"Freak on a Leash" is a song written and recorded by American rock band Korn for their third studio album, Follow the Leader. It was released as the album's third single in January 1999.
The song is the second and final charting single from Follow the Leader.
It reached number 6 on Billboard's Hot Modern Rock Tracks and number 10
on Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks, although failed to chart on the Hot 100,
the music industry's standard singles chart for popular music. However,
it peaked at number 6 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles for the issue date
of June 19, 1999, a position equivalent to number 106 on the Hot 100. It was also
immensely popular in Australia where the single was certified Gold for shipments
in excess of 35,000 units. The music video followed the previous success of "Got the Life",
debuting at number 8 on MTV's Total Request Live program on February 9, 1999, and peaking
at number 1 on its thirteenth day, February 25. The video would spend ten non-consecutive
days at the top position until its "retirement", on May 11.
Consept
"That's my song against the music industry. Like me feeling like I'm a fuckin' pimp, a prostitute. Like I'm paraded around. 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 and I'm not calm anymore. I worry constantly." – Jonathan Davis
Lyrics
Something takes a part of me.
Something lost and never seen.
Everytime I start to believe,
Somethings raped and taken from me... from me.
Lifes got to always be messing with me. (you wanna see the light)
Cant they chill and let me be free? (so do I)
Cant I take away all this pain. (you wanna see the light)
I try to every night, all in vain... in vain.
Sometimes I cannot take this place.
Sometimes its my life I cant taste.
Sometimes I cannot feel my face.
Youll never see me fall from grace
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.
Feeling 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
Sometimes I cannot take this place.
Sometimes its my life I cant taste.
Sometimes I cannot feel my face.
Youll never see me fall from grace
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.
Boom na da mmm dum na ema
Da boom na da mmm dum na ema
Da boom na da mmm dum na ema
Da boom na da mmm dum na ema
Da boom na da mmm dum na ema
Da boom na da mmm dum na ema
Da boom na da mmm dum na ema
Da boom na da mmm dum na ema
Da boom na da mmm dum na ema
Da boom na da mmm dum na ema
Da boom na da mmm dum na ema
Da boom na da mmm dum na ema
Da boom na da mmm dum na ema
Go!
So...fight! something on the...
Fight...some things they fight
So...something on the...
Fight...some things they fight
Fight...something of the
No...some things they fight
Fight...something of the...
Fight...some things they fight
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.
Part of me...
Part of me...
Part of me...
Oh...
