Lyric discussion by slevlette 

Cover art for Survivalism lyrics by Nine Inch Nails

ah this is about a rebel who bitched out on the other one and left her for dead.

or it could be how cutthroat the world is that the "everyman for himself" mode kicks in, Survivalism skills.

@slevlette you are so wrong. It isn't even talking about a person when he says her. The opening verse ends after all the references to her as: our mother nature. Our nature is "her" a whore.