Korn

Released: October 8, 2013

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

Producer: Don Gilmore

[Verse 1]
I'm falling in this pit of sorrow
I really don't care anyway
Happiness I'm looking to borrow
Even for a second's okay
I'm starting to feel so, so hollow
Fill me up then go on your way
I doubt I'll really see tomorrow
So I'll just do my best anyway

[Chorus]
Hold me now!
I've been knocking down
Killing all these waves of shame
Hold me down!
Feeling not so sound
Wish I wasn’t born today

[Verse 2]
I'm starting to break my devotion
What does that mean anyway?
One little song sing interwoven
So much that it gets in my way
I'm starting to feel so, so hollow
Fill me up then go on your way
I doubt I'll really see tomorrow
So I'll just do my best anyway

[Chorus]
Hold me now!
I've been knocking down
Killing all these waves of shame
Hold me down!
Feeling not so sound
Wish I wasn’t born today
Hold me now!
I've been knocking down
Killing all these waves of shame
Hold me down!
Feeling not so sound
Wish I wasn't born today

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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