SLIPKNOT: GOODBYE BASS COVER

Goodbye" was initially going to be the introductory song for .5 The Gray Chapter but ended up becoming a full track.[2] In an interview with Rolling Stone, Corey Taylor, the lead singer of Slipknot, explained that "Goodbye" was a song he had written about the death of Paul Gray, one of Slipknot's members. On the other hand, Slipknot's percussionist Shawn Crahan originally believed that "Goodbye" was about Taylor leaving the band.[3] Taylor extended his explanation of the song to multiple magazines by saying that "Goodbye" was about the loss of words the band experienced after Gray's death[4] and coming back together after "one of the darkest days of this band’s career".[5]