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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Chris Fehn
Chris Fehn
Percussion
Corey Taylor
Corey Taylor
Lead Vocals
Craig Jones
Craig Jones
Sampler
Joey Jordison
Joey Jordison
Drums
Mick Thomson
Mick Thomson
Guitar
Paul Gray
Paul Gray
Bass Guitar
Shawn "Clown" Crahan
Shawn "Clown" Crahan
Percussion
Sid Wilson
Sid Wilson
Turntables
James Root
James Root
Guitar
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Chris Fehn
Chris Fehn
Songwriter
Corey Taylor
Corey Taylor
Songwriter
Craig Jones
Craig Jones
Songwriter
Joey Jordison
Joey Jordison
Songwriter
Mick Thomson
Mick Thomson
Songwriter
Shawn "Clown" Crahan
Shawn "Clown" Crahan
Songwriter
Paul Gray
Paul Gray
Songwriter
James Root
James Root
Songwriter
Sidney George Wilson
Sidney George Wilson
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Slipknot
Slipknot
Producer
Steve Sisco
Steve Sisco
Assistant Engineer
Mike Fraser
Mike Fraser
Engineer
George Marino
George Marino
Mastering Engineer
Andy Wallace
Andy Wallace
Mixing Engineer
Ross Robinson
Ross Robinson
Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I'm a pop star threat and I'm not dead yet
Got a super dred bet with an angel drug head
Like a dead beat winner, I want to be a sinner
An idolized bang for the industry killer
A hideous man that you don't understand
Throw a suicide party and I'm guaranteed to fucking snap
It's evilsonic, it's pornoholic
Breakdowns, obscenities, it's all I wanna be
[Chorus]
If you're 555, then I'm 666
If you're 555, I'm 666
Well, if you're 555, I'm 666
What's it like to be a heretic?
If you're 555, I'm 666
What's it like to be a heretic?
[Verse 2]
Everybody's so infatuated
Everybody's so completely sure of what we are
Everybody defamates from miles away
But face to face, they haven't got a thing to say
I bleed for this and I bleed for you
Still you look at my face like I'm somebody new
Toy, nobody wants anything I've got
Which is fine because you're made of everything I'm not
[Chorus]
If you're 555, then I'm 666
If you're 555, I'm 666
Well, if you're 555, I'm 666
What's it like to be a heretic?
If you're 555, I'm 666
What's it like to be a heretic?
[Bridge]
Heretic
[Verse 3]
Thirty seconds, sixteen, eight, four, lemme tell you why
I haven't the slightest, I'm teaching your brightest
They're listening, clamoring
All the money in the world can't buy me
Go ahead, lie to me
Tell me again how you're tortured
I wanna know how you followed your orders so well
You're full of shit
You had a dream but this ain't it
[Bridge]
If you're 555, I'm 666
If you're 555, I'm 666
If you're 555, I'm 666
If you're 555, I'm 666
[Chorus]
If you're 555, then I'm 666
What's it like to be a heretic?
If you're 555, then I'm 666
What's it like to be a heretic?
If you're 555, I'm 666
What's it like to be a heretic?
If you're 555, then I'm 666
What's it like to be a heretic?
[Outro]
Heretic
Written by: Shawn Crahan, Chris Fehn, Paul Gray, Craig Jones, Joey Jordison, Jim Root, Corey Taylor, Mick Thomson, Sid Wilson

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