burn dead souls
i'm afraid of americans maybe just once
now i'm nothing purest feeling
supernaut
the perfect drug twist
this world rejects me this world threw me away this world never gave me a chance this world gonna have to pay i don't believe in your institutions i did what you wanted me to i'm like the cancer in your system i've got a little surprise for you something inside of me has opened up its eyes why did you put it there? did you not realize? this thing inside of me, it screams the loudest sound sometimes i think i could... burn burn i look down at where you're standing flock of sheep out on display with all your lies bumped up around you i can take it all away some thing inside of me has opened up its eyes why did you put it there? did you not realize? this thing inside of me, it screams the loudest sound sometimes i think i could... i'm gonna burn this whole world down i'm gonna burn this whole world down i never was a part of you, burn i never was a part of you, burn i never was a part of you, burn i never was a part of you, burn i never was a part of you, burn i never was a part of you, burn i never was a part of you, burn i never was a part of you burn i am your soldier (i never was a part of you) burn i am corruption (i never was a part of you) burn i am the angel (i never was a part of you) burn of your destruction (i never was a part of you) burn i am perversion (i never was a part of you) burn sick with desire (i never was a part of you) burn i am your future (i never was a part of you) burn swallowed up in fire (i never was a part of you)
written, produced, and engineered by trent reznor. assisted by leo herrera. additional drums by chris vrenna. recorded at south beach studios.
releases: "natural born killers: a soundtrack for an oliver stone film" nothing/interscope records cd (92460-2) cassette (92460-4)
"nine inch nails: burn" nothing/interscope records cd (prcd-5868) *this is a promotional cd for "natural born killers: a soundtrack for an oliver stone film"
someone take these dreams away that point me to another day a duel of personality the stranger true reality they keep calling me they keep calling me keep on calling me they keep calling me the figures from the past stand tall and mocking voices ring above imperialistic house of prayer conquistadors who took their share they keep calling me keep on calling me they keep calling me keep on calling me calling me calling me calling me calling me they keep calling me keep on calling me they keep calling me keep on calling me they keep calling me keep on calling me they keep calling me keep on calling me
originally recorded by joy division
performed, produced, and engineered by trent reznor assisted by chris vrenna recorded at pig, beverly hills
released on "the crow original motion picture soundtrack" atlantic/interscope records cd (82519-2)
johnny's in america, low-tech's at the wheel no-one needs anyone, they don't even just pretend johnny's in america
i'm afraid of americans i'm arfraid of the world i'm afraid i can't help it i'm afraid i can't johnny's in america
johnny wants a brain, johnny wants to suck on a coke johnny wants a woman, johnny wants to think of a joke johnny's in america
i'm afraid of americans i'm arfraid of the world i'm afraid i can't help it i'm afraid i can't johnny's in america
johnny's in america, johnny looks up at the stars johnny combs his hair and johnny wants pussy and cars johnny's in america
i'm afraid of americans
i'm arfraid of the world
i'm afraid i can't help it
i'm afraid i can't
johnny's in america
god is an american
i can't believe that what i fear is finally happening to me make it hurt and point the finger at my insecurities well, i guess i just don't understand about those complexities in your mind and i guess i just don't understand why this world seems so unkind maybe, maybe just once i get what's coming maybe, maybe just once i get what's coming to me so once again, the way you feel will never, ever stay the same and i'm to blame i wonder just who made the rules up for this game well, i guess i just don't understand about what you want and what you need and i guess i just don't understand about why this is how it has to be maybe, maybe just once i get what's coming maybe, maybe just once i get what's coming to me oh "and he sat down on this bed, and he said christ, what the hell do you think this place is? you know, it just couldn't be. and i said 'i don't know, but it sure would be something different...'" so go ahead, you say those thousand things you think you have to say look at me and tell me love's not such a hard word anyway well, how can you count on me? i thought you'd realize for sure and how can you just believe? i thought i deserved a little more maybe, maybe just once i get what's coming maybe, maybe just once i get what's coming to me maybe, maybe just once i get what's coming maybe, maybe just once i get what's coming to me what's coming to me (what's coming to me) what's coming to me (what's coming to me) oh, god oh, what's coming to me what's coming to me what's coming oh, god what's coming to me
written by trent reznor recorded live at "the right track"-cleveland, ohio, november 1988 performed by nine inch nails
released on many bootlegs such as "purest feeling"
gonna smash myself to pieces i'm gonna fuck myself up i'm sifting through the ashes oh, what i have become i gave myself away now i'm nothing i let it slip away now i'm nothing all that i can do is break myself in two i fucked it all up now i'm nothing wave, wave, wave wave goodbye wave, wave, wave wave goodbye
written by trent reznor. never recorded in a studio. performed live during the 1990-1991 lollapalooza/now i'm nothing tours.
available on various bootlegs such as "nine inch nails: solid gold hell"
purest feeling purest feeling well, i think i'm gonna push it as far as it will go give in to desire that only you will know so tell me all your secrets i'll stick it in your head i wish i could remember everything she said purest feeling purest feeling purest feeling purest feeling well, she could be the savior with everything she does or some kind of puishment for people just like us i don't really believe she understands what's happening to me the sooner that she gets it, the better it will be purest feeling purest feeling oh, purest feeling oh, purest feeling purest...(i can not live without without)...feeling i have got it figured out i should have known all along i can't live without her purest feeling i have got it figured out (i've got it figured out) purest feeling no
written by trent reznor recorded live at "the right track"-cleveland, ohio, november 1988 performed by nine inch nails
released on many bootlegs such as "purest feeling"
"practically every one of the top forty records being played on every radio station in the united states is a communication to the children to take a trip, to cop out, to groove. the psychedelic jackets on the record albums have their own hidden symbols and messages as well as all the lyrics of all the top rock songs, and they all sing the same refrain: it's fun to take a trip, put acid in your veins" i want to reach out and touch the sky i want to touch the sun but i don't want to fly i'm gonna climb up every mountain on the moon i've found a distant mountain waving it's phone supernaut supernaut i've crossed the oceans, done every land i found the project at the golden rainbow's end i've been through magic and through life's reality i've lived a thousand years, it never bothered me bothered me supernaut bothered me supernaut "and they all sing the same refrain: it's fun to take a trip, put acid in your veins" oh, oh, oh, oh "counting twenty-five seconds...twenty seconds and counting...t-minus fifteen seconds, guidance is internal...twelve...eleven...ten...nine...ignition sequence starts...six...five...four...three...two...one" oh got no religion, don't need no friends got all i want, i've got no need to pretend don't try to reach me 'cause i'll tear up your mind i've seen the future and i'd leave it all behind supernaut supernaut oh, oh, oh, oh ooooooooooh oh, oh, oh, oh ooooooooooh oh, oh, oh, oh ooooooooooh oh, oh, oh, oh ooooooooooh...
originally recorded by black sabbath
recorded by 1000 homo djs. trent reznor plays the guitar and sings.
first released on a limited-edition promotional wax trax! sampler cassette handed out at the new music seminar in the fall of 1990 later released on many bootlegs such as "nine inch nails: demos and remixes" official release came with wax trax's release of the black box 3 cd set
i got my head, but my head is unraveling can't keep control, can't keep track of where it's traveling i got my heart but my heart is no good and you're the only one that's understood i come along but i don't know where you're taking me i shouldn't go but you're reaching back and shaking me turn off the sun, pull the stars from the sky the more i give to you, the more i die
and i want you and i want you and i want you and i want you
you are the perfect drug, the perfect drug, the perfect drug you are the perfect drug, the perfect drug, the perfect drug
you make me hard, when i'm all soft inside i see the truth, when i'm all stupid eyed the arrow goes straight through my heart without you everything just falls apart
my blood wants to say hello to you my feelings want to get inside of you my soul is so afraid to realize every little word is a lack of me (argued to be "'how very little there is left of me")
and i want you and i want you and i want you and i want you
you are the perfect drug, the perfect drug, the perfect drug you are the perfect drug, the perfect drug, the perfect drug you are the perfect drug, the perfect drug, the perfect drug you are the perfect drug, the perfect drug, the perfect drug you are the perfect drug, the perfect drug, the perfect drug you are the perfect drug, the perfect drug, the perfect drug (whispering) you are the perfect drug, the perfect drug, the perfect drug you are the perfect drug, the perfect drug, the perfect drug you are the perfect drug, the drug, the perfect drug
take me, with you take me, with you take me, with you take me, with you (continues in background) without you, without you everything falls apart without you, it's not as much fun to pick up the pieces without you, without you everything falls apart without you, it's not as much fun to pick up the pieces it's not as much fun to pick up the pieces it's not as much fun to pick up the pieces without you, without you everything falls apart without you, it's not as much fun to pick up the pieces
well, you've got me working so hard lately working my hands until they bleed if i was twice the man i could be i'd still be half of what you need still you lead me and i follow the small of your back up to your chin over to the tip of your switchblade as you pull it out as you stick it in twist, twist, twist it can go a little deeper twist, twist, twist i'm wearing these chains twist, twist, twist you make it hurt real good twist, twist, twist i love the pain well, you just leave me nailed here hanging like jesus on this cross i'm just dying for your sins and aiding to the cause twist, twist, twist it can go a little deeper twist, twist, twist i'm wearing these chains twist, twist, twist you make it hurt real good twist, twist, twist i love the pain wrap my soul in bandages i'm tired of this war go ahead and cut me i can't even feel it anymore
twist, twist, twist it can go a little deeper twist, twist, twist i'm wearing these chains twist, twist, twist you make it hurt real good twist, twist, twist but i love, love the pain twist, twist, twist it can go a little deeper twist, twist, twist and i'm wearing these chains twist, twist, twist make it hurt real good twist, twist, twist i love the pain twist, twist, twist twist, twist, twist twist, twist, twist twist, twist, twist ahh (is this on? oh) i'm so tired i can't get to sleep. the squeaking of the bed is right in time with the song that's repeating in my head. it's uncomforting to remember how you used to like a good fuck every once in a while. i just wanted you to know that when i do it i only think of you.
written and performed by trent reznor recorded at "the right track"-cleveland, ohio, 1988
released on various bootlegs such as demos and remixes