"Another place I find to escape the pain inside"

The drugs controlled his life. They provided an escape from the pain he endured as a young adult, and he couldn't see any future direction for himself.

"see through the grey that clouds my mind"

He wants to escape the confusion in his mind but his self esteem is so low that he is not confident enough to make change for himself. He wants to leave the world and start again but he doesn't know how, so he uses drugs to distort reality.

Ball Tongue
"The meaning of ball tongue is simple. Some thought it had to do with oral sex, but infact its about a guy we had to work with on a t-shirt. He either had a pierced tongue or a wart or something on his tongue and he was a dick to us" - Jonathan Davis

While the lyrics to Ball Tongue would have you believe otherwise it has always been said that the song a guy with a pierced tongue who used to make t-shirts for the band but ended up screwing them all over.

"There you are alone, with no hope of ever having something to be proud of, something earned without begging"

It appears that the person was close to Jonathan but he had doubt that what he was doing for the band made any difference, so s/he backstabbed them. S/he disconnected her/himself from Korn and ended up doing nothing, in the hope that they would come running back to save him/her from his own self pity.

"Why are you at home buried in your own self pity? Why do you insist on living the life clean out of me? "

The person was one of few who shared time with Jonathan but became obsessed with him, expecting him to give all his attention.

"Yes, I know you're the person, the person that took time with me. Does it give you the right to expect your life revolves around me?"

Need To
Need To is about being in a relationship with someone you love so much but you are too scared to get close to them because you're paranoid that they may stop loving you.

"You pull me closer, I push you away, You tell me it's okay, I can't help but feel the pain"

Jonathan was used to being fucked over by people he loved and any future relationship was going to feel the same. Every time he thought he was getting too close he would push her away.

"I hate you .... Fuck you, bitch"

Jonathan already resents tthe girl because he's so confident that she will end up breaking his heart. He hates her before she has even done anything.

Clown
"We were playing at this show in San Diego and this skinhead guy came up and said 'Fuck You! Go back to Bakersfield!' I didn't understand that I bent down and he took a swing at me. Our road manager Jeff knocked his ass out" - Jonathan Davis

"A tatooed body to hide who you are, Scared to be honest, be yourself"

It seems that this incident was a breaking point for Jon. As the Clown video shows he was a victim of torment from his peers at school because he was different. He was an individual, and this was hard for others to accept. Everyone else hid behind an image that wasn't representative of themselves, but of what others wanted them to be.

Divine
Divine is about the sting of revenge. Jonathan wanted someone who didn't want him. Then the tables turned and he found that this person wanted him now.

"You're suffering 'cause of me, it's divine"
"Did you really think you'd beat me at my own game"

He wanted to show her how it felt to want someone you can't have, and he knows now that since he lost interest in her she realises what she's given up. Now it's his turn to have some fun, and he is enjoying it.

"You know what, Fuck you, I'm fed up with you, I'm not as good as you, Fuck no, I'm better than you"

Jonathan knows he's a better person than her by showing that he's not a doll that can be picked up and put down at will.

Faget
"Everyone thinks I'm bashing gay people in this song, and I'm not. It's really about me going through highschool being called 'pussy', 'queer', and all that stuff, about getting picked on by all these jocks." - Jonathan Davis

Spend any time with Davis and one is likely to be subjected to an endless barrage of queer references and gay jokes. But what might initially come across as small-town homophobia turns out to be something more, a by-product of a lifetime of sexual confusion. One Davis-penned song, entitled "Faget," reflects on time spent as a Duran Duran-loving New Romantic, when the singer would don makeup and hang out in gay bars. "Everyone thought I was gay my whole life," says Davis, "so I have to joke about it just to deal with it." - Spin Magazine

Shoots and Ladders
"It was written because all these little kids sing these nursery rhymes and they don't know what they originally meant. Everyone is so happy when singing but 'London Bridge' is about the Black Plague. All of them have these evil stories behind them." "The lyrics are all from nursery rhymes, and a lot of nursery rhymes go back to the Middle Ages. They're actually pretty twisted if you know the stories behind them, like about Black Death and stuff." - Jonathan Davis

Predictable
Another relationship cliche that Jon finds so predictable. Every relationship he goes into he's going to find himself hurt at the end. He wonders why there is any point in it at all because he'd rather die than feel the pain.

"I can in every way, mistake the pain I feel inside. It comes to me, evil thoughts is creeping through my mind"

How can he deal with the situations of a failed relationship but to remove himself from the world, or remove the other person. If he can't have them, noone can.

Fake
This is another song with a theme similar to Clown. Everyone around him hides behind an image of what their peers want them to be.

"I can't stand the sight of you, I can't stand what you put me through. Your life's a lie, that you hide. Is it that terrible being you inside?"

Jonathan is persecuted for being himself rather than another person trying to fit in with the crowd.

"You try so hard to be wanted. False emotions tells you fronted. I think being a person relies on one thing. Be yourself, let you come through"

Everyone wants to fit in so badly that they will change their appearance and opinions to that of the mainstream crowd.

"Fake, you'll regret it, you'll regret it"

Once they are older they will realise that they've wasted their youth by trying to be something they're not.

Lies
Again with the same theme of Clown and Fake, Lies picks on those who are too afraid to be themselves. People who hide behind a conformed society

"I want you to see the life you have disguised"
"Do you ever see from outside your fears"

He is pointing out those who fear they too will be persecuted if they step outside the line of individuality.

Helmet in the Bush
"It's about a speed problem that I had. You know, you do a lot of speed and -- if you're a male -- your penis retracts severly." In the song he says: 'Please God let me sleep tonight.' Jonathan had trouble sleeping, becuase that's what it does to you. The guy heard at the beggining of the song is La Caco, a friend of the band. His real name is Michael and likes taco bell. He's a really Nice Guy and he has been friends with the band for years." - Jonathan Davis

Daddy
"People think Daddy was written because my dad fucked me up the ass, but that's not what the song's about. It wasn't about my dad or my mom. When I was a kid I was being abused by someone else and I went to my parents and told them about it. They thought I was lying and joking around, so they never did shit about it. They didn't belive it was happening to their son." - Jonathan Davis