The One That Kills The Least

Album: .5: The Gray Chapter (2014)
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  • I don't seem to care today
    I mirror what I love
    With what I hate
    Empty ways can cloud your eyes
    I only know because I tried
    So come with me
    Come with me

    Let's meet our contestants
    There's no better time to play the game

    I don't want to give it away
    Underneath the citadels
    Buried deep with your guilt and regrets
    Leading in the dark, everything is wonderful
    I don't care, I don't want to forget
    When is it a crime, It's none of your business
    I prefer to be in hell by myself
    Turn the other cheek, and tell it to somebody who
    Refuses to forgive,
    When nothing was taken

    No one else survives
    I've seen you live, now watch me die
    But we don't see the writing on the wall
    And as I close my eyes
    Alone in here, I realize
    The one that kills the least still kills us all

    Hidden in the rubble
    Everybody's got a story to tell
    What do I need? Eliminate the possible
    All that's left is a man in a cell
    Maybe I'm wrong, maybe a decision is
    The better way to go, the better way to be
    I've got my demon, go get your own
    Save another number, don't forget to hate me

    No one else survives
    I've seen you live, now watch me die
    But we don't see the writing on the wall
    And as I close my eyes
    Alone in here, I realize
    The one that kills the least still kills us all

    No one else survives
    I've seen you live, now watch me die
    But we don't see the writing on the wall
    And as I close my eyes
    Lost in here, I realize
    That the one that kills the least still killed us all

    The one that kills the least still kills us all
    The one that kills the least still kills us all, all, all, all Writer/s: COREY TAYLOR, JAMES ROOT
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Comments: 2

  • Brad from Washington StateAgreed with Brenda
    I am not a fan of God myself, and Corey Taylor certainly is not either. I see him as sort of a wolf in sheep's clothing and I think that is basically part of what this song depicts how God is always glorified to be the "Good" guy, yet in the end he is the one responsible for all the chaos and death in the world.
    "Save another number! Don't forget to hate me!"
    Basically Corey telling God to shove it.
  • Brenda from 84405 My interpretation and what it means to me .
    there's only 1 that is held in such regard of killing the least
    And yet still kills us all
    And I wish I could say it was the devil
    But sadly enough it's the one and only God
    Who kills the least yet kills us all


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