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perfect little dream
the kind that hurts the most
forgot how it feels
well almost
no one to blame
always the same
open my eyes
wake up in flames
-chorus-
it took you to make me realize
it took you to make me realize
it took you to make me realize
it took you to make me see the light
smashed up my sanity
smashed up my integrity
smashed up what i believed in
smashed up what's left of me
smashed up my everything
smashed up all that was true
gonna smash myself to pieces
i don't know what else to do
covered in hope and vaseline
still cannot fix this broken machine
watching the hole it used to be mine
just watching it burn in my steady systematic decline
of the trust i will betray
give it to me i throw it away
after everything i've done i hate myself for what i've become
-chorus-
i tried
i gave up
-chorus-
throw it away
the kind that hurts the most
forgot how it feels
well almost
no one to blame
always the same
open my eyes
wake up in flames
it took you to make me realize
it took you to make me realize
it took you to make me realize
it took you to make me see the light
smashed up my sanity
smashed up my integrity
smashed up what i believed in
smashed up what's left of me
smashed up my everything
smashed up all that was true
gonna smash myself to pieces
i don't know what else to do
still cannot fix this broken machine
watching the hole it used to be mine
just watching it burn in my steady systematic decline
of the trust i will betray
give it to me i throw it away
after everything i've done i hate myself for what i've become
i gave up
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Gave Up is about Trent's experience at a cooking class, because he was trying to learn how to cook stuff but in the end he had to give up.
The whole Broken album is actually about a blender that Trent owned but it got broken
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this is a song about being in a relationship,and that person turning on you,and hurting you in some way. and then he wakes up and realizes what happened.and in the line--prefect little dream,the kind that hurts the most--thats thinking you found that "one",and then it comes back and "hurts" you!!! amazing song!!!
You wake up one day and realize that you've been sacrificing everything that makes you a person. You see all of yourself that's you've given away and you no longer recognize the person in the mirror. I played this song for 4 hours straight after I quit a job that literally sucked my soul out of my body.
@trinity22 HAHAHAHAHA... sorry man but that is ironic (FOUR hours loop XD)
@trinity22 HAHAHAHAHA... sorry man but that is ironic (FOUR hours loop XD)
@trinity22 to me, throw away the person you keep trying to be and give it up.
@trinity22 to me, throw away the person you keep trying to be and give it up.
when you meet someone that changes your view of how you THINK things should be, then goes away leaving you wanting more. Its about capturing that moment with someone you like and it moves to, Happiness in slavery, just like A copy of a Copy, become one with the group, just another echo of repreive. A person, Just trying to make it out alive, survive (Survivalism) I see NIN as "a constant reminder of who I used to be" filled with self doubt, worthless...
when you meet someone that changes your view of how you THINK things should be, then goes away leaving you wanting more. Its about capturing that moment with someone you like and it moves to, Happiness in slavery, just like A copy of a Copy, become one with the group, just another echo of repreive. A person, Just trying to make it out alive, survive (Survivalism) I see NIN as "a constant reminder of who I used to be" filled with self doubt, worthless angst/unrefined anger
This is my favorite NIN song of all time.
He has always been treated like dirt by his girlfriend, he has now given up on the relationship and is telling us why.
i love this song so fucking much...it molds to different life events so well for me.
i saw the broken movie...i liked it. i only said one little "oh my god" in a part where i thought i saw a severed doll head, then it turned out to be a human head and i said "oh ok" lol. freaky dolls scare me.
The meaning of this song is obvious...its about being treated like pure crap in a relationship, but until recently he did not see this because he was blinded by the "good" in the girl. He is now giving up on the relationship and saying to the girl "I am not going to let you screw up my life anymore" and he then explains how she screwed it up.
This one goes out to you Chameleonica...
THROW IT AWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYY!!!!
This song rules.
Vasoline is used as a metaphor in this song. Vasoline is used in the song to explain something that is used for its healing purposes but still doesn't fix the job - think about it "covered in hope and vasoline but still cannot fix this broken machine". Yes its that simple, it really isn't about gay sex or masturbation.
And seriously, what is with straight guys who wanna suck trent off?
If you don't like Trent or his work then don't waste your time browsing through his lyrics.
This song is so amazing, and I especially love the "smashed up my sanity" etc part, and the way it's sung.
I recently started really paying more attention to this track and I have to agree. That's the bit that really struck a chord inside me.
I recently started really paying more attention to this track and I have to agree. That's the bit that really struck a chord inside me.
@JamieFairbrother that part is actually sung by Marilyn Manson.
@JamieFairbrother that part is actually sung by Marilyn Manson.
Everyone seems to say that the second verse claims that he will never trust anyone again, I actually read it that he has betrayed someone's trust.
"of the trust i will betray give it to me i throw it away after everything i've done i hate myself for what i've become"
Isn't he saying that he's betrayed someone's trust and he hates himself for that? "give it to me I throw it away" He's been a bit dismissive of the trust people/women have placed in him, and when he looks back he sees how careless he was with that trust. Perhaps?
Of course it is generally accepted that this EP is directed at TVT, so maybe he means he has betrayed them by making the EP is secret. Considering they screwed him over first, he has no choice, but it really goes against his nature to betray people. Maybe....
I do think this song is about a woman though. "watching the hole it used to be mine" seems a very possessive sentence, describing how he felt about that person, but he no longer feels that way, he "still cannot fix this broken machine" - him.
@doctorsdolittle This part of the song is about a learned, repetitious behavior, trowing everything away by lying constantly.
@doctorsdolittle This part of the song is about a learned, repetitious behavior, trowing everything away by lying constantly.
"Look through these blackened eyes, You'll see ten thousand lies"
"Look through these blackened eyes, You'll see ten thousand lies"
@doctorsdolittle Yea, I can see that. Like you like someone so much you try to become this person that isn't you but in that moment you are always saying to them trust me, I can handle this. Then when you can't handle who you've become anymore you lash out and you do something to destory what you created and in that you are breaking the trust, because you said you were on the same page but it was just a lie
@doctorsdolittle Yea, I can see that. Like you like someone so much you try to become this person that isn't you but in that moment you are always saying to them trust me, I can handle this. Then when you can't handle who you've become anymore you lash out and you do something to destory what you created and in that you are breaking the trust, because you said you were on the same page but it was just a lie