I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
The whole world is my enemy, and I'm a walking target
Two times the devil with all the significance
Dragged and raped for the love of a mob
I can't stay, because I can't be stopped
Eat motherfuckers alive who cross us
I know you're all tired of the same ol' bosses
Let me tell you how it's gonna be
I'm gonna kill anyone who steps up in front of me
Welcome to the same ol' fucking scam
Same ol' shit in a dead fad
Everybody wants to be so hard
Are you real or a second-rate sports card?
They all lost their dad or their wife just died
They never got to go outside, shut up
Nobody gives a fuck
It doesn't change the fact that you suck
(We are) the anti-cancer
(We are) the only answer
Stripped down, we want you dead
But what's inside of me, you'll never know
(We are) bipolar gods
(We are) you know what we are
My life was always shit
And I don't think I need this anymore
Now I'm not pretty and I'm not cool
But I'm fat and I'm ugly and proud, so fuck you
Standing out is the new pretension
Streamline the sickness, half-assed aggression
You gotta see it to believe it, we all got conned
All the mediocre sacred cows we spawned
Put your trust in the mission
We will not repent, this is our religion
(We are) the anti-cancer
(We are) the only answer
Stripped down, we want you dead
But what's inside of me, you'll never know
(We are) bipolar gods
(We are) you know what we are
My life was always shit
And I don't think I need this anymore
I am hated
You are hated
We are hated
I am hated
Everything sucks and I can prove it
Everybody dies, shuffle on, remove it
Individuals, indispensable
I'm the paradox deity vessel
The other side holds no secret
But this side is done, I don't need it
Before you go, you should know you're breaking down
You'll be rotten by the time you're underground, fuck you
(We are) the anti-cancer
(We are) the only answer
Stripped down, we want you dead
But what's inside of me, you'll never know
(We are) bipolar gods
(We are) you know what we are
My life was always shit
And I don't think I need this anymore
(We are) the source of conscience
(We are) distorted sentients
There's only one thing left
And I can't leave until it's sated
(We are) the absolute
(We are) controlling you
They're closing in, I can't escape
I am hated
Two times the devil with all the significance
Dragged and raped for the love of a mob
I can't stay, because I can't be stopped
Eat motherfuckers alive who cross us
I know you're all tired of the same ol' bosses
Let me tell you how it's gonna be
I'm gonna kill anyone who steps up in front of me
Welcome to the same ol' fucking scam
Same ol' shit in a dead fad
Everybody wants to be so hard
Are you real or a second-rate sports card?
They all lost their dad or their wife just died
They never got to go outside, shut up
Nobody gives a fuck
It doesn't change the fact that you suck
(We are) the anti-cancer
(We are) the only answer
Stripped down, we want you dead
But what's inside of me, you'll never know
(We are) bipolar gods
(We are) you know what we are
My life was always shit
And I don't think I need this anymore
Now I'm not pretty and I'm not cool
But I'm fat and I'm ugly and proud, so fuck you
Standing out is the new pretension
Streamline the sickness, half-assed aggression
You gotta see it to believe it, we all got conned
All the mediocre sacred cows we spawned
Put your trust in the mission
We will not repent, this is our religion
(We are) the anti-cancer
(We are) the only answer
Stripped down, we want you dead
But what's inside of me, you'll never know
(We are) bipolar gods
(We are) you know what we are
My life was always shit
And I don't think I need this anymore
I am hated
You are hated
We are hated
I am hated
Everything sucks and I can prove it
Everybody dies, shuffle on, remove it
Individuals, indispensable
I'm the paradox deity vessel
The other side holds no secret
But this side is done, I don't need it
Before you go, you should know you're breaking down
You'll be rotten by the time you're underground, fuck you
(We are) the anti-cancer
(We are) the only answer
Stripped down, we want you dead
But what's inside of me, you'll never know
(We are) bipolar gods
(We are) you know what we are
My life was always shit
And I don't think I need this anymore
(We are) the source of conscience
(We are) distorted sentients
There's only one thing left
And I can't leave until it's sated
(We are) the absolute
(We are) controlling you
They're closing in, I can't escape
I am hated
Lyrics submitted by lemonie_fresh
I Am Hated Lyrics as written by Corey Taylor Christopher Fehn
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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