Twisted Transistor

"Twisted Transistor"
Song

"Twisted Transistor" is the opening track to the seventh studio album by the nu metal band KoЯn, See You on the Other Side. It was also released as the first single from the album on 21 November 2005 (see 2005 in music). The video for the song features a Spinal Tap-esque style mockumentary where four rappers play the parts of KoЯn: Lil Jon as Jonathan Davis, Xzibit as Reginald "Fieldy" Arvizu, David Banner as David Silveria, and Snoop Dogg as James "Munky" Shaffer.

It was also the theme song for WWE Taboo Tuesday 2005.

Possible meaning

It has been speculated by people that the song is about a vibrator, or "transistors", as the song is apparently calling them. Proof to support this claim has been cited as the lyrics, which suggestively state "Hold it between your legs/ Turn it up, turn it up". A line later the song says "Can't get enough". The line in the lyrics that reads "A lonely life, where no one understands you", might refer to the fact that occasionally lonely people who don't have sex very often, might use a vibrator to pleasure themselves. A line later in the song says "And then it is reaching/ Inside you, forever preaching". Other evidence is in the lines "Your breast, your dress/ Vibrations coming through/ You're in a mess." It is speculated that these lines refer more to the vibrator ("vibrations coming though"), and also refer to the slightly messy look that people might encounter after engaging in self-pleasuring.

Lyrics

Hey you, hey you, Devil's little sister/ Listening to your Twisted Transistor/ Hold it between your legs/ Turn it up, turn it up/ The wind is coming through/ Can't get enough/

A lonely life, where no one understands you/ But don't give up, because the music do/ Music do [x6]/

Because the music do/ And then it is reaching/ Inside you forever preaching/ Fuck you too/ Your scream's a whisper/ Hang on you/ Twisted Transistor/

Hey you, hey you, finally you get it/ The world ain't fair, eat you if you let it/ And as your tears fall on/ Your breast, your dress/ Vibrations coming through/ You're in a mess/

A lonely life, where no one understands you/ But don't give up, because the music do/ Music do [x6]/

Because the music do/ And then it is reaching/ Inside you forever preaching/ Fuck you too/ Your scream's a whisper/ Hang on you/ Twisted Transistor/ Music do [x4]/

Hey you, hey you, this won't hurt a bit/ This won't hurt a bit, this won't hurt/ Says who? Says who?/ Anesthetize this bitch/ Anesthetize this bitch, anesthetize!/ Just let me be/ Between you and me don't fit/

Because the music do/ And it is reaching/ Inside you forever preaching/ Fuck you too/ Your scream's a whisper/ Hang on you/ Twisted Transistor/

Track listing

British release

• 7" VUS316, CD VUSCD316

1. "Twisted Transistor" (radio edit)
2. "Too Late I'm Dead"

Australian release

• CD 3474592

1. "Twisted Transistor" (radio edit)
2. "Appears"
3. "Twisted Transistor" (Josh Harris radio edit)