| Nine Inch Nails – The Wretched Lyrics | 8 years ago |
| Just a wild idea! But what exactly didn't turn out the way you wanted it to? Could that be the reoccurring suicide theme throughout his music especially earlier albums? The Fragile circling around that theme? God reaching his arm( I agree seems presence related possibly?) through to hold you down. Stuck in this hole etc....yet wanting to escape cannot be stopped and keeps on coming....later he mentions we will never die through various songs and with HTDA angels, Mariqueen says she keeps coming back again...."Came back haunted" seems relevant....then on NTAE he mentions being forced to stay here......but can you imagine how frightening and even maddening and unreal that must feel if that's the case and you couldn't die for some reason above our general understanding of how this works??.....but what do I know?....just seems to make sense in an "outside the box" kinda way. | |
| Nine Inch Nails – Sunspots Lyrics | 9 years ago |
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@[Lodair:10014] It is all a matter of everyone's perception, and I didn't write it, but kinda disagree. Yes, some like "Hurt" I could see that referencing addiction. Sanctified and reptile, I don't see it. Sanctified even mentions if she says come inside I will come inside and he is justified, purified, and sanctified inside her. Also lips he kissed and she knows exactly what he can't resist. Having been in a toxic relationship myself, I know those lyrics like my own life! They idealize, and seduce to keep you addicted to their passion and sex. Reptile also with spreads her legs wide open, and beautiful liar and whore! Watch Woodstock performance of this song. In the middle, Trent took my breath away cause I know that pain he expressed in saying, "Please don't hurt me!" Then drops to the ground and don't think Trent has any insincere emotions, unless hiding pain or anger (and God knows he can't hide either, very well, which is one reason why I love him!). So I think Sunspots was likely feelings for someone who broke his heart possibly sucking him back in, or feelings for a woman who he was falling in love with after telling himself he wasn't going there again. I could be wrong, but have a strong feeling, his struggle with alcohol and drugs was to numb himself from pain from a past heartbreak that damn near destroyed him! Hence, "Somewhat Damaged". Like he chose somewhat not just damaged or entirely damaged, because I think he isn't who he used to be at all, but it made him stronger and see a bigger picture in the last decade or so. Of course, I am sure he finds comfort in having the hottest wife on the planet now! So congrats to him! The last verses for me, feel they came from a feeling of hopelessness or control in having feelings for someone he can't stop or control. Could be he had hopes and dreams apart from all he's written and events in his life took over and caused tremendous pain, and suffering and that formed NIN. Thank God it did too! I wish nobody would ever have to hurt or suffer, but all that pain seems it made the greatest, most brilliant, and dynamic musician the world's ever seen. But what do I know really? |
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| David Bowie – I'm Afraid of Americans Lyrics | 9 years ago |
| I was just graduating high school when this video was made, so it could be not what they had in mind at all...but I view things differently than most...what if Bowie's character in video (not Bowie personally), was someone who saw how naive, gullible, trusting, and self centered Americans are and capitalized on that, for his own personal gain, stepping on others to work his way up...he even gives Trent the brush off, "I'm better than you" look in the beginning...but Trent wants justice, and he's coming for him, then realizing he's just fucked with the wrong person, he starts hallucinating they are all out to get him!!...in the end, he sees Trent as God thinking even God is an American as Trent carries his own cross!...just how I viewed it...my dream is to maybe ask Trent more about it one day! | |
| Nine Inch Nails – Heresy Lyrics | 9 years ago |
| @[neoritter:9036] Wonder if Trent would agree? What you said makes a lot of sense. I know personally how mainstream Christian doctrine was used and manipulated by the person I trusted most in this world, to single handedly rob me of my entire life, including my own children. Even more shocking, was that many close to me who boast about their Christianity, abandoned what they preached when he threatened them if they helped me. I am left asking why? That is when I realized my story has been told through Trent Reznor. Sometimes his music is all that eases the lonliness in anyone who could understand. Did he too, get used and manipulated by religion, to find out that God is dead, inside the minds of those preaching that he lives? I feel maybe some are chosen for some reason to be crucified and abandoned by those near to them, to be forced to seek actual truth (maybe you and Trent too?). What we were taught is wrong, or has been twisted. I am terrified of religion now, because my own eyes were unveiled rather painfully to how many use religion for evil, and many who don't are too ignorant to realize even what is happening right under their noses! Wonder if that is no coincidence that HTDA WELCOME OBLIVION first track is called, "The Wake Up"! Their music also tells my experience. My question is how do I find others like myself, who have gotten a wake up call? I find I am hitting brick walls either finding I am with atheists, or narrow minded hypocritical Christians. I don't think church is a good place to start. Seems church is where some of the most corrupt people hide themselves, and cause more damage to people seeking truth like myself, by offering insincere empathy, understanding, and compassion to be used against you later on. All I know is Trent is real! Never met him, but in a world were I no longer trust ANYONE, I feel I would trust him entirely. I can't just call him up and say hey Trent need your advice on life though! Wonder where is everybody? The ones awake anyway? | |
| Nine Inch Nails – Everything Lyrics | 10 years ago |
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I don't know all of the demons he has struggled with, we have been struggling with the exact same intensity of pain. One of my biggest sources, is someone I dedicated my entire life to, only to discover after 14 years he was only faking it, to set me up for enjoying my destruction. Trent's voice has been the only painkiller I have, for this level of suffering. I am going through intense court battles now, just to save my children who my husband is withholding from me, to tear me to pieces. Trent will likely never know. he saves my life each and every day. He is an unlikely angel, but one of the greatest!! It is good to hear his pain reach a place of joy, finally. I am hoping mine will too one day. Only someone who has seen the most extreme forms of suffering, could produce and write music this intense. I don't think there has, nor ever will be, a more brilliant and honest musician than himself. YOU GIVE ME SO MUCH HOPE TRENT!!!! THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR GIFT WITH THE WORLD! I AM FOREVER GRATEFUL TO YOU!!!!!!!!! |
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| Nine Inch Nails – Ruiner Lyrics | 10 years ago |
| Anyone(conservative or otherwise) who thinks these lyrics are about God, obviously doesn't know God. These lyrics are about the antithesis of God. I know first-hand as I'm going through a divorce with a man as evil as it gets! So much so, that there is evidence supporting he's likely attempted to murder me twice. Trent Reznor is the most AMAZING, BRILLIANT, TALENTED, GORGEOUS soul on earth! His wife has received a blessing from God, most women will only ever dream of. Myself included!!!! | |
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