He reuses the verse melody from the previous album's "Dirty Little Religion", the topics of the verses are all over the place, and he packs too many words into one line (goes to show...) and too few in another (it's pretty hard to find), and rhymes "Henley Regatta" with "Persona non grata", but gets away with it all as only he could.
Sunspots cast a glare in my eyes
Sometimes I forget I'm alive
I feel it coming and I've got to get out of its way
I hear it calling and I come 'cause I can't disobey
I should not listen and I shouldn't believe
But I do
Yes I do
She turns me on
She makes me real
I have to apologize
For the way I feel
My life, it seems has taken a turn
Why in the name of God would I ever want to return?
Peel off our skin we're gonna burn what we were to the ground
Fuck in the fire and we'll spread all the ashes around
I wanna kill away the rest of what's left and I do
Yes I do
She turns me on
She makes me real
I have to apologize
For the way I feel
And nothing can stop me now
There is nothing to fear
And everything I'd ever want
Is inside of here
Ooh, I want, I want, I want, I want inside of here
Now I just stare into the sun
And I see everything I've done
I think I could have been someone
But I can't stop what has begun
When everything is said and done
And there is no place left to run
I think I used to be someone
Now I just stare into the sun
Sometimes I forget I'm alive
I feel it coming and I've got to get out of its way
I hear it calling and I come 'cause I can't disobey
I should not listen and I shouldn't believe
But I do
Yes I do
She turns me on
She makes me real
I have to apologize
For the way I feel
My life, it seems has taken a turn
Why in the name of God would I ever want to return?
Peel off our skin we're gonna burn what we were to the ground
Fuck in the fire and we'll spread all the ashes around
I wanna kill away the rest of what's left and I do
Yes I do
She turns me on
She makes me real
I have to apologize
For the way I feel
And nothing can stop me now
There is nothing to fear
And everything I'd ever want
Is inside of here
Ooh, I want, I want, I want, I want inside of here
Now I just stare into the sun
And I see everything I've done
I think I could have been someone
But I can't stop what has begun
When everything is said and done
And there is no place left to run
I think I used to be someone
Now I just stare into the sun
Lyrics submitted by christsizeshoes, edited by Cuberonix
Sunspots Lyrics as written by Trent Reznor
Lyrics © CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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I have to agree with BLEEDTHROUGH's interpretation, but in my own words:
This song is about dependency and the fear that you ARE STILL just the same disgrace you always have been and you just feel good right now because you are using a relationship with a girl/whoever to make you feel good and part of something worth while.
"She turns me on, She makes me real My life, it seems, has taken a turn Why in the name of God would I ever want to return? Peel off our skin, we're gonna burn what we were to the ground Fuck in the fire, and we'll spread all the ashes around."
He wants to forget his past and move into a new reality of happiness with his girl and indulge in his new found love.
You want to think you are genuinely a better person but at the same time fear returning to how you were if you lost her/the relationship. It's a song about using a relationship to make your life better.
When he says "Now I just stare into the sun" I think he's saying he blinds himself with love and focuses only on how good and happy he is while ignoring who he was/still is and the problems he has deep down. He uses the love to forget his past and recreate himself with the relationship which is why i think this song is about dependency.