Korn

Released: November 21, 2003

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

Producer: Korn

[Verse 1]
I cannot ever find a way
To throw these darkened thoughts away
Need a place to hide
It's thrown in my face every day
Guess that's the price I have to pay
For what's inside my mind
Alive!
Alive!
Alive!
Alive!
Alive!
Alive!
Alive!
Alive!

[Chorus]
I am alive
I will never run away
Places inside
My heart screams inside with pride
Once I cried
Now I wipe away the tears
Once I died
Now I'm alive

[Post-Chorus]
Alive!
Alive!
Alive!
Alive!
Alive!
Alive!
Alive!
Alive!

[Verse 2]
Little things tick me every day
Contemplate how I like to play
Better not cross that line
Voices in my head happen to be saved
It's something I can't throw away
What's inside my mind

[Chorus]
I am alive
I will never run away
Places inside
My heart screams inside with pride
Once I cried
Now I wipe away the tears
Once I died
Now I'm alive

[Bridge]
I bide my time
I'm intertwined
I'm falling in this place
I thought I left behind
I bide my time
I'm intertwined
I'm falling in this place
I thought I left behind
I bide my time (Feeling so alone!)
I'm intertwined
I'm falling in this place
I thought I left behind
I bide my time (Feeling so alone!)
I'm intertwined
I'm falling in this place
I thought I left behind
Alive!
Alive!
Alive!
Alive!

[Chorus]
I am alive
I will never run away
Places inside
My heart screams inside with pride
Once I cried
Now I wipe away the tears
Once I died
Now I'm alive

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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