This song is about the perils of fame and how the public and fans want to see you fail and maybe even killed, even if just in a metaphorical sense. The famous person wants fame to fill the inner void or "space in between" but it all backfires. The song references how celebrities try to control their image, and it also make some alluisons to Jesus and how the same thing happend to him--the mob wanted him crucified. These themes re-occur throughtout Reznor's work.
This song is about the perils of fame and how the public and fans want to see you fail and maybe even killed, even if just in a metaphorical sense. The famous person wants fame to fill the inner void or "space in between" but it all backfires. The song references how celebrities try to control their image, and it also make some alluisons to Jesus and how the same thing happend to him--the mob wanted him crucified. These themes re-occur throughtout Reznor's work.