Slow to speak, slow to anger Slow to speak, slow to anger Slow to speak, slow to anger Slow to speak, slow to anger Slow to speak, slow to anger Slow to speak, slow to anger Slow to speak, slow to anger Slow to speak, slow to anger The opposite of how I feel The opposite of how I live There's no justice in this deal Something infinitely greater Doubt starts rocking me in waves Brought on by the great degrader Unstabilized in all my ways But I keep pushing down that fader Slow to speak, slow to anger Slow to speak, slow to anger Slow to speak in anger Who I really am looks like a stranger Slow to speak, slow to anger Slow to speak, slow to anger Slow to speak in anger 'Til my violent heart's in greatest danger, yeah My soul's a cage of unclean birds It's a den of loathsome creatures The stench of death my empty words And wickedness my every feature So if I've had it up to here Upon this path of least resistance Forsake this mission to defend The very means of my existence If I turn away from here towards the place Of a skull where it went down once for all Slow to speak, slow to anger Slow to speak, slow to anger Slow to speak in anger Who I really am looks like a stranger Slow to speak, slow to anger Slow to speak, slow to anger Slow to speak