To date, Stone Sour has released six studio albums Stone Sour (2002); Come What(ever) May (2006); Audio Secrecy (2010); House of Gold & Bones – Part 1 (2012); House of Gold & Bones – Part 2 (2013) and Hydrograd (2017). They also released a digital live album, Live in Moscow, in 2007. Their album, Hydrograd was released in June 2017 and is their first album to feature guitarist Christian Martucci.
Stone Sour earned the group two Grammy Award nominations, both for Best Metal Performance, for the singles "Get Inside", in 2003, and "Inhale", in 2004. From their 2006 album, Come What(ever) May, the group received another Grammy Award nomination for Best Metal Performance for the single "30/30-150". The band has sold 2.1 million albums in the United States as of April 2017.
In 2020, Corey Taylor announced that the band will be on "Indefinite Hiatus", saying that it it didn't feel the way that it felt in the past.
Bother
Stone Sour Lyrics
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My self-affliction fades
Stones to throw at my creator
Masochists to which I cater
You don't need to bother
I don't need to be
I'll keep slipping farther
But once I hold on
Wish I was too dead to care
If indeed I cared at all
Never had a voice to protest
So you fed me shit to digest
I wish I had a reason
My flaws are open season
For this, I gave up trying
One good turn deserves my dying
You don't need to bother
I don't need to be
I'll keep slipping farther
But once I hold on
I won't let go 'til it bleeds
Wish I'd died instead of lived
A zombie hides my face
Shell forgotten
With its memories
Diaries left
With cryptic entries
And you don't need to bother
I don't need to be (I don't need to be)
I'll keep slipping farther
But once I hold on
I won't let go 'til it bleeds
You don't need to bother
I don't need to be, yeah (I don't need to be)
I'll keep slipping farther
But once I hold on (once I hold on)
Never live down my deceit
The lyrics to Stone Sour's song "Bother" express the singer's intense emotional pain and feelings of worthlessness. The lyrics depict the singer describes wishing he was "too dead to cry" and "too dead to care", indicating a deep sense of hopelessness and despair. He feels like he has no voice and that he's been fed "shit to digest" by those around him instead of being given a chance to speak up for himself. The singer acknowledges that he continues to slip away further from hope but once he's able to hold on, he won't let go until it becomes too much to take.
The verses of the song speak to the singer's sense of isolation and alienation from those around him. He feels like a "zombie", "forgotten shell" and believes that his diary entries are "cryptic". The song conveys that the singer is holding onto something deep inside him, as expressed by the line "once I hold on, I won't let go 'til it bleeds". This expression could mean that he is holding onto a secret or a deep-seated emotional pain that he needs to share with others. Overall, "Bother" speaks to the universal theme of emotional pain and the struggle to find ways to express that pain and find meaning in life amidst struggles.
Line by Line Meaning
Wish I was too dead to cry
I wish I was apathetic and didn't care enough to feel immense emotional pain
My self-affliction fades
The pain I've caused myself is diminishing
Stones to throw at my creator
I blame whoever created me for my struggles and shortcomings
Masochists to which I cater
I constantly engage in activities that cause me pain and suffering
You don't need to bother
You don't need to pay attention to me or worry about me
I don't need to be
I don't need to exist or be a burden to anyone
I'll keep slipping farther
I'll continue to distance myself from others and become more isolated
But once I hold on
However, if I do manage to connect with someone in a meaningful way
I won't let go 'til it bleeds
I'll cling to that connection so tightly that it hurts, even if it ultimately causes me pain
Wish I was too dead to care
I wish I was numb to the world and didn't care about anything
If indeed I cared at all
Or maybe I never truly cared about anything in the first place
Never had a voice to protest
I never felt like I was able to speak up or fight back against anything that was happening to me
So you fed me shit to digest
So instead, I was force-fed terrible experiences and had to learn to cope with them
I wish I had a reason
I wish I had a purpose, meaning, or justification for my pain and struggles
My flaws are open season
But instead, my flaws and weaknesses are constantly attacked and criticized by others
For this, I gave up trying
As a result, I've given up on trying to improve or make things better for myself
One good turn deserves my dying
I feel like I don't deserve anything good in life, and that ultimately I should just die
Wish I'd died instead of lived
I regret ever being born or existing at all
A zombie hides my face
I feel like I'm just going through the motions and not truly living
Shell forgotten
I've become a shell of my former self
With its memories
And my memories and experiences are fading away
Diaries left
All that will be left of me are my written records
With cryptic entries
But even those records will be incomplete and difficult to decipher
I'll keep slipping farther
I'll continue to distance myself from others and become more isolated
But once I hold on
However, if I do manage to connect with someone in a meaningful way
Once I hold on
And I feel like I have something worth holding onto
I won't let go 'til it bleeds
I'll cling to that connection so tightly that it hurts, even if it ultimately causes me pain
You don't need to bother
You don't need to pay attention to me or worry about me
I don't need to be
I don't need to exist or be a burden to anyone
I'll keep slipping farther
I'll continue to distance myself from others and become more isolated
But once I hold on
However, if I do manage to connect with someone in a meaningful way
Once I hold on
And I feel like I have something worth holding onto
Never live down my deceit
I feel like I can never redeem myself or make up for the ways I've failed others
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Written by: Corey Taylor
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@neptunexcomsic1256
Wish I was too dead to cry
My self-affliction fades
Stones to throw at my creator
Masochists to which I cater
You don't need to bother
I don't need to be
I'll keep slipping farther
But once I hold on
I won't let go 'til it bleeds
Wish I was too dead to care
If indeed I cared at all
Never had a voice to protest
So you fed me shit to digest
I wish I had a reason
My flaws are open season
For this, I gave up trying
One good turn deserves my dying
You don't need to bother
I don't need to be
I'll keep slipping farther
But once I hold on
I won't let go 'til it bleeds
Wish I'd died instead of lived
A zombie hides my face
Shell forgotten with its memories
Diaries left with cryptic entries
And you don't need to bother
I don't need to be (I don't need to be)
I'll keep slipping farther
But once I hold on
I won't let go 'til it bleeds
You don't need to bother
I don't need to be (I don't need to be)
I'll keep slipping farther
But once I hold on (once I hold on)
I'll never live down my deceit
@ResidualResonance
LYRICS:
Wish I was too dead to cry
My self-affliction fades
Stones to throw at my creator
Masochists to which I cater
You don't need to bother, I don't need to be
I'll keep slipping farther
But once I hold on, I won't let go til it bleeds
Wish I was too dead to care
If indeed I cared at all
Never had a voice to protest
So you fed me shit to digest
I wish I had a reason, my flaws are open season
For this, I gave up trying
One good turn deserves my dying
You don't need to bother, I don't need to be
I'll keep slipping farther
But once I hold on, I won't let go til it bleeds
Wish I'd died instead of lived
A zombie hides my face
Shell forgotten with its memories
Diaries left with cryptic entries
And you don't need to bother, I don't need to be
I'll keep slipping farther
But once I hold on, I won't let go til it bleeds
You don't need to bother, I don't need to be
I'll keep on slipping farther
But once I hold on
I'll never live down my deceit
@justinjaydelottering9242
10 March 2023... The day that my Queen had gone through with what her mother spoke her into... Causing the termination of our little one that she had been carrying... It is by FAR THE WORST FEELING IVE EVER HAD TO ENDURE 😭😭😭😭😭 we have both been going thru the most with the event itself and it's a situation that has led me to this song... We are constantly at each others necks because of the TRAUMA we having to deal with....
I've for the last few months contemplated what it would be like if I had just removed myself as well from the equation... 💔💔💔💔💔😭😭😭😭😭 My queen and I have just been trying to make things work and I LOVE ❤❤❤❤❤ HER WITH EVERYTHING, but this I PRAY this feeling within us and pain heartache and guilt is removed 😭💔😭💔😭💔😭
I STILL FEEL THAT REMOVING MYSELF FROM LIFE IS THE BEST OPTION I JUST DONT KNOW HOW TO COPE WITH THIS 💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😞😞😞😞😞😞😞😞😞😞😞😞
GOD HELP US PLEASE, OUT OF THIS HOLE WE ARE IN... 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 PLEASE KEEP ME IN YOUR PRAYERS 😭💔😭💔😭💔😭💔😭💔😭💔
I BLAME MYSELF FOR IT ALL 😭😭😭💔💔💔😭😭😭💔💔💔😭😭😭💔💔💔😭😭😭💔💔💔😭😭😭💔💔💔😭😭😭
I'LL NEVER LIVE DOWN MY DECEIT..
THAT HITS ME IN A PLACE AND HAS LEFT ME FEELING THIS WAY 😭💔
PLEASE HELP US 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
@dyson115
It's so amazing how many of us deal with depression and never say anything about it and keep it inside
@tshirt2009
So many feel ashamed or embarrassed to show their emotions. Nobody wants to come off as weak. But it takes guts to be open about your feelings despite the stigma put on depression. Mental health care is a joke in America. We should all be open about our experiences so that others can feel they are not alone.
@josephkolb2248
Thats cause we say it straight foward and no 1 really listen to us
@lewisgregory769
This is largely men. We relate to societal pressure worst.
@austinp2982
We all need to be here for each other ❤️much love to everybody in this comment section.i hope you find the happiness in your life your searching for💯🎊🎊🎊🎊❤️
@damavox
Did you just assume my mental illness?
@uchihasasuke9016
11 years later, if you're watching this, you're a legend.
R.I.P Joey Jordison, we love you forever 😢
@DanielAlves-cm5jp
🇧🇷🇧🇷
@TBHJR
Watching 19 years later :)
@wiseblood90
Watching on my phone in a pub in England because these people are boring me