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Artist: Slipknot
Canonical path: /slipknot/don-t-get-close
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Don't Get Close
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Don't Get Close
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Come on!
Somebody give me some light
Not pointed into dark
Somebody show me the end
Not trying to push the start
I'm trying to figure out
A better way, a better answer
But I keep finding all the problems
I've been looking after
You can't wander through the world
With nothing but a smile
I'll take a turn for worse
And use it to instill denial
Don't get close
You don't know me
And you'll never know
Chivalry will get you somewhere
Rivalry will take you there
Don't get close
You don't know me
And you'll never know
Chivalry will get you somewhere
Rivalry will take you there
Maybe I should look away
Before I really miss
Maybe I should pick the time
Before I pick the place
I'm into all the things
That you emulate, then penalize
But I don't wanna go
Until you learn to finalize
Don't get close
You don't know me
And you'll never know
Chivalry will get you somewhere
Rivalry will take you there
Don't get close
You don't know me
And you'll never know
Chivalry will get you somewhere
Rivalry
You ascertain the plot
My vision's overshot
I have the best confection
I was gone for all the lessons
For the quaint and the same time used
Stay out and be abused
I didn't wanna be
The undeniable source of envy
Don't get close
Don't get close
Don't get close
Don't get close
Don't get close
Don't get close (you'd better stay away)
Don't get close (you'd better stay away)
Don't get close (you'd better stay away)
Don't get close (you'd better stay away)
Waiting, watching all the conflicts
Constrict, just to fit in, squeeze in
I can insist, claws and fist
Remember
Remember!
You take the rivalries
And never made much sense
I have the worst possession
What I want is so insensitive
Stay out and be abused
Cause this is so confused
I only want to be
Left alone and run away
Don't get close
Don't get close
Don't get close
Don't get close
Don't get close (you'd better stay away)
Don't get close (you'd better stay away)
Don't get close (you'd better stay away)
Yeah!
Yeah!
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