"When it came time to write and put stuff together, I had stuff that I really wanted to say..."
Frontman Corey Taylor spoke to The Pulse Of Radio about the lyrical themes of the new album. He said, "When it came time to write and put stuff together, I had stuff that I
really wanted to say. Stuff that was just very blatant, but
very powerful. And I was able to fit it together with the music, so
that was, you know, kind of a lucky thing. It was just time for me to
start talking about these concepts, you know. I'd kind of done the
thing where I talked about myself, and there's always gonna be moments
in songs where I do talk about myself, but it was time to branch out."