Korn

Released: December 6, 2005

Songwriter: James “Munky” Shaffer Lauren Christy Graham Edwards Scott Spock David Silveria Reginald “Fieldy” Arvizu Jonathan Davis

Producer: The Matrix Jonathan Davis

[Intro]
Your messiah was never mine
Your messiah was never mine
Your messiah was never mine
Your messiah was never mine
Your messiah was never mine
Your messiah was never mine
Your messiah was never mine
Your messiah was never mine
Your messiah was never mine
Your messiah was never mine
Hypocrites!

[Verse 1]
Weeping rose of Jeremiah
Drops of blood drip off your petals
Representing all our tears
In a ring of burning metal

How you wanna be?
What you gonna say it?
It doesn't bother me
Who you gonna pay

Sorcerers and sadists come
To define the what and why
People travel 'cross this earth
Over water, land, and sky

How you wanna be?
What you gonna say it?
It doesn't bother me
Who you gonna pay

[Pre-Chorus]
Pay the ferryman, pay the fucking driver!
Pay the preachers and pay the fucking liars!
Pay the bitches they're charging all their dates, stand by!
I'm not gonna pay, it's already mine!

[Chorus]
Hypocrites!
I'm gonna do it blind
Hypocrites!
I'm gonna do it blind
Hypocrites!
I'm gonna do it blind
Hypocrites!
Your messiah was never mine

[Verse 2]
Weeping rose of Jeremiah
Purity unlike no other
Offers hope to those who need it
Don't forget care to thy brother

How you wanna be?
What you gonna say it?
It doesn't bother me
Who you gonna pay

Little old lady at home
Writing out a check to send
It's all the money that she owns
She believes the world might end

How you wanna be?
What you gonna say it?
It doesn't bother me
Who you gonna pay

[Pre-Chorus]
Pay the ferryman, pay the fucking driver!
Pay the preachers and pay the fucking liars!
Pay the bitches they're charging all their dates, stand by!
I'm not gonna pay, it's already mine!

[Chorus]
Hypocrites!
I'm gonna do it blind
Hypocrites!
I'm gonna do it blind
Hypocrites!
I'm gonna do it blind
Hypocrites!
Your messiah was never mine

[Pre-Chorus]
Pay the ferryman, pay the fucking driver!
Pay the preachers and pay the fucking liars!
Pay the bitches they're charging all their dates, stand by!
I'm not gonna pay, it's already mine!

[Chorus]
Hypocrites!
I'm gonna do it blind
Hypocrites!
I'm gonna do it blind
Hypocrites!
I'm gonna do it blind
Hypocrites!
Your messiah was never mine

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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