Korn

Released: July 22, 2003

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

Producer: Jonathan Davis Korn

[Verse 1]
Realized I can never win
Sometimes feel like I have failed
Inside where do I begin?
My mind is laughing at me
Tell me, why am I to blame?
Aren't we supposed to be the same?
That's why I will never tame
This thing that's burning in me

[Chorus]
I am the one who chose my path
I am the one who couldn't last
I feel the life pulled from me
I feel the anger changing me

[Verse 2]
Sometimes I can never tell
If I've got something after me
That's why I just beg and plead
For this curse to leave me
Tell me, why am I to blame?
Aren't we suppose to be the same?
That's why I will never tame
This thing that's burning in me

[Chorus]
I am the one who chose my path
I am the one who couldn't last
I feel the life pulled from me
I feel the anger changing me

[Bridge]
Betrayed, I feel so enslaved
I really tried, I did my time
I did my time
I did my time!
I did my time!
I did my time!

[Chorus]
I am the one who chose my path
I am the one who couldn't last
I feel the life pulled from me
I feel the anger changing me

[Outro]
Oh God, the anger's changing me!
Oh God, the anger's changing me!

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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