In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
I've become impossible
Holding on to when
When everything seemed to matter more
The two of us (all used)
All used and beaten up
Watching fate as it flows
Down the path we have chose
You and me
We're in this together now
None of them can stop us now
We will make it through somehow
You and me
If the world should break in two
Until the very end of me
Until the very end of you
Awake to the sound as they peel apart the skin
They pick and they pull
Trying to get their fingers in
Well, they've got to kill what we found
Well, they've got to hate what they fear
Well, they've got to make it go away
Well, they've got to make it disappear
The farther I fall I'm beside you
As lost as I get I will find you
The deeper the wound I'm inside you
For ever and ever I'm a part of
You and me
We're in this together now
None of them can stop us now
We will make it through somehow
You and me
If the world should break in two
Until the very end of me
Until the very end of you
All that we were is gone, we have to hold on
All that we were is gone, we have to hold on
When all our hope is gone, we have to hold on
All that we were is gone, but we can hold on
You and me
We're in this together now
None of them can stop us now
We will make it through somehow
You and me
Even after everything
You're the queen and I'm the king
Nothing else means anything
Holding on to when
When everything seemed to matter more
The two of us (all used)
All used and beaten up
Watching fate as it flows
Down the path we have chose
You and me
We're in this together now
None of them can stop us now
We will make it through somehow
You and me
If the world should break in two
Until the very end of me
Until the very end of you
Awake to the sound as they peel apart the skin
They pick and they pull
Trying to get their fingers in
Well, they've got to kill what we found
Well, they've got to hate what they fear
Well, they've got to make it go away
Well, they've got to make it disappear
The farther I fall I'm beside you
As lost as I get I will find you
The deeper the wound I'm inside you
For ever and ever I'm a part of
You and me
We're in this together now
None of them can stop us now
We will make it through somehow
You and me
If the world should break in two
Until the very end of me
Until the very end of you
All that we were is gone, we have to hold on
All that we were is gone, we have to hold on
When all our hope is gone, we have to hold on
All that we were is gone, but we can hold on
You and me
We're in this together now
None of them can stop us now
We will make it through somehow
You and me
Even after everything
You're the queen and I'm the king
Nothing else means anything
Lyrics submitted by gasmask, edited by Mellow_Harsher, Echoplexia
We're In This Together Lyrics as written by Trent Reznor
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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"It's about me and my boyfriend! It describes our relationship exactly!" - Yeah, that's healthy!
Part of what makes this song so tragic is the passion involved in it. It's easy to see how some people would mistake that passion for the kind that is involved in a [lover's] relationship, I mean the song is a love song after all. But like Depeche Mode's 'Sweetest Perfection' and 'Never Let Me Down Again' it's a love song about his relationship with a drug, not with another person.<br /> The lyrics:<br /> "well they've got to kill what we found<br /> well they've got to hate what they fear<br /> well they've got to make it go away<br /> well they've got to make it disappear"<br /> indicate that there is something perverse about the relationship that would cause the people around him to try and intervene. Also, to the people who think this is directed towards his Grandmother: if that's the case, it puts a rather incestuous connotation on the lyrics doesn't it? The lyrics aren't about affectionate love, they're about romantic love hence the whole "king and queen" reference.
I have heard Trent say himself, he has never done heroin. If that's what you were implying.<br /> <br /> To me though the song seems to be about hope, and that this pain we experience (the agony of being alone or in a difficult relationship) will all soon go away.
OR maybe it could personally mean something to the LISTENER as well.
how in the world could anybody think THIS is a positive song?! it's one of the most desperate songs I know...
I don't want to seem like an ass. But there's really thin line between love (human brain "in love" and cocaine intoxication). At least from neurological/chemical pov ;P <br /> Dopamine is the key ;P<br /> Summing that up, indeed it's a song about doped relationship :)
@The Knave You should probably provide some sort of source for that.