Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
(1994)
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Cover Front |
Album |
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Artist/Composer |
Nine Inch Nails |
Length |
65:01 |
Format |
CD |
Genre |
Industrial/Noise/Gothic |
Label |
Interscope |
Index |
9 |
In Collection |
Yes |
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Track List |
01 |
Mr Self Destruct
i am the voice inside your head (and i control you)
i am the lover in your bed (and i control you)
i am the sex that you provide (and i control you)
i am the hate you try to hide (and i control you)
i take you where you want to go
i give you all you need to know
i drag you down iuse you up
mr self destruct
i speak religion's message clear (and icontrol you)
i am denial guilt and fear (and i control you)
i am theprayers of the naive (and i control you)
i am the lie that you believe(and i control you)
i take you where you want to go
i give you all you need to know
i drag you down i use you up
mr self destruct
you let me do this to you [8x]
i am the needle in your vein (and i control you)
i am the high you can't sustain (and i control you)
i am the pusher i'm a whore (and i control you)
i am the need in you for more (and i control you)
i am the bullet in the gun (and i control you)
i am the truth from which you run (and i control you)
i am the silencing machine(and i control you)
i am the end of all your dreams (and i control you)
i take you where you want to go
i give you all you need to know
i drag you down i use you up
mr self destruct
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04:30 |
02 |
Piggy
hey pig
yeah you
hey pig piggy pig pig pig
all of my fears came true
black and blue and broken bones
you left me here i'm all alone
my little piggy needed something new
nothing can stop me now
cause i don't care anymore
nothing can stop me now
cause i don't care
nothing can stop me now
cause i don't care anymore
nothing can stop me now
cause i just don't care
hey pig
nothing's turning out the way i planned
hey pig
there's a lot of things i hoped you could help me understand
what am i supposed to do
i lost my shit because of you
nothing can stop me now
cause i don't care anymore
nothing can stop me now
cause i don't care
nothing can stop me now
cause i don't care anymore
nothing can stop me now
cause i just don't care
nothing can stop me now
nothing can stop me now [2x]
nothing can stop me
nothing can stop me now [3x]
nothing can stop me [2x]
nothing can stop me now [7x]
nothing can stop
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04:24 |
03 |
Heresy
he sewed his eyes shut because he is afraid to see
he tries to tell mewhat i put inside of me
he's got the answers to ease my curiosity
he dreamed a god up and called it christianity
god is dead
and no one cares
if there is a hell
i'll see you there
he flexed his muscles tokeep his flock of sheep in line
he made a virus that would kill off all the swine
his perfect kingdom of killing, suffering and pain
demandsdevotion atrocities done in his name
god is dead
and no one cares
if there is a hell
i'll see you there
your god is dead
and no one cares
if there is a hell
i'll see you there
god is dead
and no one cares
if there is a hell
i'll see you there
(your god is dead) god is dead
(and no one cares) and no one cares
(drowning in his own hypocrisy) and if there is a hell
i will see you see you there
burning with your god in humility
will you die for this?
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03:54 |
04 |
March Of The Pigs
step right up
march
push
crawl right up on your knees
please
greed
feed (no time to hesitate)
i want a little bit
i want a piece ofit
i think he's losing it
i want to watch it come down
don't like the look of it
don't like the taste of it
don't like the smell of it
iwant to watch it come down
all the pigs are all lined up
i give youall that you want
take the skin and peel it back
now doesn't that make you feel better?
shove it up inside
surprise!
lies
stains like the blood on your teeth
bite
chew
suck (away the tender parts)
iwant to break it up
i want to smash it up
i want to fuck it up
i want to watch it come down
maybe afraid of it
let's discredit it
let'spick away at it
i want to watch it come down
now doesn't that make youfeel better?
the pigs have won tonight
now they can all sleep soundly
and everything is all right
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02:58 |
05 |
Closer
you let me violate you
you let me desecrate you
you let me penetrate you
you let me complicate you
(help me) i broke apart my insides
(help me) i've got no soul to sell
(help me) the only thing that works for me
help me get away from myself
i want to fuck you like an animal
i want to feel you from the inside
i want to fuck you like an animal
my whole existence is flawed
you get me closer to god
you can have my isolation
you can have the hate that it brings
you can have my absence of faith
you can have my everything
(help me) you tear down my reason
(help me) it's your sex i can smell
(help me) you make me perfect
help me become somebody else
i want to fuck you like an animal
i want to feel you from the inside
i want to fuck you like an animal
my whole existence is flawed
you get me closer to god
through every forest
above the trees
within my stomach
scraped off my knees
i drink the honey
inside your hive
you are the reason
i stay alive
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06:13 |
06 |
Ruiner
you had all of them on your side
didn't you?
didn't you?
you believed in all your lies
didn't you?
didn't you?
the ruiner's got a lot to prove he's got nothing to lose and now he made you believe
the ruiner's your only friend well he's the living end to the cattle he deceives
the raping of the innocent you know the ruiner ruins everything he sees
now the only pure thing left in my fucking world is wearing your disease
how did you get so big?
how did you get so strong?
how did it getso hard?
how did it get so long?
you had to give them all a sign
didn't you? (didn't you?)
didn't you?
you had to covet what was mine
didn't you? (didn't you?)
didn't you?
the ruiner's a collector he's aninfector serving his shit to his flies
maybe there will come a day when those that you keep blind will suddenly realize
maybe it's a part ofme you took it to a place i hoped it would never go
and maybe that fucked me up much more than you'll ever know
how did you get so big?
how did you get so strong?
how did you get so hard?
how did it get so long?
and what you gave to me
my perfect ring of scars
you know i cansee
what you really are
you didn't hurt me nothing can hurt me
youdidn't hurt me nothing can stop me now [5x]
you didn't hurt me nothingcan hurt me
you didn't hurt me nothing can stop
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04:58 |
07 |
The Becoming
i beat my machine
it's a part of me
it's inside of me
i'm stuck inthis dream
it's changing me
i am becoming
the me the you know he had some second thoughts
he's covered with scabs he is broken and sore
the me that you know he doesn't come around much
that part of me isn't here anymore
all pain disappears
it's the nature of
my circuitry
drowns out all i hear
no escape from this
my new consciousness
theme that you know he used to have feelings
but the blood has stopped pumping and he's left to decay
the me that you know is now made up of wires
and even when i'm right with you i'm so far away
i can try to getaway but i've strapped myself in
i can try to scratch away the sound in my ears
i can see it killing away all of my bad parts
i don't want to listen but it's all to clear
hiding backwards inside of me
i feel so unafraid
annie, hold a little tighter
i might just slip away
it wont give up it wants me dead
goddamn this noise inside my head [8x]
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05:31 |
08 |
I Do Not Want This
i'm losing ground
well you know how this world can beat you down
and i'm made of clay
i fear i'm the only one who thinks this way
i'm always falling down the same hill
bamboo puncturing this skin
and nothingcomes bleeding out of me
just like a waterfall i'm drowning in
2 feet below the surface
i can still make out your wavy face
and if i couldjust reach you
maybe i could leave this place
i do not want this
ido not want this
i do not want this
i do not want this
and don't you tell me how i feel
don't you tell me how i feel
don't you tell me how i feel
you don't know just how i feel
i stay inside my bed
i have lived so many lives all in my head
and don't tell me that you care
there really isn't anything. now is there?
you would know. wouldn't you?
you extend your hand to those who suffer
to those who know what itreally feels like
to those who have had a taste
like that means something
and oh so sick i am
and maybe i don't have a choice
and maybe that is all i have
and maybe this is a cry for help
i do not want this
i do not want this
i do not want this
i do not want this
and don't you tell me how i feel
don't you tell me how i feel
don't you tellmehow i feel
you don't know just how i feel
i want to know everything
i want to be everywhere
i want to fuck everyone in the world
and [1,2,3] i want to do something that matters [5x]
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05:41 |
09 |
Big Man With A Gun
i am a big man
(yes i am)
and i have a big gun
got me a big old dickand i
i like to have fun
held against your forehead
well i'll makeyou suck it
maybe i'll put a hole in your head
you know. just for thefuck of it
well i can reduce you if i want
well i can devour
i'm hardas fucking steel and i've got the power
i'm every inch a man and i'll show you somehow
me and my fucking gun
nothing can stop me now
shoot shoot shoot shoot shoot
i'm going to come all over you [4x]
me andmy fucking gun
me and my fucking gun [4x]
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01:36 |
10 |
A Warm Place
(instrumental)
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03:22 |
11 |
Eraser
need you
dream you
find you
taste you
fuck you
use you
scar you
break you
lose me
hate me
smash me
erase me
kill me [8x]
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04:53 |
12 |
Reptile
she spreads herself wide open to let the insects in
she leaves a trail of honey to show me where she's been
she has the blood of reptile just underneath her skin
seeds from a thousand others drip down from within
oh my beautiful liar
oh my precious whore
my disease my infection
i am so impure oh
devils speak of the way in which she'll manifest
angels bleed from the tainted touch of my caress
need to contaminate to alleviate this loneliness
i now know the depths i reach are limitless
oh my beautiful liar
oh my precious whore
my disease my infection
i am so impure oh
oh
oh my beautiful liar
oh my precious whore
my disease my infection
i am so impure
oh my beautiful liar no [~18x]
oh my precious whore no, oooh, oh,
my disease my infection no [~18x]
i am so impure no, ah no, ah no, ah no
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06:52 |
13 |
The Downward Spiral
he couldn't believe how easy it was
he put the gun into his face
bang!
(so much blood for such a tiny little hole)
problems do have solutions you know
a lifetime of fucking things up fixed in one determined flash
everything's blue
everything's blue in this world
the deepest shade of mushroom blue
all fuzzy
spilling out of my head
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03:56 |
14 |
Hurt
i hurt myself today
to see if i still feel
i focus on the pain
the only thing that's real
the needle tears a hole
the old familiar sting
try to kill it all away
but i remember everything
what have i become?
my sweetest friend
everyone i know
goes away in the end
you could have it all
my empire of dirt
i will let you down
i will make you hurt
i wear this crown of shit
upon my liar's chair
full of broken thoughts
i cannot repair
beneath the stain of time
the feeling disappears
you are someone else
i am still right here
what have i become?
my sweetest friend
everyone i know
goes away in the end
you could have it all
my empire or dirt
i will let you down
i will make you hurt
if i could start again
a million miles away
i would keep myself
i would find a way
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06:13 |
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Details |
Spars |
DDD |
Rare |
No |
Sound |
Stereo |
UPC |
606949234621 |
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Notes |
nine inch nails: the downward spiral
writing, arrangement and performance: trent reznor management: john a. malm jr. for conservative assistance: chris vrenna, maise additional engineering: sean beavan, chris vrenna, alan moulder, bill kennedy, brian pollack, john aguto additional sampling and sound design: chris vrenna studios: le pig of beverly hills, the record plant, a&m studios continuity: trent reznor, chris vrenna, charlie clouser mastering: tom baker at futuredisc all paintings: rullell mills photography: david buckland package: gary talpas
publicity: sioux zimmerman for formula booking: gerry gerrard for artists & audience merchandise: jerry long road management: mark o'shea live audio engineering & coordination: sean beavan lighting/set design: jan pieter nipius, roy bennett live production management: kevin lyman, ray woodbury legal: michael s. toorock nothing records: tony ciulla adrian belew appears courtesy of caroline records inc. nine inch nails live: robin finck, danny lohner, chris vrenna, james woolley thank you: interscope; jimmy iovine; silvia garcia; susie tallman; peter christopherson; rick rubin; missy worth; brian warner and marilyn manson; brian liesegang; the temporarily displaced richard bugg; coco-puff; scott hasson; mark tindle, mike morongell, shelly yakus and a&m; cally, jamie spencer, marc marot, chris blackwell and island uk; paul connolly; alex kochan; ian flocks; mark blasquez, sean wilhelmsen and nadine's; opcode systems; pat stolpz, martin arthurs and amek; joseph cuttice; handy andy; marina chavez; walter cessna; tina montalbano; carol davis
we miss you jeff ward
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