This song references other songs in lyrics. It seems to be a jab at Trent Reznor, with references to Nine Inch Nails songs "The Perfect Drug" and "Closer." The bridge of "you can't bring me down" is borrowed from the song of that name by Suicidal Tendencies. The guitar part playing tips its hat to the Suicidal Tendencies song also.
The album opens with an intro that's just a processed vocal over some electronic noodling before leading into this song, which starts with Fred Durst introducing "The Chocolate Starfish And the Hotdog Flavored Water," a fictional band that provided the title of the album, à la The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Speaking to NME in 2012, guitarist Wes Borland recalled how he and Durst came up with the idea. "I was looking at different bottles of flavored water and joked that they should make water flavored like hot dogs. It was late at night and we were delirious. Then Fred said, 'What if the band is The Hot Dog Flavored Water and the frontman is some a--hole called Chocolate Starfish? I said 'Perfect.'"
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