You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
the degree to which The Downward Spiral rips off Nail still bugs me far too much
I will look into that, as I have not heard either in a while, but it would not surprise me.
you have the recurring motif that shows up in most of the songs, references to people as pigs, following the descent of a person into madness and self destruction, while covering a lot of ground sonically speaking.
except thirlwell is a better musician, a much more competent and amusing lyricist and he didn't tack a "BOO HOO IM A SAD BAD WHINY MAN BRB KILLIN MAHSELF" sop ending onto the end of his album
you have the recurring motif that shows up in most of the songs, references to people as pigs, following the descent of a person into madness and self destruction, while covering a lot of ground sonically speaking.
except thirlwell is a better musician, a much more competent and amusing lyricist and he didn't tack a "BOO HOO IM A SAD BAD WHINY MAN BRB KILLIN MAHSELF" sop ending onto the end of his album
Sounds more like trying to be Nail than ripping it off. Which is, again, not particularly surprising.
the degree to which The Downward Spiral rips off Nail still bugs me far too much
I will look into that, as I have not heard either in a while, but it would not surprise me.
you have the recurring motif that shows up in most of the songs, references to people as pigs, following the descent of a person into madness and self destruction, while covering a lot of ground sonically speaking.
except thirlwell is a better musician, a much more competent and amusing lyricist and he didn't tack a "BOO HOO IM A SAD BAD WHINY MAN BRB KILLIN MAHSELF" sop ending onto the end of his album
Somewhere beyond happiness and sadness I need to calculate What creates my own madness And I'm addicted to your punishment And you're the master And I am waiting for disaster
[Chorus] I feel irrational So confrontational To tell the truth I am Getting away with murder It isn't possible To never tell the truth But the reality is I'm getting away with murder (Getting away, Getting away, Getting away)
I drink my drink and I don't even want to I think my thoughts when I don't even need to I never look back cause I don't even want to And I don't need to Because I'm getting away with murder
Somewhere beyond happiness and sadness I need to calculate What creates my own madness And I'm addicted to your punishment And you're the master And I am craving this disaster
fun fact: trent reznor is literally papa roach but with weird time signatures sometimes
And you Can bring me to my knees Again All the times That I could beg you please In vain All the times That I felt insecure For you And I leave My burdens at the door
But I'm on the outside I'm looking in I can see through you See your true colors 'Cause inside you're ugly You're ugly like me I can see through you See to the real you
All the times That I felt like this won't end It's for you And I taste What I could never have It was from you All the times That I've cried My intentions Full of pride But I waste More time than anyone
But I'm on the outside And I'm looking in I can see through you See your true colors 'Cause inside you're ugly You're ugly like me I can see through you See to the real you
All the times That I've cried All this wasted It's all inside And I feel All this pain Stuffed it down It's back again And I lie Here in bed All alone I can't mend But I feel Tomorrow will be OK
But I'm on the outside And I'm looking in I can see through you See your true colors 'Cause inside you're ugly You're ugly like me I can see through you See to the real you
Whereas Trent seems to have listened to Purple Rain or 1999 or pretty much anything Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis ever did (most of Janet Jackson's albums) a bit too much. I kept picking out things that sounded like they were from one of those sources.
Also, Spiral has a bunch of Beatles references hidden here and there, though it's not as obvious (to me, anyway) as the Minneapolis Sound shout-outs.
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Somewhere beyond happiness and sadness
I need to calculate
What creates my own madness
And I'm addicted to your punishment
And you're the master
And I am waiting for disaster
[Chorus]
I feel irrational
So confrontational
To tell the truth I am
Getting away with murder
It isn't possible
To never tell the truth
But the reality is I'm getting away with murder
(Getting away, Getting away, Getting away)
I drink my drink and I don't even want to
I think my thoughts when I don't even need to
I never look back cause I don't even want to
And I don't need to
Because I'm getting away with murder
[Chorus]
Getting away, Getting away, Getting away,
Getting away, Getting away, Getting away,
Getting away, Getting away, Getting away,
With murder
Somewhere beyond happiness and sadness
I need to calculate
What creates my own madness
And I'm addicted to your punishment
And you're the master
And I am craving this disaster
[Chorus 2x]
I like old reviews that try to predict the future.
And you
Can bring me to my knees
Again
All the times
That I could beg you please
In vain
All the times
That I felt insecure
For you
And I leave
My burdens at the door
But I'm on the outside
I'm looking in
I can see through you
See your true colors
'Cause inside you're ugly
You're ugly like me
I can see through you
See to the real you
All the times
That I felt like this won't end
It's for you
And I taste
What I could never have
It was from you
All the times
That I've cried
My intentions
Full of pride
But I waste
More time than anyone
But I'm on the outside
And I'm looking in
I can see through you
See your true colors
'Cause inside you're ugly
You're ugly like me
I can see through you
See to the real you
All the times
That I've cried
All this wasted
It's all inside
And I feel
All this pain
Stuffed it down
It's back again
And I lie
Here in bed
All alone
I can't mend
But I feel
Tomorrow will be OK
But I'm on the outside
And I'm looking in
I can see through you
See your true colors
'Cause inside you're ugly
You're ugly like me
I can see through you
See to the real you
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