up inside of me
I won't let this build up inside of me!
Yeah!

[Pre-Chorus]
I'm a slave, and I am a master
No restraints and unchecked collectors
I exist through my need (I exist) to self-oblige
She is something in me (I despise) that I despise

[Chorus]
I won't let this build up inside of me
I won't let this build up inside of me
I won't let this build up inside of me
I won't let this build up inside of me
(I won't let this build up inside of me)
I won't let this build up inside of me
Won't let this build up inside of me
Won't let this build up inside of me
Won't let this build up inside of me!

[Outro]
She isn't real!
I can't make her real!
She isn't real!
I can't make her real!
She isn't real (She isn't real)
I can't make her real (I can't make her real)
She isn't real (She isn't real)
I can't make her real (I can't make her real)

Gallery

• Vinyl

Picture Disc – Side A

Picture Disc – Side B

External Links

To be added

Release History

Region	Date	Format(s)	Edition	Label(s)