Slipknot: Before I Forget Meaning

Song Released: 2005

Before I Forget Lyrics

Go!

Stapled shut, inside an outside world and I'm
Sealed in tight, bizarre but right at home
Claustrophobic, closing in and I'm
Catastrophic, not again
I'm smeared across the page, and doused in gasoline
I wear you like a stain, yet I'm...

1. anonymous

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   Nov 26th 2009 !⃝

   My interpretation of the song is trying to avoid the end of their lives.......and not forgetting where they came from. But then again, that's just what I think. However we interpret it.......we still relate to it. And if you don't understand it, but like it anyway.......then you probably have an idea of what the song is about, but you can't really put it in words.
2. DarknessRend

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   Nov 10th 2009 !⃝

   The albums throwback to regrets. It's about in trying to make themselves known they lost a little of themselves in sheer professionalism. Also, I think is about how Corey was still so young and confused when they and him where thrown into their own little spotlight...and he is saying that he never really had a chance to work things out with himself and he won't forget that...even though the face he wears onstage was spawned faster than he was inside..and that all the choices he makes determine how his life is and he tries to avoid the stopping point...he wants to keep on going.
3. anonymous

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   Oct 21st 2009 !⃝

   I think this song is about atheism and evolution because I was a world before I was a man is saying we were all a part of the world and that I was a creature before I could stand is about us well its self explanatory when it says I wear you like a stain its talking about him being associated with religion and saying that we call him crazy even thogh he thinks he's right but when he says he's just caught up in all the cattle that he isn't trying to be like everyone eles

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4. anonymous

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   Oct 21st 2009 !⃝

   This song is more about evilution and how we were part of the world before we were man and we were a creature before we could stand and that they wear religion like a stain and that they are the one who's insane but they are right.

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5. anonymous

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   Oct 12th 2009 !⃝

   The lyrics on this site are incorrect, its not "I am a world before I am a man" the correct line is "I am a worm before I am a man" you can double check that anywhere, remember that slipknot fans are often referred to as "maggots" this song is about not forgetting where you come from, hence the song name
6. anonymous

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   Oct 5th 2009 !⃝

   i think is about his feelings about himself and how he's here and how he feels trapped unable to free himself from himself.

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7. anonymous

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   Sep 19th 2009 !⃝

   I interpret the song as being about a 2 parts of the journey for transendence, and forgiving those who are caught up in life and arent being themsleves for some reason. Everyone has to figure out the world for themselves before they become a man. Everyone acts as an animal before they become civilized. We have to understand and accept that as people we all get caught up in the herd, the battles, and obscenity that is life. We know that is a part of becoming a man so when were feeling trapped inside an outside world or witnessing someone going trough it, remember, before you forget.
   
   ~Ændrew
   
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8. anonymous

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   Jul 6th 2009 !⃝

   i think the line " i was a creature before i could stand" is just very very umm tolerant. all creatures have to be respected. even if they're weak, impaired, don't fit into any ideal or if they are animals or plants. not beeing able to stand means not being fully and perfectly evolved.

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9. anonymous

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   Apr 23rd 2009 !⃝

   This song isn't about anything specific. It is slipknot. They don't ever write songs that have meaning, it's just about energy. That's one of their biggest criticisms as a band.
10. anonymous

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    Apr 6th 2009 !⃝

    Whoever said lead singer's father should go and die, it's Corey Taylor.
    
    I think that it's about life before birth as well, he is saying 'i was a creature before I could stand,' gives a hint about evolution, from primates to humans.
    
    All I can be asked to say, fuck you all who don't like slipknot.
11. shadowmagwai

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    Apr 4th 2009 !⃝

    I believe he is saying that sometimes we need to always rely on our instincts and even if your actions are wrong they can be justified by the reasons that caused you to do them
12. Peter_Cyco

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    Mar 6th 2009 !⃝

    I think it's saying to everyone that used to know him that now rejects him are being hypocritical because no matter if you like where you were or not your past encounters rub off on who you become in the end
13. RedXDeath

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    Feb 28th 2009 !⃝

    I'm probably wrong on this, but here's my opinion:
    
    It's basically about how the past still existed, no matter if it's 1 day ago or 10,000 years.
    
    "I'm smeared across the page, and doused in gasoline" - You're born, you're "smeared" through your lifespan, and you die, or are "doused in gasoline". "Gasoline", is refering to how death may be painful.
    
    "I wear you like a stain, yet I'm the one who's obscene" - You're defined by your past, and your family's past. If they did something wrong, you may also be branded crazy.
    
    "I was the world before I am a man" - Possibly refering to how before you were born, there were decades before you of generations, and everyone (in a religious view) is related to you. Considering that, the human race covers the earth.
    
    "I was a creature before I could stand" - We were all babies 9and young children) at one point. Heck, people the world fears the most were once babies, and no one knew what effect they'd have on the future.
    
    "I will remember before I forget" - Before you forget something, you remember. Much events of the past were lost, but that doesn't mean they don't exist.
    
    I would interpret the rest, but you get the jist of it. A lot of the remaining lines also may seem the same.
    
    But that's just my opinion.
14. RedXDeath

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    Feb 28th 2009 !⃝

    I'm probably wrong on this, but here's my opinion:
    
    It's basically about how the past still existed, no matter if it's 1 day ago or 10,000 years.
    
    "I'm smeared across the page, and doused in gasoline" - You're born, you're "smeared" through your lifespan, and you die, or are "doused in gasoline". "Gasoline", is refering to how death may be painful.
    
    "I wear you like a stain, yet I'm the one who's obscene" - You're defined by your past, and your family's past. If they did something wrong, you may also be branded crazy.
    
    "I was the world before I am a man" - Possibly refering to how before you were born, there were decades before you of generations, and everyone (in a religious view) is related to you. Considering that, the human race covers the earth.
    
    "I was a creature before I could stand" - We were all babies 9and young children) at one point. Heck, people the world fears the most were once babies, and no one knew what effect they'd have on the future.
    
    "I will remember before I forget" - Before you forget something, you remember. Much events of the past were lost, but that doesn't mean they don't exist.
    
    I would interpret the rest, but you get the jist of it. A lot of the remaining lines also may seem the same.
    
    But that's just my opinion.
15. anonymous

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    Feb 14th 2009 !⃝

    w8 a sec! ur all wrong. its about how before the band they all felt they were nothing cuz they had an empty void or there "world B4 they were a man". Having the band gave them a world and now the masks made them the heavy metal "creatures"

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