Hive Mind – English Lyrics

• By: Slipknot
• Album: The End, So Far

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

Yeah

...

Rise, we're gonna need another witness just like you

Surprise, your inadmissible testimony might be true

You better pull the hood (get it off, get it off)

You'll be lucky to tear the place down

Then you're gone for good (set it off, set it off)

Scorched earth is your favorite sacred ground

Turn away if you know you wanna stay

But you're never gonna like what's left of me

When the carcass is down and the predator's around

You're gonna play dead if you wanna run free

You're such a tortured soul

But I don't wanna hear about it

You say you're not involved

But all you do is talk about it

Go bless this shit where you belong

For your own information

For your own entertainment

This hell comes to you live

And if you need some assistance

A little time to convince it

Dial in your sordid hive mind

...

Crawl across the broken glass

Of every window you're pressed against

And scrawl, your little bits of hate

Your little digital graffiti breaks

So don't close your eyes (get it off, get it off)

When you're pulling your messages down

You wanna go to sleep? (Set it off, set it off)

You'll be lucky if they take you without making a sound

What a guy, God, I hope you fucking die

And your sympathies don't mean shit to me

When the competence goes and the predator knows

You better be dead if you wanna be free

You're such a tortured soul

But I don't wanna hear about it

You say you're not involved

But all you do is talk about it

One more thing

And don't forget to burn

For your own information

For your own entertainment

This hell comes to you live

And if you need some assistance

A little time to convince it

Dial in this sordid

Protect the hive mind

...

Hold on, there's a river around you

Swim hard for the other side

Don't drown to spite your critics

Just blow a kiss goodbye

Hold on, there's a river around you

Swim hard for the other side

Don't drown to spite your critics

Just blow a kiss goodbye

...

Yeah

...

Protect the hive

Yeah

Protect the-

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
rise /raɪz/ B1	verb - to move upward or ascend
witness /ˈwɪt.nəs/ B2	noun - a person who sees an event happen verb - to serve as a witness
testimony /ˈtɛs.tɪˌmoʊ.ni/ B2	noun - a formal written or spoken statement
pull /pʊl/ A2	verb - to apply force to draw or drag something toward oneself
hood /hʊd/ A2	noun - a covering for the head, often attached to a coat or cloak
earth /ɜːrθ/ A2	noun - the planet we live on
ground /ɡraʊnd/ A2	noun - the surface of the earth
sacred /ˈseɪ.kred/ B2	adjective - regarded with reverence, considered holy
predator /ˈprɛd.ə.tər/ B2	noun - an animal that hunts other animals for food
dead /dɛd/ A2	adjective - not alive
free /friː/ A2	adjective - not under control or not restricted
soul /soʊl/ B1	noun - the spiritual part of a person
involved /ɪnˈvɒlvd/ B2	adjective - taking part in an activity or situation
bless /blɛs/ B2	verb - to invoke divine favor
knock /nɒk/ A2	verb - to strike a surface noisily with the hand, a stick, or another object
glass /ɡlas/ A2	noun - a transparent material used to make windows and bottles
graffiti /ɡrəˈfiːti/ B2	noun - writing or drawings scribbled on a wall
messages /ˈmɛs.ɪdʒɪz/ A2	noun - communications sent from one person or device to another
sound /saʊnd/ A2	noun - something that can be heard
die /daɪ/ A2	verb - to stop living
kisses /ˈkɪs.ɪz/ A2	noun - acts of pressing lips together to show affection

Key Grammar Structures

• You're gonna play dead if you wanna run free

  ➔ Use of "gonna" as a contraction for "going to" to express future intention.

  ➔ "Gonna" is an informal contraction used in speaking and writing to mean "going to".

• Dial in your sordid hive mind

  ➔ Imperative form used with "dial in" to give a command or instruction.

  ➔ "Dial in" is an imperative phrase meaning to connect or tune into a system or concept, often used metaphorically.

• Swim hard for the other side

  ➔ Use of an imperative phrase with a verb to give encouragement or command.

  ➔ An imperative sentence encouraging someone to persevere or move towards a goal.

• The carcass is down and the predator's around

  ➔ Use of the simple present tense "is" to describe a current state or situation.

  ➔ "Is" is the third person singular of "be" used in the present tense to indicate a current condition.

• You better pull the hood (get it off, get it off)

  ➔ Use of "better" with the base form of the verb to give advice or a suggestion, often implying urgency.

  ➔ "Better" is used to suggest that someone should do something sooner or more urgently.

• This hell comes to you live

  ➔ Simple present tense "comes" used to describe a general or ongoing action.

  ➔ "Comes" is the third person singular form of "come," used here to indicate an ongoing or habitual event.

• And if you need some assistance

  ➔ Conditional clause introduced with "if" to present a possible situation.

  ➔ "If" introduces a conditional clause indicating a possible circumstance that depends on the condition.