This song was originally written by a guy called Peter Gutteridge. He was one of the founders of the "Dunedin Sound" a musical scene in the south of New Zealand in the early 80s. From there it was covered by "The Clean" one of the early bands of that scene (he had originally been a member of in it's early days, writing a couple of their best early songs). The Dunedin sound, and the Clean became popular on american college radio in the mid to late 80s. I guess Yo La Tengo heard that version.
Great version of a great song,
I'm not doing great
I feel like I'm dead
Not thinking straight
inside my body is troubled,
full of hate
I had to let it out before it's too late
Deep Inside, It can hide!
Feeling so lost and betrayed
why does this happen to me everytime
Stuck in this place, where I can't escape
Screaming and clawing from deep inside
Why won't it fade
Outside I had to lie; "I'm ok",
I hope someday, I'll stop
getting pain
I guess this is a lie, I have made
Deep Inside, It can hide!
Feeling so lost and betrayed
why does this happen to me everytime
Stuck in this place, where I can't escape
Screaming and clawing from deep inside
What am I doing?
I can't believe this
I have been hiding
Wanting to be less
Giving to people,
They take from me
Always they bring drama to me
Look, look at me now
NOW
Feeling so lost and betrayed
why does this happen to me everytime
Stuck in this place, where I can't escape
Screaming and clawing from deep inside
I can't stand all this fucking Pain
Please just go away
Please god just make the pain...
I feel like I'm dead
Not thinking straight
inside my body is troubled,
full of hate
I had to let it out before it's too late
Deep Inside, It can hide!
Feeling so lost and betrayed
why does this happen to me everytime
Stuck in this place, where I can't escape
Screaming and clawing from deep inside
Why won't it fade
Outside I had to lie; "I'm ok",
I hope someday, I'll stop
getting pain
I guess this is a lie, I have made
Deep Inside, It can hide!
Feeling so lost and betrayed
why does this happen to me everytime
Stuck in this place, where I can't escape
Screaming and clawing from deep inside
What am I doing?
I can't believe this
I have been hiding
Wanting to be less
Giving to people,
They take from me
Always they bring drama to me
Look, look at me now
NOW
Feeling so lost and betrayed
why does this happen to me everytime
Stuck in this place, where I can't escape
Screaming and clawing from deep inside
I can't stand all this fucking Pain
Please just go away
Please god just make the pain...
Lyrics submitted by Aerion
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Obviously about his pain inside... If you cant tell, go fuck yourself...
I think it’s about feeling really bad inside, and not being able to tell anyone, so he just hide it deep inside himself and pretend that things are just fine.
“Deep inside, it can hide!” He hides it all inside, so that nobody can see how hurt he is
"Feeling so lost and betrayed" Maybe it's because nobody notice that things aren't fine and he’s just acting?
“Why does this happen to me everytime” Why can’t he ever get himself to tell others that things aren’t alright, and why does he get mad at them for not seeing something he’s hiding.
“Stuck in this place where I can’t escape” He’s stuck in the place where he can’t tell anybody
"Screaming an clawing from deep inside" The feelings are wearing him down inside, he really wants to let them out and let people know how he feels.
Well, that’s what I think.
Barnacles, what the fuck are you posting for if you dont like Korn? Who the fuck goes on a song lyrics site and decides to write shit about all the songs they dont like?
look, about the previous comment about jon wirting all this depressing stuff to give ppl something to relate to, maybe he doesnt feel pain but he writes this so ppl out there can relate to it, not bc he just likes to whine about crap
This is a really underrated song and one of the only korn songs that doesn't have way tuned down guitars.
@GoD-Like Pretty much every KoRn song at this point used 7-string guitars tuned to A-Standard (A whole step down from where a normal tuned 7string is). That is, until maybe untitled where they would occasionally switch to an 8-string.
its about the feelings inside that cause people to feel lost and forgotten and cause them to live highly tramatizing lifes
Barnacles, what the fuck are you posting for if you dont like Korn? Who the fuck goes on a song lyrics site and decides to write shit about all the songs they dont like?
its about schizophrenia, you just dont understand it you sane ppl
songs ok, but all of your post make it stupid
i agree with barnacles i love korn dont get me wrong but jon is always writing shit like 'pain inside' pain pain pain its all about PAIN with him fucken make up a new word to use. korns 1st 2 albums were great and 1 of my all time fav albums but god they are not original anymore