Korn

Released: December 6, 2011

Featuring: Infected Mushroom Datsik Downlink Excision

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

Producer: Datsik Downlink Jim Monti Excision

[Verse 1]
I'm plowing through a crowd of worthless hatred
That's falling down, at least they start to fry
Why can't I be removed, take their places?
Sometimes it's better to eat their scars
These are the times of the waking liar
Hold him close, or you will expire
Holding on to the place you're thinking
Total deceit

[Chorus]
I like to lose hope
Recede and cope
Like a beautiful rape
These things, aren't they great?

[Verse 2]
I'm terrified by emotionless faces
They're all around me I want to die
I'm fucking tripping out seeing traces
Of murderers covered in lye
These are the times of the waking liar
Hold him close, or you will expire
Holding on to the place you're thinking
Total deceit

[Chorus]
I like to lose hope
Recede and cope
Like a beautiful rape
These things, aren't they great?

[Bridge]
I love the things that make you upset
The more you hurt, the stronger I get
I love the things that make you upset
The more you hurt, the stronger I get!

[Chorus]
I like to lose hope
Recede and cope
Like a beautiful rape
These things, aren't they great?

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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