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: "Duality" marked a shift for the band. Unlike the brutal, explicit lyrics of the Iowa era, this track focused on melodic hooks and clean singing alongside heavy riffs, showing the "duality" of the band’s own musical identity.

Directed by and Shawn "Clown" Crahan in 2004, the video for the lead single of Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses) became an instant classic, eventually being named Roadrunner Records' greatest video of all time. The Story Behind the Chaos slipknot_duality_music_video

The song itself explores the internal conflict of making difficult life choices—symbolized by the iconic line, "I push my fingers into my eyes," which Corey Taylor described as the physical sensation of a headache so intense you'd do anything to stop the pain. : "Duality" marked a shift for the band