"Before I Forget" borrows elements from a much older Slipknot song "Carve", recorded before their self-titled album.

"It's about standing your ground and deciding to be a good person, no matter what people say," recalled singer Corey Taylor.

The video for "Before I Forget" shows Slipknot performing the song unmasked and in casual clothes (all with black shirts), as opposed to their usual coveralls.

The video makes use of strategic camera techniques in which the members' faces are never totally shown (in some instances, however, some of the band members' eyes are shown up close), thus keeping with the band's running theme of anonymity at the time.

[8] This music video also helped to garner the band its first and only Grammy Award win for "Best Metal Performance" in 2006.