Korn is always going to be my favorite, Jonathan Davis will always be my favorite, and this song is a big reason why. Knowing you’re not alone and knowing others have overcome this sort of atrocious thing is one of the best ways to empower yourself to overcome it as well, at least that was true for me, anyway. One of the darkest, yet most empowering pieces of art there is.
Otep- Jonestown Tea (female version of this song)
I still get emotional to this day, I heard this when I was 14 and just made me understand even more the band, its art and my humanity. I still love KoRn till this day, I will be 39 this year
This song is so hard to listen to. This is only the second time I’ve been able to listen to the song the full way through and I’ve been a fan since Life Is Peachy. This song just affects me so so badly
Growing up as a guy it was always hard to express feelings like this always scared of what would everyone thinks until I heard for the first time grunge and nu metal. Shout out to Jonathan Davis, Chester Bennington, Corey Taylor, Layne Staley, Eddie Vedder and many more for showing us that we can always express and share our feelings and most importantly for let us know that we are not alone❤
I was wondering if this song was ever going to get requested here…
Some other newer bands you may want to check out that write a lot of songs about mental health issues are Movements, The Amity Affliction, and Beartooth
This is why I don’t judge Jonathon Davis for his heavy usage of meth over so many years.
Anger. Sadness. Fear. Loneliness. Abandonment. Disgust. Pain.
There’s a few songs that are emotionally powerful but I can’t think of any other songs that evoke all of these most horrible human emotions at once.
Never, ever, thought I would cry listening to Korn.
Yes a lot of women are molested but the matter with #metoo is that a few women tried to monopolised a pain that a lot of men experienced and no one trust them. That is pure torture, born a monster because having a penis and feeling like another kind of monster because what was done to you. And one day I think it will explode. Sexual assaults are not copyrighted and people would be very surprised by the number of abusive mothers. This must be fighted together not gender vs gender. That’s the truth and some fake activists who think about the power they have on their “communities” should be remembered about it so they can leave the place and let peoples who really care thinking about how dealing with something we don’t want to see. Something is sick in mankind and criminals are the product of their time, they don’t come from outter space. If you red me, thank you
Thank you but still need someone to talk to so i can get better
You seem really easy to talk to, other therapists should take notes
Hearing the analysis of Korn and Slipknot is really interesting considering they were my 2 staple bands to listen to as a pre/teenager. I didn’t understand then why I was drawn to them but after a couple years of therapy and a couple decades of life experience I understand how much that poor kid was going through.
It was an uncle,now he is dead and I hope he is being miserable in hell, I discovered korn at 6 years and im 30 now he doesn’t know his music saved me
her reaction is a perfect representation to what its like listening to this song. like shes jamming, but is also haunted by the lyrics
This song is a story that needs to be heard. I have read countless articles/comments regarding the number of lives that this song has probably saved over the years. It is what happened to him by a female babysitter/friend of the family. His parents didn’t believe him and he never got the help that he needed. This song is his way of getting closure/he forgave his mother thru this song. The title and some of the lyrics are confusing, nothing to do with his parents r**ing him physically, but “emotionally” via not believing and supporting him.
Lol …this should not be the first song people listen to when learning about Korn.( This is just my opinion)
You should also hear Johnstown Tea by Otep, same level of wtf
I was sexually assaulted by my female neighbor when I was 11 years old. My parents were going through the roughest point of their lives at the time and I had no real idea how to go about telling them. To this day they still don’t know and I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to tell them. I’ve only ever told a single person about this, and that was very recently. I’m a 28 year old man now, and it’s songs like this that bring me some sort of catharsis.