Slipknot unleashes another "Duality" as "Vermilion" and "Vermilion Pt. 2" will be simulatenously released to rock radio and video channels.
The song "Vermilion" begins the story of obsession, and "Vermilion Pt. 2" is a haunting continuation of the story. The melody and the overriding theme run through both versions, making them integral pieces to the same complex puzzle. "The differences (between the 2 tracks) are subtle - Vermilion Pt. 1 is about the enrapturing, the buildup, the anticipation and the neurosis," says Corey Taylor. "Part 2 is the aftermath, the pieces that have to be picked up later, and maybe the guilt of having lived through it."
A separate video was shot for each version of the track in Los Angeles in late-August. The clip for "Vermilion" was directed by Tony Petrossian and M. Shawn Crahan, co-directors of the "Duality" video. The video for "Vermilion Pt. 2" is being directed by Mark Klasfeld. Expect both videos to surface simultaneously sometime in October, and expect to see another side of Slipknot you have never seen before.
The concept of the "Vermilion" video follows a young woman whose life is completely out of phase with the rest of the world. For every day that goes by her, she grows further away from her imprint of time in this reality. All she can do is stand alone and contemplate her isolation. Throughout the video, the only things in balance are her visions of the members of Slipknot in her subconscious. "This is REAL," says Clown. "We chose to go down an artistic wormhole, and give our fans a beginning look of what else lies within our thought process. Whereas "Duality" captured the real intimacy of what we share with our fans, with "Vermilion," we finalize that chapter by grabbing a hold of our fans and taking them deeper into the experience of Slipknot. It's all starting over again - THIS IS REAL!"
She seems dressed in all the rings...
Of past fatalities so fragile, yet so devious
She continues to see climatic hands that press
Her temples and my chest enter the night
That she came home... forever
Oh (She's the only one that makes me sad)
She is everytihng and more
The solemn hypnotic
My Dahlia, you're bathed in posession
She is home to me
I get neverous, perversed when I see her to worse
But the stress is astounding
It's now or never she's coming home
Forever
Oh (She's the only one that makes me sad)
Hard to say what caught my attention
Vixen crazy, Aphid Attraction
Carve my name in my face, to recognize
Such a pheromone cult to terrorize
I won't let this build up inside of me
I won't let this build up inside of me
I won't let this build up inside of me
I won't let this build up inside of me
(Yeah!)
I'm a slave, and I am a master
No restraints and, unchecked collectors
I exist throught my name, to self ablige
She is something in me, that i despise finds
I won't let this build up inside of me
I won't let this build up inside of me
I won't let this build up inside of me
I won't let this build up inside of me
I won't let this build up inside of me
I won't let this build up inside of me
I won't let this build up inside of me
I won't let this build up inside of me
She isn't real.
I can't make her real.
She isn't real.
I can't make her real.
(She isn't real, I can't make her real)
(She isn't real, I can't make her real)
She seemed dressed in all of me, stretched across my shame.
All the torment and the pain
Leaked through and covered me
I'd do anything to myself
Just to have her for myself
Now I don't know what to do, I don't know what to do when she makes me sad.
She is everything to me
The unaquierd dream
A song that no one sings
The unattainable.
She's a myth that I have to believe in
All I need to make it real is one more reason
I don't know what to do, I don't know what to do when she makes me sad.
But I wont let this build up inside of me
I wont let this build up inside of me
I wont let this build up inside of me
I wont let this build up inside of me
A catch in my throat
Choke, torn into pieces I won't - No
I don't want to be this
But I won't let this build up inside of me
I won't let this build up inside of me
I won't let this build up inside of me
I won't let this build up inside of me
She isn't real (I won't let this build up inside of me)
I can't make her real (I won't let this build up inside of me)
She isn't real (I won't let this build up inside of me
I can't make her real (I won't let this build up inside of me)
