| Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral (1994) |
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| 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 | 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 | 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? | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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] | 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] | 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] | 01:36 | |||
| 10 | A Warm Place (instrumental) | 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] | 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 | 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 | 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 | 06:13 | |||
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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 ©1994 leaving hope/tvt music, inc. ascap. all rights reserved. used by permission. |
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