Pulse of the Maggots,
Berjarak sejengkal dari
kata menyerah, dan lagu ini literally has and always saved my life.
Suatu malam. Lelah dengan
keadaan. Skripsi yang tak kunjung sesuai target ditambah permasalahan lain yang
datang bersamaan. Playlist winamp di PC tiba-tiba muter lagu ini. Somehow, saya
terdiam sejenak. Merasa ringan. Waktu itu bahkan belum tahu liriknya tentang
apa. Malam itu, dengan koneksi internet seadanya langsung cari tahu lirik
lagunya. Membacanya saya menangis. Kemudian merasa cukup dengan semua keluh kesah.
Liriknya saya print, saya
tempel di papan meja kerja. Lagunya selalu ada di playlist.
Dan klise saja, setiap merasa hampir menyerah saya lihat
kembali bait-bait lagunya dan merasa semangat kembali.
Saya bahkan menempatkan
Slipknot pada ucapan terima kasih di skripsi saya.
Thank you, dear ;*
This is the year where hope fails you
The test subjects run the experiments
And the bastards you know is the hero you hate
But cohesing is possible if we strive
There's no reason, there's no lesson
No time like the present, telling you right now
What have you got to lose?
What have you got to lose except your soul?
Who's with us?
I fight for the unconventional
My right and it's unconditional
I can only be as real as I can
The disadvantage is I never knew the plan
This isn't just the way just to be a martyr
I can't walk alone any longer
I fight for the ones who can't fight
And if I lose, at least I tried
We—we are the new diabolic
We—we are the bitter bucolic
If I have to give my life you can have it
We—we are the pulse of the maggots
I won't be the inconsequential
I won't be the wasted potential
I can make it as severe as I can
Until you realize you'll never take a stand
It isn't just a one-sided version
We've dealt with a manic subversion
And I won't let the truth be perverted
And I won't leave another victim deserted
We—we are the new diabolic
We—we are the bitter bucolic
If I have to give my life you can have it
We—we are the pulse of the maggots
Do you understand? Yes [4x]
Say it again, say it again, we won't die [8x]
We fight 'til no one can fight us
We live and no one can stop us
We pull when we're pushed too far
And the advantage is the bottom line is
We never had to fight in the first place
We only had to spit back at their face
We won't walk alone any longer
What doesn't kill us, only makes us stronger
We—we are the new diabolic
We—we are the bitter bucolic
If I have to give my life you can have it
We—we are the pulse of the maggots
