“Hole in the Earth” was written as the result of the lead singer, Chino Moreno, being frustrated and stressed over the recording process of the album, Saturday Night Wrist, especially when it came to the album’s direction – hence the lines, “I hate all of my friends. They all lack taste sometimes”.
[Verse 1]
Can you explain to me how
You're so evil, how?
It's too late for me now
There's a hole in the earth
(A hole in the earth)
I'm out
[Chorus]
There's a hole in the earth
(A hole in the earth)
I'm out
[Verse 2]
Can you explain to me now
If you're still able? Well
It's time I think you know the truth
There's a hole in the earth
(A hole in the earth)
I'm out
I hate all of my friends
They all lack taste sometimes
[Chorus]
There's a hole in the earth
(A hole in the earth)
I'm out
There's a hole in the earth
(A hole in the earth)
[Verse 3]
Please take a bow
This is the end
Somewhere
This is the end
Somewhere
[Chorus]
There's a hole in the earth
(A hole in the earth)
There's a hole in the earth
(A hole in the earth)
[Verse 4]
I hate all of my friends
I'm out
There's a hole in the earth
I will wait
Somewhere
Hole in the Earth was written by Frank Delgado & Abe Cunningham & Chi Cheng & Stephen Carpenter & Chino Moreno.
Deftones released Hole in the Earth on Mon Oct 30 2006.
In an interview from the September 2006 issue of Kerrang! magazine, singer Chino Moreno gave the following commentary on the song:
When I wrote this I thought the band was over and I was telling the other members that I was finished. One of the lyrics is, ‘ I hate all of my friends ’. It felt like...