Wait and Bleed
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| Single by Slipknot | ||
| from the album Slipknot | ||
| Released | September 5, 2000 | |
| Format | CD single | |
| Genre | Nu metal | |
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| Slipknot singles chronology | ||
| "Wait and Bleed" (2000) |
"Spit It Out" (2000) |
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Wait and Bleed is a single by the band Slipknot on their second album Slipknot (self titled).
This song was recorded before James Root joined Slipknot.
A rumored meaning is that it is about a man who is dreaming that he is in a bath tub with his wrists cut, but soon wakes up and finds out that he's not actually dreaming. But instead of getting help, he just "waits and bleeds". However, this has not been verified by Slipknot nor is there any evidence in the song that it is about a suicide. Slipknot have commented in an interview that their songs are general and meant for the listener to gather his/her own meaning from them.
This is one of the few pre-"Subliminal Verses" Slipknot songs with little or no swearing. The only "swear" word is in the lyric, "I can't control my shake/How the hell did I get here/Something about this so very wrong"
The song was ranked #36 on VH1's Top 40 Metal Songs. [1].
There are several different versions of this song:
- Wait and Bleed which can be found in "Slipknot" album.
- Wait and Bleed [Live] from Slipknot's "Spit It Out"
- Wait and Bleed Live in London
- Wait and Bleed Live from the Slipknot 9.0 Live Album
- Wait & Bleed (Terry Date mix) - Scream 3 soundtrack-
- Wait & Bleed (radio edit) - Wait & Bleed single-
- Wait & Bleed (callout hook) - Wait & Bleed promo-
- Wait & Bleed (Corey & Anders) - Unreleased-
- Wait & Bleed Live from Slipknot's Disasterpieces DVD
- Wait & Bleed rare animated music video from Disasterpieces DVD
The video versions replace the screamed verses with alternative metal like sung verses, except for the last part of the song which is left unaltered. The word "hell" isn't censored from any versions of the song.
[edit] Music video
There are two music videos for wait and bleed. One was a live perfomance on Welcome To Our Neighborhood the other was done in claymation. In the claymation one all the slipknot members were locked up by a blacksmith they escaped however then get him to the ground when he is then burned.
[edit] Notes
- ^ "VH1 40 Greatest Metal Songs", 1-4 May 2006, VH1 Channel, reported by VH1.com; last accessed September 10, 2006.
| Slipknot |
| #0 Sid Wilson | #1 Joey Jordison | #2 Paul Gray | #3 Chris Fehn | #4 James Root | #5 Craig "133" Jones | #6 Shawn "Clown" Crahan | #7 Mick Thomson | #8 Corey Taylor |
| Anders Colsefini | Greg "Cuddles" Welts | Josh "Gnar" Brainard | Brandon Darner | John Green | Quan "Meld" Nong | Patrick M. Neuwirth | Donnie Steele |
| Discography |
| Albums: Mate.Feed.Kill.Repeat | Roadrunner Records Demo | Slipknot | Iowa | Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses) |
| Singles: Wait and Bleed | Spit It Out | Left Behind | My Plague | Duality | Vermilion | Before I Forget | The Nameless |
| Live: 9.0: Live |
| DVDs: Welcome To Our Neighborhood | Disasterpieces | Voliminal: Inside the Nine |
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