Snuff Lyrics

Lyric discussion by DreamersDisease 

Cover art for Snuff lyrics by Slipknot

I also have to agree with all of you. When I heard the first few seconds of the song, the chords sounded a bit similiar to vermillion part 2. and i thought for a second it could be part 3 ("the goodbye song" quoting kacperator). This song has to be my fav on the album because it's hard to find a a song wth lyrics/vocals that genuinely parallels the singer/songwriter's own feelings.

"Bury all your secrets in my skin Come away with innocence, and leave me with my sins" She was probably the "light" and he was the "dark" in the relationship. as cliche as that sounds. As easily as she brought innocence and light into his life she quickly left along with it, to leave him with his demons.

"The air around me still feels like a cage" He still feels trapped in his feelings for her and can't grasp a hold of this new freedom. "And love is just a camouflage for what resembles rage again…" If you think about it. Hate isn't the opposite of love. "Indiffeence" is the opposite of BOTH love and hate. Love and hate are actually siblings, they are the same emotion and carry the same passion except for the fact that one is negative the other is a more positive feeling to state the obvious.

"So if you love me, let me go. And run away before I know. My heart is just too dark to care. I can’t destroy what isn’t there." I think he wants her to leave before he pulls her down with him too, kauffee. He loves her too much for her to be tainted and ruined by him and the relationship. He feels that the biggest form or act of love that any person can give is "scarifice". He's willing to sacrifice his own happiness for her to not get hurt.

"Deliver me into my Fate - If I’m alone I cannot hate I don’t deserve to have you… My smile was taken long ago / If I can change I hope I never know" It says it all.

"I still press your letters to my lips And cherish them in parts of me that savor every kiss" Says it all...

"I couldn’t face a life without your light But all of that was ripped apart… when you refused to fight" You can either "fight or flight". I guess he's asking her to "flight", flee from the relationship. But there's a sense that even though he wants her to leave for the sake of her not getting hurt by him, it kills him to ask her to since it's not what he wants her to do. What he really wants is for her to stay with him and "fight" through the battles and obstacles of the relationship. Make it work no matter how hard it might be.

"So save your breath, I will not hear. I think I made it very clear."

First off, great analysis! You pointed out a lot of things that I didn't see, so thank you for that.

The only thing I feel I need to comment on is the very last part.

"I couldn't face a life without your light But all of that was ripped apart, when you refused to fight" Rather than asking her to "flight", I think what's happening is after he proposed to sacrifice his own happiness for her to not get hurt, she didn't really oppose this. In some way, shape, or form, she communicated that she didn't care as much as he did....

"Bury all your secrets in my skin Come away with innocence, and leave me with my sins" I think this line could also mean that she looks like the innocent one in the end, and he's the one left looking wrong bad, left with the sins because she "came away with innocence." He knows she's not all great because he knows her secrets, but that's not quite how it looks to everyone else.

"So if you love me, let me go. And run away before I know. My heart is just too dark to care. I can't...

Just some of my own ideas and interpretations.