Since you're so talented at interpreting and analyzing lyrics I'd say Tool - Parabola. Very inspiring and well-written text and the musicianship speaks for itself. or Harvest by Opeth. They're a death metal band but this is an acoustic song. Very interesting lyrics and the meaning is pretty subtle but I can probably guess what it's about after many listens. Have a good one mate!
I was fortunate enough to meet Corey in Auckland in October of 2008, I had a decent talk with him and one thing I had to ask him was the "You couldn't hate enough to love, is that supposed to be enough?" line in this song. He told me something that I think about a great deal, he told me that love is not the opposite to hate. Because both love and hate come from caring about something so much that it pushes you toward love or hate. He said that the opposite of love and hate is apathy, and that is the true measure of separation. When somebody doesn't even care enough to love or hate you.
Knox picked this song probably expecting something to go along with the spooky season. Ended up with one of the most emotional songs ever written. Loved the breakdown
I believe I described it as "Don't let the title fool you." to BP because I didn't want him thinking ya know illegal movie, I don't think I said any more than that.
Shawn "Clown" Crahan doesn't get enough credit for his filmography. This video was even better than I remembered, I hadn't seen it in about 15 years before just now.
Absolutely. I HATE how many people say “what does he even do in the band.” He’s essentially the manager and creative director, on top of being the mastermind behind almost all of their videos. He does A LOT and doesn’t get nearly enough credit.
@@ninja_tony I know, right! "All he does is wear a clown mask and bang some barrels, he might was well not be in the band!" is an argument I've heard countless of times over the years. 1) He founded the band, with this other person who left in like 1-2 years after they founded it. They asked all the best musicians they knew (personally) to join. 2) He directs and produces all the music videos through his production company. 3) He produces most of their music. 4) He used to be a welder before he quit his day job, and has built his own drum stands. I think that's pretty cool. 5) He came up with the fanbase name, Maggots. He saw an animal corpse full of maggots and thought them swarming in the corpse looked the same as their fans moshing. 6) The band writes all the songs together and doesn't specify who wrote what, but he has allegedly written quite a lot, i.e. the piano parts in Spiders. 7) He was the first to wear a mask and the rest of the band went along with it. This band is his life's work and would not exist without him. Apparently he's also very humble, because I've been listening to them since 2007 and didn't know any of this until maybe a month ago. The library I work in needed an Instagram post and he turned 55 on the date, so I wrote about him. (A former library I worked in used to do tiny displays of musicians' CDs and biographies who had recently had a big birthday, like 40, 50, 60yo, etc, or who had recently passed, that's how I got the idea.)
@@Zinethathose are some of the craziest things I’ve heard. Clown is such a huge influence on the band as a whole, I know you understand that but to think anyone could think otherwise is just crazy to me. But I’ve also been following Slipknot since my brother introduced me to them in the early 00’s. I’ve seen them live and I’ve seen tons of interviews with Clown & like go I know those comments voters are pure BS!
Saying it’s great is fine, it absolutely is, but saying it’s “more fitting” doesn’t even make sense. It’s his song, he knows better than you or anyone else what’s “fitting”.
@ninja_tony exactly it's his song he wrote it, that's why it's more fitting just him and a guitar on stage. You can really see and hear the emotions in raw form.
This song was written after his divorce from his first wife during the production of the album All Hope Is Gone, once again referring to her. Paul Gray was the one who pushed Corey to make it a reality. At first, Corey wasn’t sure how well this song would do with Slipknot. He contemplated doing it with Stone Sour or dropping it as a solo track, but Paul insisted that it would be perfect for Slipknot. It introduced a new side of the band. Behind all the rage, scorn, and ferocity the band was known for, there was this new face of torment and desperation. If you watch some recent interviews with Corey, he actually changed the dedication of the song to Paul. He’s finally over his ex-wife, and now he sees this song in a new light, remembering and thanking Shawn for pushing him to follow through. Yes, of course, The Devil In I is still dedicated to Paul, but that was from the whole band. Snuff is now a memory for Corey on a more personal level. Just some wholesome lore for you to enjoy:)
It was Paul that convinced Corey to record this. Then, one day, Corey recorded this with Paul and Joey in the studio. After they left, Joey went back and laid down the drum track. After this they showed the track to Corey and only then Corey said that this was suited to be a Slipknot song.
The help this song was to Corey during a really dark time, only to have Paul Gray die of an overdose, resulting in it being an emotional two-edged sword for him. You can really hear this dichotomy in his voice in the acoustic version.
She’s living rent free in his head to the point that he’s acting out both sides. He’s trying to become her. But he badly wants to evict her from himself. This is one of Slipknot’s deepest songs.
“It took the death of hope to let you go” is also a double because the album this song is on is called “All Hope Is Gone” so it’s a cool flip on the album title
I agree, the Shinedown cover of simple man he did live in memory of Dimebag is up there as well . and a lesser known Jeffrey Steele doing the song he wrote and explaining the story behind it "what hurts the most"
This can read be read in 2 contexts: 1. A break up with a destructive romantic partner, 2. Breaking up with a destructive part of yourself. Like the healthy part of an addict breaking up with the addiction. This is what the video is hinting towards. On the first...I first heard this after a break up I thought I was over. The line "it took the death of hope to let you go" made me collapse in sobbing tears. I pressed "back" and looked up the lyrics and bawled. Its so cathartic and beautiful.
Avenged Sevenfold - “So Far Away” - It’s a tribute for “The Rev”, the original drummer. He is a deceased bandmate & friend of the members, especially Synyster Gates, they were childhood friends.
@@THEJustinOfAllTime 🤣🤣🤣🤡 wouldn’t you, you know, think someone you usually watch for Taylor Swift, Dimash, One OK Rock, and his own songs & stories of his struggles with depression and cancer stricken family not crawl back through 2 years ago to see if he, you know, didn’t start a new type of reaction videos because you have never seen another one on Metal? Or are you just a rude ahole who just opened your mouth and spoke a bunch of 💩 to because you’re a miserable little man? 🤔👀🤷♀️🫶
the blood from the cut, the part where he broke down crying........it was all real.......he really did break down in that scene and he did actually cut himself
Your ability to find the meaning in songs you've only just heard is incredible. I've been rolling these lyrics around in my head for years, and this is very similar to how I also interpret these words. 🔥 Video Knox.
"Instead of comparing rap to other music styles, think of it as rhythmic poetry." Something a mate of mine said 20+ years ago that changed my appreciation of rap/hip-hop, and I use it sometimes when talking to fellow metalheads. And it's something that Knox and many other rapper illustrate perfectly. Good rappers hold a lot closer to gifted poets than most musicians imo. They hear the message, the story, feel the cadence, before the music itself. The lyrics are the focus.
"Hate enough to love" is a play on the German wedding vows..."do you love me enough to hate me, do you hate me enough to love me" I paraphrased it...but you get the idea
You really gotta apreciate Knox because he comes straight to the point. I hate these reaction channels that talk dumb stuff for 5 mins before the reaction starts.
Being someone who has been cheated on when I was younger, this song hits a deep rooted cord whenever I listen to this. Such a powerfully written song. The Lyrics: “If you still cared, you’ll never let me know.” just hit like a freight train. When someone left my life after a lot of time spent believing they truly cared, it at the time would have broken me more to hear they still cared. I’ve been stuck before and ran back to exes from the shear hope they still loved me. This was the person I was years ago and has healed since then, but damn do those lyrics remind me of that hell I was living in.
It's not in the past tense. It's "If you still care, don't ever let me know". As in: "If you still love me and want to get back, it's better for me not to".
His live performance of this is so much better but a very great song. Last one he wrote with Paul a member of his band and you can see corey just sing it so much better with the emotion he puts into it.
I legitimately cried the first time I ever heard this song. Because to truly understand the meanings of this song you have to go through some shit. Such deep and raw uncut emotion. It's almost weird in a way cause it got me so in my feels, but then I realized not only how human Corey is, but how connected we were in that way. It's a great song. Masterpiece.
If you've scrolled past every other comment, I'll say it too. THE ACOUSTIC LIVE VERSION is incredible. Devastatingly heavy in an emotional sense but truly beautiful. It's a must watch.
The song was, originally, written about Corey's break-up/divorce. Paul Grey helped him finish the song. Then, once Paul passed away it took on a different meaning for Corey, and now he tends to dedicate it to Paul's memory.
This song was not written about his divorce. He wrote it about a woman who helped him through a dark time in life, who he fell in love with but she didn't feel the same.
YESSS MORE SLIPKNOT!!! Fr though vermillion pt.2 by slipknot also has the same melancholic vibe, coming after its part one of the same title which is heavier and exactly what you'd expect from slipknot.
the wine glass breaking was not part of the plan for this video but Corey's emotions were running so high that he accidently shattered it and cut his hand. the blood in the following scene was real and Shawn "clown" Crahn said to keep it in.
The ending will blow your mind.. Corey Taylor and Slipknot are def the greatest heavy metal band of all time and they still do beautiful songs like this
This coming from a true metal head. I have listened to Slipknot since their first album, always loved metal music throughout the 2000's. But this song in my opinion is one of the greatest songs Corey Taylor ever wrote. There is so much passion in this song from him and it's so much different than anything Slipknot had released up until that point. This song has so much personal meaning to me it's honestly hard to watch you break it down, because it's so personal to me. "You sold me out to save yourself" one of the greatest lyrics ever written. You should really check out the acoustic live version Corey Taylor did. You can really see the emotion he put into this song.
Yay, I love your metal Mondays! I'm throwing my vote in for the solo acoustic version too. It's like the difference between Ren and Chinchilla's studio Chalk Outlines and live Chalk Outlines.
As great of a song as this us, you have to listen to the acoustic version. Just Corey and a guitar. The emotion of the stripped down version is just insane.
I would put the acoustic version of this in my top 5 of all time and I’m a hip hop guy. Dabble with metal and classical rock. But this acoustic version is easily in my top 5 of all time. Raw and real.
Hey Knox… just received Chaos Theory 2 the other day. It’s been on repeat in my car since. Some of your best work so far. Really enjoying the music. ✌🏻🙏🏻❤️
This is my fave slipknot song, along with vermillion parts 1 and 2. Another vote for the Corey Taylor live acoustic version, the emotion in his his voice is intense. ❤
One of the deepest song lyrics I have ever heard. When my sister ODd and died there were lyrics here bc I felt she left me here in pain that has at times took my breath away 💔 we were 14 months apart. I lived 1.5 hrs away I happened to be in town where she lived, we grew up there. 6 hrs later she was found in a bathroom stall at her job a staff of 9 didn't notice sbe was missing for 90 min smh. She died alone and addiction was the one thing we had shared in common and i was almost 4 yrs clean. I couldn't save her from herself. She never seeded any help she sold me out to save herself. She always told me she was fine dont worry sis. I spent 37 yrs loving and protecting her so i felt by her death she sold me out by leaving me here and saving herself by dying instead of saying sis i need help 💔
For Metal Mondays I would recommend the band Currents. I love their writing! The Place I feel safest, Better Days, How I Fall Apart Shattered are some of my favorites 🖤
Corey wrote this with a fellow band member that passed away shortly after and when he performs this live he relates it to his friend while also delivering the feeling of the song. Ive actually never watched the video and it takes on another view of the lyrics which ive never had listening to it alone. Deep lyrics and if you check out the acoustic version Corey performed in London you can see all those words heavy on his shoulders.
This song is one of the reasons I got the Slipknot "S" on my arm. I am planning on adding the song title near it but that is after adding the Stone Sour "S" for the song Bother. To remind me to never go back to my ex, which both songs reflect for me on. Corey sang both songs with the emotional cutting of a sword. There are few songs that brings me to tears, but Snuff is one of them.
This is one of my favourite songs. I love watching the reaction knowing what is coming up next in the video. Also when he smashed the glass, that was a real glass. He really hurt himself. There is a bts and you can see how he lets everything out and i mean everything. If you get a chance to watch that section it made me cry. Also you need to check the acoustic version.
I don't normally recommend people check out other versions right off rip, but the live acoustic version of this really is a different animal. I love them both, but the live is special.
If the Metal Mondays are gonna continue, Imma need to see some Nothing More, their lyrics are nothing short of incredible. Specifically, The Other F Word and Valhalla (Too Young To See) are two great examples.
Brother, I love the level of detailed insight you put into your reactions. Phenomenal! This song was about a relationship Corey had. Many believe it was his marriage to Scarlet Stone. He was going through some heavy stuff during the marriage, including addiction, and she ultimately gave up on them and the marriage. Corey’s anger and pain at the loss of the relationship and what he felt was unreturned love is the antithesis to his gratitude that he was able to use that horrible moment as the final push to get himself out of the addictions and bog he was mired in.
Metal Mondays!!! Knox Hill, I NEED you to do a lyric breakdown for Omega by Stone Sour. It's not a song, it's like spoken word from Corey Taylor. I'm desperate to hear someone break it down but I can't find a single person that's done it, and your breakdowns are hands-down the best...help me out here, man! You'll LOVE it!
To help you I would suggest listen to Vol, 3 and All Hope is Gone Albums, Then jump back to Self Titled and Iowa unless you like brutal heaviness. Then go from there great band and huge rabbit hole.
I love your breakdown of these lyrics. It rings true to me and hurts every time I hear this song which came out around the time of my divorce. The genius of the lyrics though is that they are written in a way that anyone can find their own meaning in them.
I’m so freaking excited to see YOU react to my favorite Slipknot song!!!! You catch everything in every song, and this song has so many layers, I’m so happy ❤❤❤ I don’t know how much Corey Taylor you’ve listened to before but PLEASE dive down that rabbit hole 🤞🤞 Also, please do Apocalyptica featuring Corey Taylor “I’m not Jesus”! One of his best songs ever IMO ❤
Knox: I think we know where this is going. Oh dear sweet Knox, you have no idea. One of the things you didn't touch on, you may have missed. The end when the spoken lines repeat, it's her saying "I want you to promise, that you'll never let go" and him replying "I promise", but then she says it again, and it turns into an overlap of him saying "I want you promise, you'll never let go". He's the one that originally said it, but he's convinced himself that it was her saying it.
This is my favorite Metallica album this song, fight fire with fire, ride the lightning, fade to black, trapped under ice, and creeping death are all absolute bangers
Heya 😊 I didn't know that song. I heard it was sad, I was not ready to listen to it. With your analyze, I've tried. It's been a long time I didn't cry listening to music. Thank you ❤
What else should we react to? 🤔 Comment below! Also if you like the hat I’m wearing grab yours now 🤟www.knoxhillmusic.com/shop/chaos-kh-flex-fit-hat
Ice nine kills
Slipknot Vermilion & Vermilion 2
You should react to civil war by guns n roases
@@KnoxHill try the outlaw torn by metallica(their most underrated gem ever) or like a stone by audioslave
Since you're so talented at interpreting and analyzing lyrics I'd say Tool - Parabola. Very inspiring and well-written text and the musicianship speaks for itself.
or Harvest by Opeth. They're a death metal band but this is an acoustic song. Very interesting lyrics and the meaning is pretty subtle but I can probably guess what it's about after many listens.
Have a good one mate!
You should check out the acoustic version with Corey Taylor solo.
*feat that one guy from the crowd
@@TWX_90 truh xD
Came to say the same thing.
This….
The acoustic version is just so raw and emotional
@@TWX_90 this right here omg great comment that guy hit that perfect
Fun fact: Corey smashing the glass wasnt intentional and that was real blood and him improvising
I was fortunate enough to meet Corey in Auckland in October of 2008, I had a decent talk with him and one thing I had to ask him was the "You couldn't hate enough to love, is that supposed to be enough?" line in this song. He told me something that I think about a great deal, he told me that love is not the opposite to hate. Because both love and hate come from caring about something so much that it pushes you toward love or hate. He said that the opposite of love and hate is apathy, and that is the true measure of separation. When somebody doesn't even care enough to love or hate you.
... and that's a fact. You can't hate something you do not care about.
... and that's a fact. You can't hate something you do not care about.
... and that's a fact. You can't hate something you do not care about.
Knox picked this song probably expecting something to go along with the spooky season. Ended up with one of the most emotional songs ever written. Loved the breakdown
I believe I described it as "Don't let the title fool you." to BP because I didn't want him thinking ya know illegal movie, I don't think I said any more than that.
Gonna pile on, and say that you absolutely should hear the acoustic live version. So much depth in his voice.
Shawn "Clown" Crahan doesn't get enough credit for his filmography. This video was even better than I remembered, I hadn't seen it in about 15 years before just now.
Absolutely. I HATE how many people say “what does he even do in the band.” He’s essentially the manager and creative director, on top of being the mastermind behind almost all of their videos. He does A LOT and doesn’t get nearly enough credit.
@@ninja_tony I know, right! "All he does is wear a clown mask and bang some barrels, he might was well not be in the band!" is an argument I've heard countless of times over the years. 1) He founded the band, with this other person who left in like 1-2 years after they founded it. They asked all the best musicians they knew (personally) to join. 2) He directs and produces all the music videos through his production company. 3) He produces most of their music. 4) He used to be a welder before he quit his day job, and has built his own drum stands. I think that's pretty cool. 5) He came up with the fanbase name, Maggots. He saw an animal corpse full of maggots and thought them swarming in the corpse looked the same as their fans moshing. 6) The band writes all the songs together and doesn't specify who wrote what, but he has allegedly written quite a lot, i.e. the piano parts in Spiders. 7) He was the first to wear a mask and the rest of the band went along with it.
This band is his life's work and would not exist without him.
Apparently he's also very humble, because I've been listening to them since 2007 and didn't know any of this until maybe a month ago. The library I work in needed an Instagram post and he turned 55 on the date, so I wrote about him. (A former library I worked in used to do tiny displays of musicians' CDs and biographies who had recently had a big birthday, like 40, 50, 60yo, etc, or who had recently passed, that's how I got the idea.)
100%!
@@Zinethathose are some of the craziest things I’ve heard. Clown is such a huge influence on the band as a whole, I know you understand that but to think anyone could think otherwise is just crazy to me. But I’ve also been following Slipknot since my brother introduced me to them in the early 00’s. I’ve seen them live and I’ve seen tons of interviews with Clown & like go I know those comments voters are pure BS!
This is great but the Cory Taylor acoustic performance is even more fitting to the song meaning imo.
Hard agree
The acoustic is great, but I love this too! I’m just happy to get either one in front of Knox! So happy metal Mondays are back
Agreed I think Mr Knox needs to compare that against this
Saying it’s great is fine, it absolutely is, but saying it’s “more fitting” doesn’t even make sense. It’s his song, he knows better than you or anyone else what’s “fitting”.
@ninja_tony exactly it's his song he wrote it, that's why it's more fitting just him and a guitar on stage. You can really see and hear the emotions in raw form.
This song was written after his divorce from his first wife during the production of the album All Hope Is Gone, once again referring to her. Paul Gray was the one who pushed Corey to make it a reality. At first, Corey wasn’t sure how well this song would do with Slipknot. He contemplated doing it with Stone Sour or dropping it as a solo track, but Paul insisted that it would be perfect for Slipknot. It introduced a new side of the band. Behind all the rage, scorn, and ferocity the band was known for, there was this new face of torment and desperation. If you watch some recent interviews with Corey, he actually changed the dedication of the song to Paul. He’s finally over his ex-wife, and now he sees this song in a new light, remembering and thanking Shawn for pushing him to follow through. Yes, of course, The Devil In I is still dedicated to Paul, but that was from the whole band. Snuff is now a memory for Corey on a more personal level. Just some wholesome lore for you to enjoy:)
nice to know
You meant Paul Gray
I think you mean Paul but yes :)
It was Paul that convinced Corey to record this. Then, one day, Corey recorded this with Paul and Joey in the studio. After they left, Joey went back and laid down the drum track. After this they showed the track to Corey and only then Corey said that this was suited to be a Slipknot song.
The help this song was to Corey during a really dark time, only to have Paul Gray die of an overdose, resulting in it being an emotional two-edged sword for him. You can really hear this dichotomy in his voice in the acoustic version.
She’s living rent free in his head to the point that he’s acting out both sides. He’s trying to become her. But he badly wants to evict her from himself. This is one of Slipknot’s deepest songs.
This song is a masterpiece. Not a single lyric is wasted. Every line as a stand alone, could be a tattoo ❤
yep thats why I love it !
"It Took the Death of Hope to Let You Go" is heavy as hell.
Metal Monday is back!! Yess!!
“It took the death of hope to let you go” is also a double because the album this song is on is called “All Hope Is Gone” so it’s a cool flip on the album title
The Acoustic version of this that he played live is one of the most passionate performances I've ever heard.
The one after Paul gray was def powerful - ua-cam.com/video/r6VftcpePOg/v-deo.htmlsi=wmDJtX622BcnLaHy
I agree, the Shinedown cover of simple man he did live in memory of Dimebag is up there as well . and a lesser known Jeffrey Steele doing the song he wrote and explaining the story behind it "what hurts the most"
This can read be read in 2 contexts:
1. A break up with a destructive romantic partner,
2. Breaking up with a destructive part of yourself. Like the healthy part of an addict breaking up with the addiction. This is what the video is hinting towards.
On the first...I first heard this after a break up I thought I was over. The line "it took the death of hope to let you go" made me collapse in sobbing tears. I pressed "back" and looked up the lyrics and bawled. Its so cathartic and beautiful.
I gotta ask, @peaches65835 do you know what a snuff film is? Same question to Knox.
Avenged Sevenfold - “So Far Away” - It’s a tribute for “The Rev”, the original drummer. He is a deceased bandmate & friend of the members, especially Synyster Gates, they were childhood friends.
Knox did 'So Far Away' already. He did that one 2 years ago by now. Look it up.
@@Britton_Thompsonawesome, thank you 😊
I’ve only followed him for 6 months or so now. I didn’t know he had a Metal Monday until this one. I’m so here for it!! 👏🙌🤘
@@SwiftieXinfinity wouldn't you... you know... search it up first? Like, "Oh, I wonder if he did that?", you know? Questionable, to say the least.
@@THEJustinOfAllTime 🤣🤣🤣🤡 wouldn’t you, you know, think someone you usually watch for Taylor Swift, Dimash, One OK Rock, and his own songs & stories of his struggles with depression and cancer stricken family not crawl back through 2 years ago to see if he, you know, didn’t start a new type of reaction videos because you have never seen another one on Metal? Or are you just a rude ahole who just opened your mouth and spoke a bunch of 💩 to because you’re a miserable little man? 🤔👀🤷♀️🫶
the blood from the cut, the part where he broke down crying........it was all real.......he really did break down in that scene and he did actually cut himself
Your ability to find the meaning in songs you've only just heard is incredible. I've been rolling these lyrics around in my head for years, and this is very similar to how I also interpret these words. 🔥 Video Knox.
"Instead of comparing rap to other music styles, think of it as rhythmic poetry."
Something a mate of mine said 20+ years ago that changed my appreciation of rap/hip-hop, and I use it sometimes when talking to fellow metalheads. And it's something that Knox and many other rapper illustrate perfectly. Good rappers hold a lot closer to gifted poets than most musicians imo. They hear the message, the story, feel the cadence, before the music itself. The lyrics are the focus.
Hearing corey sing this live was awesome, him following it up with the spongebob theme song was a whole nother experience
Lol that aint Anthony Hopkins, its Malcolm McDowell. Also watch Corey do this acoustic and live on stage, its amazing.
I can't watch that one anymore. His emotion behind it because he misses Paul so much kills me, and I end up sobbing every time
"Hate enough to love" is a play on the German wedding vows..."do you love me enough to hate me, do you hate me enough to love me" I paraphrased it...but you get the idea
You really gotta apreciate Knox because he comes straight to the point. I hate these reaction channels that talk dumb stuff for 5 mins before the reaction starts.
Definitely do the acoustic version now! 🖤🖤
Especially the one right after Paul died.
We need the Corey Tayler - Snuff Acoustic, react video!!!
Being someone who has been cheated on when I was younger, this song hits a deep rooted cord whenever I listen to this. Such a powerfully written song.
The Lyrics: “If you still cared, you’ll never let me know.” just hit like a freight train. When someone left my life after a lot of time spent believing they truly cared, it at the time would have broken me more to hear they still cared. I’ve been stuck before and ran back to exes from the shear hope they still loved me. This was the person I was years ago and has healed since then, but damn do those lyrics remind me of that hell I was living in.
It's not in the past tense. It's "If you still care, don't ever let me know". As in: "If you still love me and want to get back, it's better for me not to".
His live performance of this is so much better but a very great song. Last one he wrote with Paul a member of his band and you can see corey just sing it so much better with the emotion he puts into it.
There’s 2 really good live ones but the Paul one is the best imo - this one ua-cam.com/video/r6VftcpePOg/v-deo.htmlsi=wmDJtX622BcnLaHy
I like the studio version
The acoustic version by Corey is nothing short of amazing!
I legitimately cried the first time I ever heard this song. Because to truly understand the meanings of this song you have to go through some shit. Such deep and raw uncut emotion. It's almost weird in a way cause it got me so in my feels, but then I realized not only how human Corey is, but how connected we were in that way. It's a great song. Masterpiece.
If you've scrolled past every other comment, I'll say it too. THE ACOUSTIC LIVE VERSION is incredible. Devastatingly heavy in an emotional sense but truly beautiful. It's a must watch.
The song was, originally, written about Corey's break-up/divorce. Paul Grey helped him finish the song. Then, once Paul passed away it took on a different meaning for Corey, and now he tends to dedicate it to Paul's memory.
This song was not written about his divorce. He wrote it about a woman who helped him through a dark time in life, who he fell in love with but she didn't feel the same.
YESSS MORE SLIPKNOT!!!
Fr though vermillion pt.2 by slipknot also has the same melancholic vibe, coming after its part one of the same title which is heavier and exactly what you'd expect from slipknot.
Like everyone said, you got to check out his acoustic version, Knox! So much emotion, it is absolutely beautiful.
FINALLY BRO HELL YEAH METAL FN MONDAYS!!!!! LOVE YOUR BREAK DOWNS BROTHER GOD BLESS
Absolutely adore Corey’s voice and really glad to see you starting down the rabbit hole 🖤
The acoustic live version is the best one. Gotta run it back Knox with that one.
I always think of paul gray when I hear this song. miss him all the time
This song will always have such a special place in my heart, I got so excited when i saw the notif that you reacted to it
the wine glass breaking was not part of the plan for this video but Corey's emotions were running so high that he accidently shattered it and cut his hand. the blood in the following scene was real and Shawn "clown" Crahn said to keep it in.
Been waiting for this one Knox and gotta agree with a lot of the comments saying you gotta check out the live acoustic version.
The ending will blow your mind.. Corey Taylor and Slipknot are def the greatest heavy metal band of all time and they still do beautiful songs like this
I saw slipknot, I click notification
I did in 99 at reading festival it was OK
That was almost like in space bound Eminem once you get that person you always wanted it's never the same as soon as you get them feelings change
Im glad metal mondays are back! 🤘🏻
Just started, and this is gonna be good! This song is still a tear jerker for me
This is really.
Deep about a girl who helped him through some stuff.And he kinda liked her but then she let him down
"It took the death of hope to let you go" is a line that gets me every time
Hey Knox, I’m super excited that metal Monday is back! What a great song to check out❤❤
Their is a breakdown of this song were he talked about this song and how it was a heartbreak that was difficult for him to move on
He rarely plays it live too because he gets very emotional singing it
This coming from a true metal head. I have listened to Slipknot since their first album, always loved metal music throughout the 2000's. But this song in my opinion is one of the greatest songs Corey Taylor ever wrote. There is so much passion in this song from him and it's so much different than anything Slipknot had released up until that point. This song has so much personal meaning to me it's honestly hard to watch you break it down, because it's so personal to me. "You sold me out to save yourself" one of the greatest lyrics ever written. You should really check out the acoustic live version Corey Taylor did. You can really see the emotion he put into this song.
Enjoyed the introduction to Slipknot through your breakdown of this song/video performance. Thanks Knox! 🤘
Yeeesss, I had a feeling today's Metal Monday, since you did a kpop reaction on the weekend!!
I literally can't hear or watch this without tears. You should check out the making of this video... it's truly incredible
Snuff
Yay, I love your metal Mondays! I'm throwing my vote in for the solo acoustic version too. It's like the difference between Ren and Chinchilla's studio Chalk Outlines and live Chalk Outlines.
As great of a song as this us, you have to listen to the acoustic version. Just Corey and a guitar. The emotion of the stripped down version is just insane.
🖤❤ he whiffed that heel. 😅 I Love the strings. Either a ghost. Or suffering from ptsd
You’re gonna get the hose again.
I just watched Slipknot live in my first ever concert here in Knotfest Brazil! Travelled 800+ kilometers just for that
Dude, you are great!!! I see what makes you tick!!!! Please continue.......🙌
Im so glad Knox did this song its been my favorite song and most powerful song in my opinion ❤ this song so much
Yes!! Metal everyday!!! Love it Knox
I would put the acoustic version of this in my top 5 of all time and I’m a hip hop guy. Dabble with metal and classical rock. But this acoustic version is easily in my top 5 of all time. Raw and real.
Hey Knox… just received Chaos Theory 2 the other day. It’s been on repeat in my car since. Some of your best work so far. Really enjoying the music. ✌🏻🙏🏻❤️
This is my fave slipknot song, along with vermillion parts 1 and 2. Another vote for the Corey Taylor live acoustic version, the emotion in his his voice is intense. ❤
One of the deepest song lyrics I have ever heard. When my sister ODd and died there were lyrics here bc I felt she left me here in pain that has at times took my breath away 💔 we were 14 months apart. I lived 1.5 hrs away I happened to be in town where she lived, we grew up there. 6 hrs later she was found in a bathroom stall at her job a staff of 9 didn't notice sbe was missing for 90 min smh. She died alone and addiction was the one thing we had shared in common and i was almost 4 yrs clean. I couldn't save her from herself. She never seeded any help she sold me out to save herself. She always told me she was fine dont worry sis. I spent 37 yrs loving and protecting her so i felt by her death she sold me out by leaving me here and saving herself by dying instead of saying sis i need help 💔
React to the cory taylor acoustique
For Metal Mondays I would recommend the band Currents. I love their writing! The Place I feel safest, Better Days, How I Fall Apart Shattered are some of my favorites 🖤
You need to check out Mushroomhead, slipknot modeled their whole band off of them. I recommend “Solitaire Unraveling”
Corey wrote this with a fellow band member that passed away shortly after and when he performs this live he relates it to his friend while also delivering the feeling of the song. Ive actually never watched the video and it takes on another view of the lyrics which ive never had listening to it alone. Deep lyrics and if you check out the acoustic version Corey performed in London you can see all those words heavy on his shoulders.
Oh yeah man thanks Knox. I think you will like this one.
What I got from the video the first time I've seen it was that for so much that he wants her and yearns for her yet can't have her; he became her.
That's like the old adage to saying that you cannot love anyone else until you love yourself if you're alone you cannot hate
Joining in with the acoustic
This song is one of the reasons I got the Slipknot "S" on my arm. I am planning on adding the song title near it but that is after adding the Stone Sour "S" for the song Bother. To remind me to never go back to my ex, which both songs reflect for me on.
Corey sang both songs with the emotional cutting of a sword. There are few songs that brings me to tears, but Snuff is one of them.
This is one of my favourite songs. I love watching the reaction knowing what is coming up next in the video. Also when he smashed the glass, that was a real glass. He really hurt himself. There is a bts and you can see how he lets everything out and i mean everything. If you get a chance to watch that section it made me cry. Also you need to check the acoustic version.
I don't normally recommend people check out other versions right off rip, but the live acoustic version of this really is a different animal. I love them both, but the live is special.
Cory actually broke down in tears in the making of this video.
You are an amazing break down reactor . Your music is just as amazing ❤
If the Metal Mondays are gonna continue, Imma need to see some Nothing More, their lyrics are nothing short of incredible. Specifically, The Other F Word and Valhalla (Too Young To See) are two great examples.
The man and woman talking at the end is from a John Travolta movie, "From Paris With Love". I do believe. Great breakdown professor.
Brother, I love the level of detailed insight you put into your reactions. Phenomenal!
This song was about a relationship Corey had. Many believe it was his marriage to Scarlet Stone. He was going through some heavy stuff during the marriage, including addiction, and she ultimately gave up on them and the marriage. Corey’s anger and pain at the loss of the relationship and what he felt was unreturned love is the antithesis to his gratitude that he was able to use that horrible moment as the final push to get himself out of the addictions and bog he was mired in.
The live acoustic version.. is true emotion
love metal mondays Knox!
love this song its amazing, u should really do till we die by them
i really think you'll like it
Oh the nostalgia 🤍 this song was everything to me in my teens
Hell yeah lessgo
Knox giving us fan service ❤️😭
Metal Mondays!!! Knox Hill, I NEED you to do a lyric breakdown for Omega by Stone Sour. It's not a song, it's like spoken word from Corey Taylor. I'm desperate to hear someone break it down but I can't find a single person that's done it, and your breakdowns are hands-down the best...help me out here, man! You'll LOVE it!
Seconded.
I cannot believe this is the first time you've heard Snuff!
One of the best songs ever written
I need to listen to more of these guys! I like duality! Thank you Knox! 😊
To help you I would suggest listen to Vol, 3 and All Hope is Gone Albums, Then jump back to Self Titled and Iowa unless you like brutal heaviness. Then go from there great band and huge rabbit hole.
@@kennethbartlett4302 Thank you for the suggestions! ☺️
@@Tinkerbell9332 Np
I push my fingers into my ........eyes......
@@TheIMILLTv It's the only thing that slowly stops the ache!
so glad too see metal mondays back so i will continue to ask Knox please do marlyn manson
I love your breakdown of these lyrics. It rings true to me and hurts every time I hear this song which came out around the time of my divorce. The genius of the lyrics though is that they are written in a way that anyone can find their own meaning in them.
I’m so freaking excited to see YOU react to my favorite Slipknot song!!!! You catch everything in every song, and this song has so many layers, I’m so happy ❤❤❤ I don’t know how much Corey Taylor you’ve listened to before but PLEASE dive down that rabbit hole 🤞🤞 Also, please do Apocalyptica featuring Corey Taylor “I’m not Jesus”! One of his best songs ever IMO ❤
Knox: I think we know where this is going.
Oh dear sweet Knox, you have no idea.
One of the things you didn't touch on, you may have missed. The end when the spoken lines repeat, it's her saying "I want you to promise, that you'll never let go" and him replying "I promise", but then she says it again, and it turns into an overlap of him saying "I want you promise, you'll never let go". He's the one that originally said it, but he's convinced himself that it was her saying it.
Check out the live “Hated”
Snuff … Bother !!
When you hear the audience carrying the tune
Yes! Welcome back to Metal Mondays! 🤘🤘🤘
Great analysis Knox!
Damn, every fcking time it gives me goosebumps such a beautyfull song
Loved the intro. Short and perfect
This is my favorite Metallica album this song, fight fire with fire, ride the lightning, fade to black, trapped under ice, and creeping death are all absolute bangers
Heya 😊
I didn't know that song. I heard it was sad, I was not ready to listen to it.
With your analyze, I've tried. It's been a long time I didn't cry listening to music.
Thank you ❤