The House of Gold & Bones

This track closes House Of Gold And Bones: Part 2, the second half of a double concept album about a man called The Human struggling to find his place in the world. Frontman Corey Taylor's narrative is intended to be universal, speaking to everyone's hopes and fears. He told Artist Direct about this cut: "That was the last song we put together before we went into the studio," he said. "Thematically, it was almost tailor-made for us to do it this way. It was basically made up of flipping certain riffs from 'Gone Sovereign' and 'Absolute Zero' and sort of playing them backwards in a weird way. If you listen to it thematically, you can see where some of it backwards, but you have to really listen to it." "We needed the outro," he continued. "We needed that moment where the human has made his decision and he's sticking with it no matter what that decision is. That's all open to the reader. You need that moment. You need the big crescendo. You need the final act to draw you in and leave you with that closure. That was the perfect song to do it with."