Snuff – English Lyrics

• By: Slipknot
• Album: All Hope Is Gone

Lyrics & Translation

Learning a language through music is a powerful tool, and Slipknot's “Snuff” offers a unique opportunity to explore the depths of English vocabulary related to complex emotions like heartbreak, love, and loss. The song's poetic and metaphorical lyrics, a departure from their usual style, provide a rich text for learners to analyze and connect with on a personal level, making the language learning process more engaging and memorable.

[English]

Bury all your secrets in my skin

Come away with innocence, and leave me with my sins

The air around me still feels like a cage

And love is just a camouflage for what resembles rage again

...

So, if you love me, let me go

And run away before I know

My heart is just too dark to care

I can't destroy what isn't there

Deliver me into my fate

If I'm alone I cannot hate

I don't deserve to have you

Ooh, my smile was taken long ago

If I can change I hope I never know

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I still press your letters to my lips

And cherish them in parts of me that savor every kiss

I couldn't face a life without your light (without your light)

But all of that was ripped apart when you refused to fight

So, save your breath, I will not hear

I think I made it very clear

You couldn't hate enough to love

Is that supposed to be enough?

I only wish you weren't my friend

Then I could hurt you in the end

I never claimed to be a saint

Ooh, my own was banished long ago

It took the death of hope to let you go

...

Oh, oh

...

So, break yourself against my stones

And spit your pity in my soul

You never needed any help

You sold me out to save yourself

And I won't listen to your shame

You ran away, you're all the same

Angels lie to keep control

Ooh, my love was punished long ago

If you still care, don't ever let me know

If you still care, don't ever let me know

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
bury /ˈbɛri/ B2	verb - to place a dead body in the ground
secrets /ˈsiːkrɪts/ B1	noun - something that is kept hidden or unknown
innocence /ˈɪnəsəns/ B2	noun - the state of being free from sin or moral wrong
cage /keɪdʒ/ B1	noun - a structure of bars or wires in which animals are confined
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - an intense feeling of deep affection verb - to feel deep affection for someone
dark /dɑrk/ A2	adjective - having little or no light
destroy /dɪˈstrɔɪ/ B2	verb - to cause the destruction of something
fate /feɪt/ B2	noun - the development of events beyond a person's control
smile /smaɪl/ A1	noun - a facial expression showing happiness verb - to make a smile
hurt /hɜrt/ B1	verb - to cause pain or injury
shame /ʃeɪm/ B2	noun - a painful feeling of humiliation or distress
control /kənˈtroʊl/ B2	noun - the power to influence or direct people's behavior verb - to determine the behavior or supervise
fight /faɪt/ B1	verb - to take part in a violent struggle
breath /brɛθ/ B1	noun - the air taken into or expelled from the lungs