Song Lyrics

Fire and caffeine- a lot of nicotine- I'm going to burn so I better tell you everything
The competition- the superstition- never mind 'cause you're never going to give in
It's a crisis, just how you like it- the same drama in a different disguise
I'm bound to walk with a target on my back- at least I'm ready for another attack
The lord of lies/the morning star/you had to be set free
Opposing sides/your choices are/the negative one and me

Svengali- why are we the enemies? I never follow and I never make apologies
Your dementias are gonna getcha- because your walls can't support each other
Settle for the cynical- you're so political
You're getting ready 'cause the first move is critical
Reciprocity- somebody's listening- what did we learn from our time in captivity?
The lord of lies/the morning star/you had to be set free
Opposing sides/your choices are/the negative one and me
The negative one and me
I hope you live/to see the day/when your world goes up in flames
And as you die/you see my face/you're the only one to blame

The prescient/the nascent/the quotient (they all will fall)
The cystic/symbolic/condition (systemic)
Egregious/replete with/these lesions (contaminate)
Succumb to/the selfish/creation (your failure)

No accountability- divisibility- I point a finger but it's always looking back at me
The centipede's pulling on the mechanism- unearthing scars of the cataclysm
When the innocent- begin to circumvent- the color fades but the picture is vibrant
What do you believe? Does it matter now? Turn away- the killer is disavowed
The lord of lies/the morning star/you had to be set free
Opposing sides/your choices are/the negative one and me
The negative one and me
I hope you live/to see the day/when your world goes up in flames
And as you die/you see my face/you're the only one to blame
The lord of lies/the morning star/you had to be set free
Opposing sides/your choices are
The negative one
The negative one
The negative one
The negative one and me

Corey Taylor, James Root

The duration of Negative One is 5:26 minutes and seconds.