Released: November 16, 1999

Songwriter: Brian “Head” Welch James “Munky” Shaffer David Silveria Reginald “Fieldy” Arvizu Jonathan Davis

Producer: Brendan O’Brien

[Verse 1]
Let me see, all my life has been taken
This demon haunts me
They're waiting, help me

[Chorus]
You fuck me up, I'm gagged and bound
You pick me up when I am down
I cannot live without them
I do not live without them

[Verse 2]
Hey, daddy, they are taking me away
Putting things in me
My soul, they're eating, please help me

[Chorus]
You fuck me up, I'm gagged and bound
You pick me up when I am down
I cannot live without them
I do not live without them

[Bridge]
They tell me this thing inside of me
Wants to get out
All it does is scream and shout
I'm trying not to let them out
They tell me to hurt myself
They tell me to hurt myself
They tell me to hurt myself
But I'm not gonna listen

[Chorus]
You fuck me up, I'm gagged and bound
You pick me up when I am down
I cannot live without them
I do not live without them
You fuck me up, I'm gagged and bound
You pick me up when I am down
I cannot live without them
I do not live without them

[Outro]
Hey, daddy!
Hey, daddy!
Hey, daddy!

Korn

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.”