Korn

Released: October 4, 2013

Songwriter: Reginald “Fieldy” Arvizu Don Gilmore Ray Luzier James “Munky” Shaffer Brian “Head” Welch Jonathan Davis

Producer: Don Gilmore

[Verse 1]
Seething, I walk the circle I carved out long ago
But somehow I get lost each time
Feeding this hunger deep inside that never ends
The voice within eats me up inside

[Pre-Chorus]
One: I love hurting you
Two: I love your pain
Three: Let's get together and play this endless game
Four is for the torture and
Five is for the shame
'Cause every time you want it I get off on this game

[Chorus]
You wanted to play, the coldness follows
This isn't a game, your life I'll swallow
And I can't help but smile at your pain
You wanted to play but I already won!

[Verse 2]
Probing, I plant the seed inside your head
Right away, watch it grow destroying your insides
Pleading to comfort you with my sadistic ways
I watch the tears fall, I crack a smile

[Pre-Chorus]
One: I love hurting you
Two: I love your pain
Three: Let's get together and play this endless game
Four is for the torture and
Five is for the shame
'Cause every time you want it I get off on this game

[Chorus]
You wanted to play, the coldness follows
This isn't a game, your life I'll swallow
And I can't help but smile at your pain
You wanted to play but I already won!

[Bridge]
I look at you and start to crack, start to crack
I give it to you, take it back, take it back
This lullaby is all you have, all you have
Sadistic pleasure I attack, I attack

[Chorus]
You wanted to play, the coldness follows
This isn't a game, your life I'll swallow
And I can't help but smile at your pain
You wanted to play but I already won!
I already won!
I already won!

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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