| Slipknot – The Heretic Anthem Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Some things I forgot to mention. "Everbody's so infatuated Everbody's so completely sure of what we are" People think they know Slipknot, when they don't. No one does. "Everbody defamates from miles away But face to face, they haven't got a thing to say" There are these Slipknot hates that say their fans are fat emo teens and that the band are a bunch of fags, but if they actually met Slipknot they wouldn't say shit. |
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| Slipknot – The Heretic Anthem Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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I think this song is about the music industry and how it's a load of shit. I think that they realised that they were becoming more popular and mainstream and this is them saying that they aren't going to end up like the rest of the crap you hear on the radio or whatever. "I'm a pop star threat and I'm not dead yet" They're saying that they're a threat to other mainstream artists, that other artists only care about the money and lifestyle, not so much about the music. "A hideous man that you don't understand" They're missunderstood. Most people who don't listen to metal would think "Oh, they play metal, they wear masks, they must be satanists" When they aren't... "If you're a 555, then I'm a 666 If you're 555, I'm 666 (What's it like to be a heretic?)" I'm not too sure about what "If you're 555, then I'm 666" means, but "What's it like to be a heretic?" could be Slipknot asking other musicians what it's like to be sell-outs, and why they only care about the money. "I bleed for this and I bleed for you Still you look in my face like I'm somebody new" They made good music and they still do, but because they became more mainstream and popular, some fans didn't like that (no idea why). They're saying that they're the same people they were before they were a sucess. "All the money in the world can't buy me" They're saying that they won't become sell-outs, they'll always be about the music and not about the money. "You're full of SHIT You had a dream, but this ain't it" Again, he's saying that the people in the mainstream music scene started out with a dream of just being good musicians, but now they only care about money. So yeah, I think the song is about the music industry and how MOST mainstream musicians are nothing but sell-outs and don't give a shit about the music. |
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