Therapist Analyzes Slipknot's 'Left Behind'

A licensed therapist has shared a video on-line analyzing Slipknot’s tune “Left Behind” from their 2001 album Iowa. She watched the video and intently paid consideration to the lyrics to offer a considerate analysis of the observe’s message.

The video was uploaded to the YouTube Channel HeartSupport – Talk About Your Mental Health. HeartSupport is a nonprofit group that focuses on music and psychological well being, and it was based by August Burns Red vocalist Jake Luhrs. There are a bunch of different therapist response movies to rock and metallic songs on the channel too, however “Left Behind” is the latest addition.

As the therapist watched the Slipknot video, she seemed to be captivated by the music, nodding alongside all through a lot of it, although she appeared shocked by a number of the imagery within the video (understandably).

One of the primary factors she introduced up is that Corey Taylor as soon as mentioned that he wrote the lyrics about his expertise with homelessness, and the guilt he felt when he finally left the people he met on that journey behind.

“I was living under a bridge over by Southwest 9th in Des Moines… with some friends of mine. And it’s funny how many people you meet when you’re homeless, that you find out so much about them and you rely on them so much. And then when things start happening for you, those faces disappear and they’re gone,” Taylor informed VH1 years in the past.

“That’s what the song is about. It’s about leaving behind the lives that make up your past. I miss them. I miss those guys really bad.”

The therapist famous that the lyrics within the refrain, significantly “We all got left behind / We let it all slip away,” may be attributed to the regret that individuals generally really feel when one in all their family members dies by suicide.

After she completed the “Left Behind” video, she mentioned, “It’s like the feeling of being consumed by thoughts and emotions regarding being left behind. It’s like the loss is consuming, and oh my god — the song is just so powerful if we think about it in that context.”

The counsellor additional famous how the vitality within the tune mellows out towards the top after everything of it was so intense, which is as if it displays a person shifting by way of the phases of grief from anger to unhappiness.

“The anger is a cover for the more painful emotions to deal with, which are sadness and grief and despair and guilt. The anger is a cover for that, and this song takes us through what it feels like to get left behind,” she elaborated.

Finally, she concluded that “Left Behind” serves as a name to motion, urging the listener to maneuver previous the anger and the grief they really feel and deal with the following step — processing it and utilizing it to maneuver ahead.

READ MORE: Corey Taylor Gets Real About His Mental Health in Video for Fans

Watch the complete response video under.

If you or somebody you realize is combating psychological well being, assist is out there by way of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration web site. To communicate to somebody on the cellphone, dial 1-800-622-HELP (1-800-622-4357) or ship a textual content message to 1-800-487-4889.