To me this is about how people/the society ("All things considered, it was just our normal way of life") tries to make everybody to be this pathetic shell of a human that doesn't think for him-/her-self just follows the way you are supposed to be, instead of having your own soul.
And if you are yourself and express your opinions and feelings that doesn't match what the society expects you are judged and convicted as freak/weirdo/deviant. I'm guessing a lot of people (including Corey) liking this kind of music (especially slipknot and the likes) have experienced this first hand "Why do you listen to that shit" and so forth, they try to extinguish your soul ("Behind the door, you have two choices, but you don't get to choose, You can survive or you can die - either way you lose" to me is, you can sell your soul (die) or keep it and take the shit you'll get expressing it (survive, but you'll suffer, i.e. loose)).
Corey, professes that he can't betray himself, i.e. sell his soul, and will take the punishment for it. And asks the listener to choose sides.
To me this is about how people/the society ("All things considered, it was just our normal way of life") tries to make everybody to be this pathetic shell of a human that doesn't think for him-/her-self just follows the way you are supposed to be, instead of having your own soul.
And if you are yourself and express your opinions and feelings that doesn't match what the society expects you are judged and convicted as freak/weirdo/deviant. I'm guessing a lot of people (including Corey) liking this kind of music (especially slipknot and the likes) have experienced this first hand "Why do you listen to that shit" and so forth, they try to extinguish your soul ("Behind the door, you have two choices, but you don't get to choose, You can survive or you can die - either way you lose" to me is, you can sell your soul (die) or keep it and take the shit you'll get expressing it (survive, but you'll suffer, i.e. loose)).
Corey, professes that he can't betray himself, i.e. sell his soul, and will take the punishment for it. And asks the listener to choose sides.