| Nine Inch Nails – We're in This Together Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Trent said in an interview, which I can't find right now, that it isn't a love song, it's him clinging to someone, not letting them go. | |
| Nine Inch Nails – Happiness in Slavery Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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I think this song is about the delusion of freedom we suffer in the modern world, while the vast majority of the (first) world is confined to a small set of possibilities from birth, we are taught to love it and want it. Slave screams he thinks he knows what he wants [<>] Thinking we can really choose anything we want, when what we want usually just coincides with what we're allowed. Slave screams thinks he has something to say [<>] Slave screams he hears but doesn't want to listen Slave screams he's being beat into submission Don't open your eyes you won't like what you see [<>] Keep believing the lie, realising that you're not truly free is a frightening and painful experience. The devils of truth steal the souls of the free [<>] The people at the top of the "food" chain as it were, contributing to the delusion. Don't open your eyes take it from me I have found You can find Happiness is slavery [<>] Speaking from the position of someone that has made the realisation and were wholly content with their life until that point. Slave screams he spends his life learning conformity [<>] Slave screams he claims he has his own identity [<>] Further delusion of the freedom we think we possess Slave screams he's going to cause the system to fall [<>] Lying to ourselves that we (anyone) can really change the world Slave screams but he's glad to be chained to that wall [<>] Not admitting that he's happy that life is set out and made so easy. Don't open your eyes you won't like what you see The blind have been blessed with security [<>] Those who stay on the road meant for them live a secure life I don't know what I am I don't know where I've been Human junk just words and so much skin [<>] Stick my hands through the cage of this endless routine Just some flesh caught in this big broken machine [<>] Trying to escape the reality he has realised, only to make the further realisation that he means nothing in the grand scheme. |
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