“Freak on a Leash” was Jonathan Davis' complaint against the music industry that abuses him, leaving him feeling like “a freak touring corporate America fucking making all the money while it’s taking a part of me.”
The music video was directed by Todd McFarlane, with help from Jonathan Dayton and V...
[Verse 1]
Something takes a part of me
Something lost and never seen
Every time I start to believe
Something's raped and taken from me, from me
[Verse 2]
Life's gotta always be messin' with me (You wanna see the light)
Can't they chill and let me be free? (So do I)
Can't I take away all this pain? (You wanna see the light)
I try to every night, all in vain, in vain
[Pre-Chorus]
Sometimes I cannot take this place
Sometimes it's my life I can't taste
Sometimes I cannot feel my face
You'll never see me fall from grace
[Chorus]
Something takes a part of me
You and I were meant to be
A cheap fuck for me to lay
Something takes a part of me
[Verse 3]
Feelin' like a freak on a leash (You wanna see the light)
Feeling like I have no release (So do I)
How many times have I felt diseased? (You wanna see the light)
Nothing in my life is free, is free
[Pre-Chorus]
Sometimes I cannot take this place
Sometimes it's my life I can't taste
Sometimes I cannot feel my face
You'll never see me fall from grace
[Chorus]
Something takes a part of me
You and I were meant to be
A cheap fuck for me to lay
Something takes a part of me
[Post-Chorus]
Boom-da-da-mmm-dum-na-ee-ma
Da-boom-da-da-mmm-dum-na-ee-ma
Da-boom-da-da-mmm-dum-na-ee-ma
Da-boom-da-da-mmm-dum-na-ee-ma
Da-boom-da-da-mmm-dum-na-ee-ma
Da-boom-da-da-mmm-dum-na-ee-ma
Da-boom-da-da-mmm-dum-na-ee-ma
Da-boom-da-da-mmm-dum-na-ee-ma
Da-boom-da-da-mmm-dum-na-ee-ma
Da-boom-da-da-mmm-dum-na-ee-ma
Da-boom-da-da-mmm-dum-na-ee-ma
Da-boom-da-da-mmm-dum-na-ayy, go
[Bridge]
So fight, something on the ming-a-ooh
Fight, some things they fight
So, something on the ming-a-ooh
Fight, some things they fight
Fight, something off the hee-a-hoo
No, some things they fight
Fight, something on the ming-a-hoo
Fight, some things they fight
[Chorus]
Something takes a part of me
You and I were meant to be
A cheap fuck for me to lay
Something takes a part of me
[Outro]
Part of me
Part of me
Part of me
Freak on a Leash was written by David Silveria & Reginald “Fieldy” Arvizu & Brian “Head” Welch & MUNKY & Jonathan Davis.
Freak on a Leash was produced by Korn & Toby Wright & Steve Thompson.
Korn released Freak on a Leash on Tue May 25 1999.
That’s my song that rails out against the music industry. It’s about how I feel like I’m a fuckin' prostitute. Like I’m this freak paraded around, but I got corporate America fuckin' making all the money while it’s taking a part of me. It’s like they stole something from me–they stole my innocence a...