The incredible thing about the song is how painful it is. Whenever I reallly lose it and that doesn't happen too much but when it does I listen to ths track as loud as possible, with all the lights off. It reminds me that I am not alone in my suffering and that things could be a lot worse. As a teen it helped me contextulize my suffering. People laugh at others who are honest about when they suffer. They call them emo but they are just affraid to be real. This song is as real as it gets.
He used to play part of the song...maybe just the beat? If I remember my Korn live in concert days right ;) Where did he play this song live??? Does anyone know??
I hate all the suffering you hear at the end. It almost made me cry. Infact I'm sure if I wasn't distracted by other things in my room right now I would have wept for him. My heart and prayers go out to him.<3
ya i love korn cause i can relate, i wasnt raped or nothin but we all got issues and the emotions that go with it ya know? im not one to complain about my life on youtube of all things but, korns my life man
im pretty sure he didnt write this song to be pitied or felt sorry for. he wrote it to let out the built up anger inside and to express to everyone the anger and sorrow built up inside people who've been raped by their family members. dont feel bad for him, it made him who he is today.
Song's an excuse to be emo - it's pandering. (a) he wasn't raped by his "daddy," but it was a family friend; and (b) the family friend was actually a woman.
So he was "raped" by a woman, yet he calls the song "daddy," which strongly suggests his dad was not only gay, but an incestuous child rapist. Real nice. Anything to make a buck I guess.
@sprinkill - i think far more children are raped by their daddies than their female neighbors. i think jon took his personal trauma and put it into a story that far more people could relate to. essentially, he takes the pain of his experience but takes artistic liberties so that a wider audience of rape victims can find catharsis in it. maybe anyway. just my theory.
i don't think making songs about child rape is really seeking to make a buck anyway. i mean they don't even play it live.
@sprinkill i doubt he made the song to make a buck, john realy cried during this and he has never wanted to play it live, it is a lot of trauma for him. so shut the fuck up
1. jon is the AWESOME for putting his life out there like that. he deserves a lot of respect for that. 2. i had to read the lyrics while this song played so i can know exactly what he's saying. powerful shit. 3. he is coming back to this on the new album.. are you ready to live?.. that has to be about is he ready to let go and live his life. question- is this about his father rapping him or another relative cuz either way its fucked up.
This is truly a haunting song. The music is wicked sounding. That relative that raped Jon deserves to be in prison. Getting the same filthy treatment. Korn back in their hay day. Their change in sound did not turn me off the band. It would be good if they went back to this sound with their next album. Would be neat if David and Brian re-joined the band. I understand why they left. People grow and change careers and all that.
I cried the first time I heard this... I know what he went through all to well, I went through it too. Except it was my grandfather. I know that he had to have felt at least a little better after all that screaming... I know I would. :(
korn is one of the most wicked groups ever. and actually it was his dad who raped him and his mom wouldn't believe him. she juss thought he was making it up for some reason.
It was a neighbor. a female neighbor. and about the time he was growing up where he lived, at that time there had been many cases of SRA (satanic ritual abuse) in which no one listened to the kids, not like im saying that this was the case but it was possible John was tortured and raped with some SRA shit going on. and his parents thought he was kidding and didnt believe him..THE NEIGHBOR WAS A GIRL! SHE MUST HAVE BEEN FUGLY OR DID SOME RLY FUCKED UP SHIT TO HIM.
It was a neighbor. a female neighbor. and about the time he was growing up where he lived, at that time there had been many cases of SRA (satanic ritual abuse) in which no one listened to the kids, not like im saying that this was the case but it was possible John was tortured and raped with some SRA shit going on. and his parents thought he was kidding and didnt believe him..THE NEIGHBOR WAS A GIRL! SHE MUST HAVE BEEN FUGLY OR DID SOME RLY FUCKED UP SHIT TO HIM.
It was a neighbor. a female neighbor. and about the time he was growing up where he lived, at that time there had been many cases of SRA (satanic ritual abuse) in which no one listened to the kids, not like im saying that this was the case but it was possible John was tortured and raped with some SRA shit going on. and his parents thought he was kidding and didnt believe him..THE NEIGHBOR WAS A GIRL! SHE MUST HAVE BEEN FUGLY OR DID SOME RLY FUCKED UP SHIT TO HIM.
I haven't heard this song before now... And hell, I'm pretty much speechless. Any other song like this I wouldn't play twice, but the raw emotion from this guy is so intense, I cried when he did...
Actually Jonathan was not raped by anyone who was of any relation to him, In fact he doesn't speak of that situation at all, the only document's stating anything he said were, "It wasn't anyone in the family." & that the "Daddy" thing was because he told his parents and there were like stop telling stories Jonathan, be a good boy...
Something alot of people dont realize is that lots of Nu Metal stars, Johnathon Davis, Chester Bennington etc. have had extremely traumatic expeiriences and everyone calls them emo.
They're not emo and if they were I think they would have a fucking good reason to be, btw anyone know if Johnathon Davis is actually Scottish or of Scottish decent???
cuz its about johns dad rapeing him and in an interview he said it was also about him being raped by someome ELESE and he went and told and he told his dad and step mom and they didnt belive him cause they though he was just jokeing around and i think that is really fucked up only in this world :)
wow, intense... so many hard rock bands try to imitate anger and depression, and most all of them fail. that's really why i got into KoRn, they may be one of the most expressive bands of all time. Great job on this song, I cried at the end after I read the story behind it, it must have been hard to sing
I appreciate your viewpoint, but how could you say everything happens for a reason!? There's a reason children are molested? Wtf, man.. there's no reason a child should be raped. Not even so he can go on to write genius music that people can relate to.
It was a neighbor. a female neighbor. and about the time he was growing up where he lived, at that time there had been many cases of SRA (satanic ritual abuse) in which no one listened to the kids, not like im saying that this was the case but it was possible John was tortured and raped with some SRA shit going on. and his parents thought he was kidding and didnt believe him..THE NEIGHBOR WAS A GIRL! SHE MUST HAVE BEEN FUGLY OR DID SOME RLY FUCKED UP SHIT TO HIM.
notice how the song says ill be your daddy. as in someone told him to call them daddy. Jon even says he and his father had a strong relationship. And that it was a women.
Ok, so what reason is there for harming a child? I respect your beliefs but as some one who has personally been in Jonathan's shoes and know first hand what he went through, that kind of reasoning just pisses me off.
from what i know, Jonathan was sexually assaulted by this relative, and he felt that his father didn't do anything about it. as for the concert thing, the reason why Daddy was performed once was because halfway through the song, Jonathan broke down in tears
i messed up. the real reason why Korn never plays this song is because to Jonathan, it is way too personal for him, and Munky once said that Jonathan gets emotionally drained after every concert, and it would be even more draining if that song were to be performed
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god sux sin is good god was never there for me as he wasnt for jon so god sux my mom is dead and she was a saint she died 2 weeks ago a month b 4 that she got drugged at a club for simple dancing my parents were divorcing i was maleasted as a child im 14 i was 4-5yrs old so much dead family where the fuck is ur god GODDAMN HIM I FUCKING HATE HIM!!!!!!!!:( im sorry but religion pisses the hell out of me so pray 4 me watever but until i hav proof cuz faith aint doin it GOODBYE!
I broke my neck four years ago I can't move my body I need people to feed me I need people to dress me I need people to help me take a dump I'm confined to a wheelchair I have one operating lung I suffer great pain daily I'm an insomniac I have the independence of an infant but despite all of these things I praise God for what he has given me for every good gift is from God and he's not responsible for the bad. In fact he mourns for you and hates what has happened to. I hate it to.
why don't we all go party sens he seed that he is sick of hearing about unemployment and we should gust party what a ass
sophiebridgers 3 weeks ago
The incredible thing about the song is how painful it is. Whenever I reallly lose it and that doesn't happen too much but when it does I listen to ths track as loud as possible, with all the lights off. It reminds me that I am not alone in my suffering and that things could be a lot worse. As a teen it helped me contextulize my suffering. People laugh at others who are honest about when they suffer. They call them emo but they are just affraid to be real. This song is as real as it gets.
ecaepevolhturt 1 month ago
He used to play part of the song...maybe just the beat? If I remember my Korn live in concert days right ;) Where did he play this song live??? Does anyone know??
luvkorn3362 2 months ago
fyi jonathan davis got saved so ask him his views on gods plan although I agree that no child should deal with this s**t it f***s them up!
mrchaz7021 3 months ago
At 7:59 and 8:19 I love those pics.
emcred 5 months ago
ALL LOVE TO JOHN HAVE BEEN DONE THE SAME TOO
69kbshorty 5 months ago
Jonathan's brave. I feel bad for him as well. Love Korn.
emcred 6 months ago
wasn't it that his father didn't beleive him when he tried to tel him about the family friend? maybe that explains the title idk.
ray2chy 7 months ago
Contrary to what he and everyone says , this song points out that his Father raped.
Venddenta 8 months ago
This is one of Korn's best songs. Just like many of their other songs, this has lots of emotion.
Neckromorph 9 months ago
I hate all the suffering you hear at the end. It almost made me cry. Infact I'm sure if I wasn't distracted by other things in my room right now I would have wept for him. My heart and prayers go out to him.<3
KierstenBree 9 months ago
This is very very sad.
KierstenBree 9 months ago
o_o oh wow, I'm breathless at this song .
Dreamcatcher61626 10 months ago
ya i love korn cause i can relate, i wasnt raped or nothin but we all got issues and the emotions that go with it ya know? im not one to complain about my life on youtube of all things but, korns my life man
FreakishMetal 11 months ago
anyone who was molested as a child can relate to this song thats why its one of my faves
gaiamist1 1 year ago
@gaiamist1 - yep. been there.. not good memories. but i relate to the song. and my heart goes out to those who have been through it too.
chuckythekillerdoll 10 months ago
@gaiamist1 Agreed, I am one of the unfortunate ones that was and I always loved this song...because I can relate.
Children of the Korn...and I'm the first born!
Dire327 9 months ago
@gaiamist1 yes, and unfortunatly, those who haven't like 2 bash this song bcuz they couldent possibly understand wht its like.
underworldkittyface 8 months ago
edit- family members/ loved ones
spleeJill 1 year ago
im pretty sure he didnt write this song to be pitied or felt sorry for. he wrote it to let out the built up anger inside and to express to everyone the anger and sorrow built up inside people who've been raped by their family members. dont feel bad for him, it made him who he is today.
spleeJill 1 year ago
omg... poor Jonathan... he is my idol, my favourite man and I like him even more now!
HeyUncleFucker 1 year ago
Song's an excuse to be emo - it's pandering. (a) he wasn't raped by his "daddy," but it was a family friend; and (b) the family friend was actually a woman.
So he was "raped" by a woman, yet he calls the song "daddy," which strongly suggests his dad was not only gay, but an incestuous child rapist. Real nice. Anything to make a buck I guess.
sprinkill 1 year ago
@sprinkill - i think far more children are raped by their daddies than their female neighbors. i think jon took his personal trauma and put it into a story that far more people could relate to. essentially, he takes the pain of his experience but takes artistic liberties so that a wider audience of rape victims can find catharsis in it. maybe anyway. just my theory.
i don't think making songs about child rape is really seeking to make a buck anyway. i mean they don't even play it live.
jaxjagsman 1 year ago
@sprinkill his dad didn't believe him thats why its called that retard
culverandhardy626 11 months ago
@sprinkill i doubt he made the song to make a buck, john realy cried during this and he has never wanted to play it live, it is a lot of trauma for him. so shut the fuck up
spiderlolo100 11 months ago
1. jon is the AWESOME for putting his life out there like that. he deserves a lot of respect for that. 2. i had to read the lyrics while this song played so i can know exactly what he's saying. powerful shit. 3. he is coming back to this on the new album.. are you ready to live?.. that has to be about is he ready to let go and live his life. question- is this about his father rapping him or another relative cuz either way its fucked up.
dntluvthemhos 1 year ago
This is truly a haunting song. The music is wicked sounding. That relative that raped Jon deserves to be in prison. Getting the same filthy treatment. Korn back in their hay day. Their change in sound did not turn me off the band. It would be good if they went back to this sound with their next album. Would be neat if David and Brian re-joined the band. I understand why they left. People grow and change careers and all that.
PearlJammer07 1 year ago
WOW COOL
werebear76 1 year ago
uh hu.... i know what it feels 2
and uh please just dont comment me back
if what i said offended anyone i apologize
5y5yes 1 year ago
I cried the first time I heard this... I know what he went through all to well, I went through it too. Except it was my grandfather. I know that he had to have felt at least a little better after all that screaming... I know I would. :(
TheVampiressLisa 1 year ago
@TheVampiressLisa :'(
VNVNation2006 1 year ago
@TheVampiressLisa, I offer my sympathy.
JosephKuby 1 year ago
Yes, we can all see you are.
TheVampiressLisa 1 year ago
This is a real hard song to listen to man
Ryan92184 2 years ago 4
the bass intro kicks ass
xNinjaPenguin 2 years ago 2
korn is one of the most wicked groups ever. and actually it was his dad who raped him and his mom wouldn't believe him. she juss thought he was making it up for some reason.
xXMishonLoverXx 2 years ago
I thought it was a neighbor who did it to him, and no one would do anything to stop it
laurenmhs 2 years ago
yeah no one would do anything to stop it but it was his dad not a neighbor.
xXMishonLoverXx 2 years ago
No, it was a neighbor. JD said that himself in countless interviews.
TheVampiressLisa 1 year ago
all he saide in the interviews was it wasnt his dad that did this to him but it someone close to him he never said who it was
ken7843 1 year ago
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It was a neighbor. a female neighbor. and about the time he was growing up where he lived, at that time there had been many cases of SRA (satanic ritual abuse) in which no one listened to the kids, not like im saying that this was the case but it was possible John was tortured and raped with some SRA shit going on. and his parents thought he was kidding and didnt believe him..THE NEIGHBOR WAS A GIRL! SHE MUST HAVE BEEN FUGLY OR DID SOME RLY FUCKED UP SHIT TO HIM.
xNinjaPenguin 2 years ago
It was a neighbor. a female neighbor. and about the time he was growing up where he lived, at that time there had been many cases of SRA (satanic ritual abuse) in which no one listened to the kids, not like im saying that this was the case but it was possible John was tortured and raped with some SRA shit going on. and his parents thought he was kidding and didnt believe him..THE NEIGHBOR WAS A GIRL! SHE MUST HAVE BEEN FUGLY OR DID SOME RLY FUCKED UP SHIT TO HIM.
xNinjaPenguin 2 years ago
Yeah thats what i always heard his dad said in an interview it was a female who did it to him and JD said the same thing.
Ryan92184 2 years ago
@xNinjaPenguin I think that Jons parents were just in denial. They did not want to believe their son had been sexually molested.
PearlJammer07 1 year ago
who is that woman siging and what is she singing at the end?
SicSunshine 2 years ago 2
i actually heard it was a catholic priest that raped him
and his parents wouldn't believe him
kargath101 2 years ago
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xNinjaPenguin 2 years ago
i love the riffs that start at 3:40
TwiztedRevenilleXXX 2 years ago
the ones that start at like 2:43 are badass too.
lmthe0ne51 2 years ago
yeah, i like it too
TwiztedRevenilleXXX 2 years ago
I haven't heard this song before now... And hell, I'm pretty much speechless. Any other song like this I wouldn't play twice, but the raw emotion from this guy is so intense, I cried when he did...
kelfheart 2 years ago
thanks for uploading this version i havent found or came across it in years. wish i still had the first cd
legendabbott 2 years ago
Actually Jonathan was not raped by anyone who was of any relation to him, In fact he doesn't speak of that situation at all, the only document's stating anything he said were, "It wasn't anyone in the family." & that the "Daddy" thing was because he told his parents and there were like stop telling stories Jonathan, be a good boy...
SHITS FUCKED UP.
Kenzcub 2 years ago 3
Something alot of people dont realize is that lots of Nu Metal stars, Johnathon Davis, Chester Bennington etc. have had extremely traumatic expeiriences and everyone calls them emo.
They're not emo and if they were I think they would have a fucking good reason to be, btw anyone know if Johnathon Davis is actually Scottish or of Scottish decent???
Its just all the kilts and the bagpipes...
LeckieProductions 2 years ago 3
He is.
He wears and plays
those things because
it's said he's proud of his
heritage.
HinduBerlinBum 2 years ago
was it a dude or a chick that raped him?
chasebcc 2 years ago
It was a female neighbor.
TheVampiressLisa 1 year ago
its sad!
but is an amazing song...
mikomoon13 2 years ago
its sad. Jon went through all of this and his parents ignored him.
gothchik67 2 years ago
Happens a lot...
lilithbernstein 2 years ago
who raped him? i thought was his dad?
excel2312 2 years ago
it was a guy with a last name of Rodgers thats all i know
siresoul2 2 years ago
what happend to him was so sad
sk8ingmadness 2 years ago
Ich liebe dieses Lied, es ist sehr emotional, nur Jonathon kann so ehrlich und emotional
rayzerTH 2 years ago
sorry i fucked up its in the discreption
damn this song is...just fuckin i cant say cool cuz its to personal to say its cool but it is a good song
TheCOLDband 2 years ago
i didn't even know about jonathan having that happen to him- that's horrible. this song is still good though
kellyraye815 2 years ago
this song scares me. i love korn but not even 2 minutes into this song, and im completely freaked out
jindo46 2 years ago 4
cuz its about johns dad rapeing him and in an interview he said it was also about him being raped by someome ELESE and he went and told and he told his dad and step mom and they didnt belive him cause they though he was just jokeing around and i think that is really fucked up only in this world :)
TheCOLDband 2 years ago
i feel so bad for jonathan, i feel his pain and just feel bad for him and i just love korn sooo freaking much i could almost die for this band...!
reyknivel 3 years ago
I understand his pain. As a child I was physically beaten up by a family friend, he also had molested me. He was a sick fucker, he was a schitzo.
headbangin1 3 years ago 9
im sorry to here that man,are you ok today?may irritum cause great pain and suffering to that fucker.
k5lta 2 years ago 5
I have trust issues but I'm alright, thanks :)
headbangin1 2 years ago
take care man
k5lta 2 years ago
wow, intense... so many hard rock bands try to imitate anger and depression, and most all of them fail. that's really why i got into KoRn, they may be one of the most expressive bands of all time. Great job on this song, I cried at the end after I read the story behind it, it must have been hard to sing
dadekumansterioids 3 years ago 4
i feel bad for jonathan davis
rromero994 3 years ago 4
i hardly know what to say. :(
SkyePhoenix748 3 years ago
everything happends for a reason... or thats what i believe!.... this song makes me sad! i love KORN!!!!!!!!!!!
5y5yes 3 years ago
I appreciate your viewpoint, but how could you say everything happens for a reason!? There's a reason children are molested? Wtf, man.. there's no reason a child should be raped. Not even so he can go on to write genius music that people can relate to.
cariberry3 2 years ago 10
yeah i agree with you.
Fuck those people that say "oh it's god's plan" that's retarded as hell
if it was god's plan
Then how the hell is satan the evil one?
Explain that you religious fucks.
kargath101 2 years ago 12
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xNinjaPenguin 2 years ago
@xNinjaPenquin
well...
the rapist lured him into the house by saying ill be your daddy....
if it was a female..........
how is the vid called daddy?!
gamekid1016 2 years ago
notice how the song says ill be your daddy. as in someone told him to call them daddy. Jon even says he and his father had a strong relationship. And that it was a women.
xNinjaPenguin 2 years ago
he never said who it was he just said that it was someone close to him
ken7843 2 years ago
Ok, so what reason is there for harming a child? I respect your beliefs but as some one who has personally been in Jonathan's shoes and know first hand what he went through, that kind of reasoning just pisses me off.
TheVampiressLisa 1 year ago
watch my amv version of this song.. (lifeihated)
lifeihated 3 years ago
so what is the REAL story behind this song??
is there any interviews with jon that he actually says what the song is exactly about?
gavtallica 3 years ago
from what i know, Jonathan was sexually assaulted by this relative, and he felt that his father didn't do anything about it. as for the concert thing, the reason why Daddy was performed once was because halfway through the song, Jonathan broke down in tears
figment1988 3 years ago 2
i messed up. the real reason why Korn never plays this song is because to Jonathan, it is way too personal for him, and Munky once said that Jonathan gets emotionally drained after every concert, and it would be even more draining if that song were to be performed
figment1988 3 years ago
omg i feel soo sorry for jonathan :[ ae
vornvain 3 years ago 2
fuck you his name is head and jonathan davis is fucking awesome so shut the fuck up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
remzriderman01 3 years ago 6
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Jonathan Davis is the sad product of a horrible sin and I pray that he goes the way of his ex-guitarist Brian Welsh.
BloodStainedLamb 3 years ago
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BloodStainedLamb 3 years ago
oh, and I hate religion too.
BloodStainedLamb 3 years ago
@BloodStainedLamb, I'm sorry to read that.
JosephKuby 1 year ago
One thing i have to say is you don't know shit kid...
ReconForEveryone 2 years ago
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psycho
Tercais 3 years ago
im psycho
celister123 3 years ago
yap, me too
alinakornfan 3 years ago 16
Feel really bad for jon has a lotta meaning in the song
slipyknot222 3 years ago 23