Korn

Released: November 21, 2003

Songwriter: James Hetfield Lars Ulrich

Producer: Korn

[Verse 1]
I can't remember anything
Can't tell if this is true or dream
Deep down inside, I feel to scream
This terrible silence stops me
Now that the war is through with me
I'm waking up, I cannot see
That there's not much left of me
Nothing's real but pain now

[Chorus 1]
Hold my breath as I wish for death!
Oh please God, wake me!

[Verse 2]
Back in the womb, it's much too real
In pumps life that I must feel
But can't look forward to reveal
Look to the time when I'll live
Fed through the tube that sticks in me
Just like a wartime novelty
Tied to machines that make me be
Cut this life off from me

[Chorus 2]
Hold my breath as I wish for death!
Oh please God, wake me!
Now the world is gone, I'm just One!
Oh, please help me!
Hold my breath as I wish for death!
Oh please God, help me!

[Outro]
Darkness imprisoning me!
All that I see!
Absolute horror!
I cannot live!
I cannot die!
Trapped in myself!
Body my holding cell!
Landmine has taken my sight!
Taken my speech!
Taken my hearing!
Taken my arms!
Taken my legs!
Taken my soul!
Left me with life in Hell!

Bakersfield friends James “Munky” Shaffer, Reginald “Fieldy” Arvizu and David Silveria formed the funk-rock band LAPD in 1989 and moved to Los Angeles with another friend Brian “Head” Welch as their roadie. Later, with Welch as second guitarist, the band named themselves Creep and recorded a demo with pal Ross Robinson.

However, when Shaffer and Welch visited family in Bakersfield, they met Jonathan Davis who added a darker, goth-tinged edge to the band’s heavy groove. Robinson

The band wasn’t dark yet; it had, like, killer grooves and good riffs, but there was some happy edge to it. And when (Davis) walked into the room, it went dark and goth. Basically, during the first song, to audition in the rehearsal room, he started freaking the hell out [laughs]. You couldn’t hear his voice, but you felt chills all over your body, and it was instantly like, “Oh my God, yeah – he’s the one.”

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