Corey went on to pay an emotional tribute to Gray with an acoustic version of the song.
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Gray actually died less than a year after the song was released. This song is very special to Slipknot considering it was the final single they released before the tragic death of their beloved bassist Paul Gray. It was the fifth and final single from their fourth studio album (“All Hope Is Gone”). Slipknot released “Snuff” via Roadrunner Records on the 28th of September, 2009. He and the rest of his band members produced “Snuff” along with noted record producer Dave Fortman. Writing CreditsĬorey Taylor is actually the primary writer of this song. And it is likely that Corey is referring to the addressee as his “snuff” (i.e. Snuff is actually a kind of smokeless tobacco people snort into their nasal cavity because doing so gives them a pleasurable sensation. Lol some people just are LUCKY.ĬOREY if u see this it’s actually M.E and yes I’m alive and STILL innocent.What is the meaning of “Snuff” as used in the song’s title?ĭespite being the song’s title, the word is never used in the lyrics.
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Only a God could survive a point blank double ricochet off the occipital lobe into the clavucal vertabrea out the mouth and miss everytooth mid sentence only to shrug it off order a chocolate milkshake THEN collapse after trying to drink it. He also wrote the great Realization, A little bit off, and a few others all at 50% completion on his apparent death bed in VGH Vancouver, Canada September 15-19 2018. The writer of this song sent it 50% done and said here you finish the rest.
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Hence the “unsainting.” If you want to know more you’ll have to ask Me Taylor yourself because I’ve almost breached my code of silence if you will. The premise behind the song is an innocent called out into the light and acosted and treated as guilty unless they do something to prove themselves. Made up of the essence that would be “God”. This song technically was written by Mr Taylor and another Ghost entity…the sentence ” reaching out for the hand of God but did u think you’d shake your own” he’s saying to the Godfather that he’s a God, that we are all gods. The term saint would allude to the good side of his nature. So Taylor is basically saying that someone has destroyed his good side. And who is actually guilty of such is never mentioned. But within the overall context of the track, it would likely be the same socio-religious entity he spoke of earlier. Meaning of “Unsainted”Īnd that brings us to the overall idea which this song is centered on, that the singer has been “unsainted”. What this term means, in his own words, is that some unspecified person(s) “killed the saint (in) him”.
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However in the second verse Corey expresses that he is still inclined to “keep a buckle on the devil” and “(reach) out for… God”. In other words, he desires to live a righteous life. But once again, he alludes to the fact that he is not interested in “bibles”. He also goes on a rant which reads as if he may be criticizing society in general but particularly within the context of the religious ideas which dominate it. He also alludes to the idea that under such circumstances, he is compelled to “pick a lord and… pray to it”, as in choose a religion. However, the “stories” he comes into contact with via these belief systems do not appeal to him. Indeed we can see particularly in the chorus that he is even contemplating suicide. The first verse finds him “weathering a rough patch”, which means he is going through a challenging time in his life.