Korn

Released: November 21, 2003

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

Producer: Korn

[Verse 1]
We are the pain
We are the shame
We've gone insane
Inside where no one's around

[Pre-Chorus]
I am to blame
For everything
I like this game that you all make me play

[Chorus]
I'm done being there for others
They have their pain, and so do I
Don't need to feel it all over
I try to hold on, and you bring me down

[Verse 2]
We are estranged
We are deranged
I can't explain
How you all break me apart

[Pre-Chorus]
I am to blame
For everything
I like this game that you all make me play

[Chorus]
I'm done being there for others
They have their pain, and so do I
Don't need to feel it all over
I try to hold on, and you bring me down

[Bridge]
We wait, we hate
We try to get away
Mistake my pain
It has been let astray
I'm looking around
I drop to the ground
Why does this have to end this way?
Feeling numb so long
Oh god, it's just everything
It's everything
Now I pray for all of them to go away!

[Chorus]
I'm done being there for others
They have their pain, and so do I
Don't need to feel it all over
I try to hold on, and you bring me down

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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