"Wait and Bleed" is a song by American nu metal band Slipknot, featured on their 1999 debut self-titled album. The song was released as the lead single from the album in February 2000, and peaked at number 34 on the American Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.

The song is about someone who is bleeding heavily, but, instead of covering the wound to shut it, simply waits, because he/she thinks he/she is in a nightmare.

"Wait and Bleed" gained Slipknot their first Grammy Award nomination in 2001 for Best Metal Performance, though it lost to Deftones' "Elite".^[1] The song enjoyed a degree of commercial success, reaching number 34 on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart^[2] and number 27 in the UK Singles Chart.^[3] It was also ranked number 36 on VH1's "40 Greatest Metal Songs" list.^[4]

There are two music videos for "Wait and Bleed"; the first, directed by Thomas Mignone,^[5] features footage of a live performance of the song with the studio track overdubbed. The second, known as the "Claymation version", depicts all nine band members as small, animated, doll-like creatures inside a laboratory inhabited by a man who is attempting to catch them. Eventually, the band cause the man to fall over and be stung by insects dropping from a jar. As the band looks over the man, Chris Fehn's doll covers him in fuel before seeing all 9 band members looking at him, Shawn Crahan then sets the man alight, killing him.

All songs credited to Slipknot.

1. "Wait and Bleed" (Terry Date mix) – 2:33
2. "Spit It Out" (overcaffeinated hyper version) – 2:27
3. "(sic)" (molt-injected mix) – 3:28
4. "Wait and Bleed" (live music video) – 3:08