The song The Scientist is so named because it alludes to a character in the story The Birthmark, by the American writer Nathaniel Hawthorne. He laments that, while she accepts that it’s all her fault, he still knows that he can’t live without her. In the official video, we can see a totally devastated Corey Taylor with nothing. Now he embarks on a new path in his life that will end up being an obsession. He just wants to forget her forever and forget the damage she caused him. The song ends with great pessimism and regret, assuring that she took advantage of him. He realizes that he is the true victim of the relationship, that he was the one who suffered, and that that was what caused such harmful feelings. At this moment, he realizes that his partner’s apathy and reluctance was what transformed him into what he is at that moment. That why he asks to be left to himself, alone with his sins.Īt first, Corey misses his lover, saying that he couldn’t live without her. He feel like he is a threat to his beloved, and at the same time to himself. The vocalist of the band Corey Taylor wrote the lyrics as a form of therapy to help him deal with various bad experiences that he had in his love life. Possibly, just by listening to the music, you would be able to guess with astonishing accuracy what the song is about. The music is capable of accompanying and linking perfectly with the voice and the lyrics.
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