| Nine Inch Nails – The Warning Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| In the middle of my never-ending job search, I got a really shitty performance review. After glowing reviews for five years, everything felt like it was falling apart. This song reminded me of what they were telling me: "So much potential...We've been watching you with all of our eyes. You will change your ways, and you will make amends...Your time is tick-tick-ticking away." | |
| Nine Inch Nails – Vessel Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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I've got a series of comments on Year Zero songs. I hated (HATED) my job. This album got me through the depression and aggravation of a long job search. A lot of it was daydreaming. I'd imagine myself while in staff meetings just jumping up on the table screaming... My god, can we go any faster? Oh my god, I don't think I can last here My god, can we go any faster? Oh my god, I don't think I can last here Obviously this is the least likely thing that Trent was referencing when writing this album - still I kind of laugh when I think about it. I mean even if you love your job, haven't you been in a fucking meeting just wishing it would be over? |
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| Nine Inch Nails – The Good Soldier Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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When I was completely disillusioned with my employer just over two years ago - Year Zero was talking me through it. I realized it was time to move on, get up, get out - find a new job. I might have been the "Good Soldier" for all these years, but my time is up. I am trying to see I am trying to believe This is not where I should be I am trying to believe See my comments on other Year Zero songs. This album just eerily echoed things I was thinking. Self Destructive thoughts, desire for release and realization of how I had been unhappy in my surroundings for so long. |
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| Nine Inch Nails – The Great Destroyer Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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Around two years ago I was listening to Year Zero on (what seemed like) a daily basis. I was in the midst of a job search having become very disillusioned with my employer at the time. I felt like a drone and after six months of searching I became even more depressed than I had been at the start of my search. So this song really started to become my rally cry. I saw my employers as the ones "writing everything down". I had to keep nodding my head; couldn't let them suspect I was looking for a better job. I had to convince myself that I had "limitless potential". Don't let them take advantage of you...remember all the crap they've told you and put you through - but hold your breath and wait for the right moment to escape. I didn't take much longer before I gave notice - and another job found me. I regret nothing about it and I am so, so happy with where I am now in my career. |
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