Corrosion of Conformity
Corrosion of Conformity
Corrosion of Conformity
Corrosion of Conformity
Corrosion of Conformity
Corrosion of Conformity
Corrosion of Conformity
Corrosion of Conformity
Corrosion of Conformity & James Hetfield
Corrosion of Conformity
Corrosion of Conformity
Corrosion of Conformity
Corrosion of Conformity
“King of the Rotten” was released in 1996 as the second single from Wiseblood as a pig-shaped picture disc. It did not appear on the US Rock Chart like the previous single “Drowning in a Daydream” did.
The following year, several industrial mixes of the song were separately released as “The Rotten...
If I was the king
Of all the rotten
Stealing filth
From those forgotten
Would you be my queen
Of a desperate land?
Do you give a damn?
What if I had to scold you?
Listen once, tried and true
What if I had to trade you
For another man?
Do you think I can?
I won't call on the angels, no
Beating on the line
As I turn to amputate
I'm bleeding on you
What if you were torn in two?
What if I wanted to be like you?
What if I were high, like an aeroplane?
Would you look at me the same?
I won't call on the angels, no
Beating on the line
As I turn to amputate
I'm bleeding on you
If we walked side by side
Would you stab my back
And kill my pride?
Would you fall ahead
Or would you move behind?
Tell me, words unkind?
Now if I was the king
Of all the rotten
Stealing filth
From those forgotten
Would you be my queen
Of this desperate land?
Do you think I give a damn?
I won't call on the angels, no
Beating on the line
As I turn to amputate
I'm bleeding on you
King of the Rotten was written by Pepper Keenan.
King of the Rotten was produced by John Custer.
Corrosion of Conformity released King of the Rotten on Tue Oct 15 1996.