The Negative One

By Slipknot

On .5: The Gray Chapter

Released on August 1, 2014

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[Intro]

Fuck!


[Verse 1]

Fire and caffeine, a lot of nicotine

I'm gonna burn, so I better tell you everything

The competition, the superstition

Nevermind 'cause you're never going to give in

It's a crisis, just how you like it

The same drama in a different disguise

I'm bound to walk with a target on my back

At least I'm ready for another attack


[Chorus]

The lord of lies, the morning star

You had to be set free

Opposing sides, your choices are

The negative one and me, yeah


[Verse 2]

Svengali, why are we the enemies?

I never follow, and I never make apologies

Your dementias are gonna get you

Because your walls can't support each other

Settle for the cynical, you're so political

You're getting ready 'cause the first move is critical

Reciprocity, somebody's listening

What did we learn from our time in captivity?


[Chorus]

The lord of lies, the morning star

You had to be set free

Opposing sides, your choices are

The negative one and me

The negative one and me

I hope you live to see the day

When your world goes up in flames

And as you die, you see my face

You're the only one to blame, yeah

Fuck!


[Bridge]

The prescient, the nascent, the quotient

(They all will fall)

The cystic, symbolic, condition

(Systemic)

Egregious, replete with these lesions

(Contaminate)

Succumb to the selfish creation

(Your failure) Yeah


[Verse 3]

No accountability, divisibility

I point a finger, but it's always looking back at me

The centipede's pulling on the mechanism

Unearthing scars of the cataclysm

When the innocent begin to circumvent

The color fades, but the picture is vibrant

What do you believe? Does it matter now?

Turn away, the killer is disavowed


[Chorus]

The lord of lies, the morning star

You had to be set free

Opposing sides, your choices are

The negative one and me

The negative one and me

I hope you live to see the day

When your world goes up in flames

And as you die, you see my face

You're the only one to blame


[Outro]

The lord of lies (The lord of lies)

The morning star (The morning star)

You had to be set free (You had to be set free)

Opposing sides (Opposing sides)

Your choices are (Your choices are)

The negative one (The negative one)

The negative one (The negative one)

The negative one (The negative one)

The negative one and me

The negative one and me

The negative one and me

Yeah