Birth of the Cruel
Slipknot Lyrics

Let him crave understanding
May he have an intense desire to understand the hidden truth

Let him crave your wisdom
Let him have an intense desire to acquire your knowledge and experience

Let him crave
May he have an intense desire for something meaningful

Let him need you
May he want you to fulfill his needs, no one else

Father, by self-control
Oh God, please help him to govern his own actions

I'm just a Judas, lookin' for a silver line
I'm just a betrayer, searching for hope amidst darkness

And tomorrow is still a step behind
And the future is uncertain, and not yet revealed

Hey, hey, drama, I'd love to be a waste of your time
Hey, hey, conflict, I'd love to be a distraction and meaningless to you

Oh no, thanks so much for wasting mine
Oh no, thank you for taking away something of value from me

So hear me out
Please pay attention to my words

Let's hear it for the damaged
Let us praise those who have been hurt and bruised

Who understands but the broken?
Who can truly empathize with the pain and suffering except for those who have experienced it themselves?

Developed in the arms of spite
The negative emotions of anger and resentment provided an environment in which this feeling grew and intensified

I'm all fucked up and I make it look good
I may be damaged, but I am not defeated, and I wear my scars with pride

Adrenaline sight tonight
The thrill of the moment is exhilarating and addictive

I'm overthrown
I have been dethroned

I'm over your throne
I have moved on from your position of power

Sick, sickened, I'm sickening, I'm stricken by the fist
I am unwell, my warped mind is making others unwell, I am struck by an invisible force

Blessed are the fires that have burned me
The painful experiences I have had have made me strong and unbreakable

Listen to this, the lesson is, never underestimate the agony
Pay attention to these words, the lesson to be learned is that pain and suffering can never be underestimated

Death of the fool, birth of the cruel
The demise of innocence led to the emergence of something much darker and ruthless

Remember how you spent the best part of forever
Do you recall how you spent a significant portion of your life

In a state of pure disease?
In a condition of pure evil or corruption?

It was another thing altogether
It was something entirely different

To forget that you brought out the worst in me
To disregard the fact that you were one of the main reasons that turned me into something vile

Hey, karma, you don't feel like I do
Hey, karma, you do not experience emotions like I do

You just wish you'd hate like I do
You only desire to hate your enemies as much as I do

We are the bitter, the maladjusted and wise
We are the disillusioned, the discontented, and the knowledgeable

Fighting off a generation too uptight
Rebelling against a generation that is too conservative and rigid

We're all dressed up with nobody to kill
We are all geared up for violence, but have nobody to target

The rhetoric stops tonight
The never-ending and meaningless conversation ends tonight

Now's not the time for denying
It is not the right moment to deny the truth or reality

Shifting the focus to scare
Changing the subject to create fear or terror

Let's not forget we're all guilty
Let us remember that we are all responsible for our actions and their consequences

All three dimensions polluted by earnest despair
All the realms of existence, including the physical, mental, and emotional, are contaminated with genuine feelings of hopelessness

That he can see, look at the enemy in front of him
May he be able to perceive and identify the opponent who is opposing him

Because cursed, not today, sucker
Because you are cursed, today is not the day when you will succeed, my friend

Go back to Hell where you belong
Return to your infernal abode from where you originated