Chords for Corey Taylor Explains Snuff

_ Snuff is one of those tunes and I get into arguments with fans all the time about this.
Everybody's just like, oh, it's just a leftover Stone Sour song.
It's like, no, I wrote that for Slipknot.
I didn't expect them to use it, to be honest, but I wrote that specifically for Slipknot
because it was one of the, first of all, it was regarding one of the heaviest times of my life.
It was one of the heaviest disappointments, one of the heaviest heartbreaks.
I'd ever felt and it took years to get through.
Even after moving on and being in different relationships, that haunted me for a long
time and it was brutal.
It was one of those things where it's like you knew you weren't supposed to be together,
but there was just something there that felt so good and when it was ripped away from you,
_ it just felt like there was a hole in your chest, man.
Knowing that and having to discard those feelings was tough.
I've made peace with it in the last, call it eight years, but it was a tough time for me.
Writing that down and sharing that with people was probably one of the heaviest songs I've ever written.
When I describe that to people, then it makes sense because with Slipknot, everything we're
trying to do is not only heavy, but emotional.
It comes from that prism of emotion and heartbreak, depression, _ _ angst, but then self-awareness
to realize that this pain can become something beautiful.
That's really at the heart of everything that Slipknot is, that this pain can become something beautiful.
_ _ _ _ I was just lucky that the band took it seriously and were [D#] able [A#] to_
It was really Paul, man, to his [E] credit, that led the charge on that song.
He was the one who really [D#] saw the potential of it.
[D#] [Fm] To this day, it reminds me of him now.
It no longer reminds me of the hell that I had gone through.
It reminds me of Paul.
That, to me, is one of my favorite gifts that Paul ever gave me as a musician.
That one [F#m] really is pretty special. _ _ _ _
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_ _ My [D] smile was taken long ago.
If I can change, I hope [F#m] I never know.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] I still press your letters to my [D] lips _ _ _ [F#m] and cherish them in parts of me [D] that savor every kiss.
[F#m] I couldn't face a life without [D] your light.
_ _ [F#m] But all of that was ripped apart.
[D] When you refused to fight.
So save your breath, [E] I will not share.
I think I [F#] made it very [C#] clear.
You couldn't hate [E] enough, so love, is that supposed to [C#] be enough?
I only [E] wish you weren't my friend.
Then I could hurt you [F#] in the end.
I never claimed [E] to be a saint.
_ _ [D] My home was banished long ago.
It took me down the [F#m] vault to let you go. _ _
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_ [D] _ _ So break yourself [E] against my stones.
_ And spit your pee in [F#] my [C#] soul.
You never needed [E] any help.
_ You told me how [C#] to save yourself.
_ Then I'll listen to [E] your shame.
[F#m] You ran away, you're all the [C#] same.
[F#] Angels [E] lie to keep control.
_ _ [D] My love was punished long ago.
But you still cannot never [F#m] let me know.
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You still cannot [F#m] never let me know. _ _
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