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| Nine Inch Nails – The Fragile Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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A pure, innocent person does not realize how valuable those traits make her ("she doesn't see her beauty, she tries to get away"). As such, she allows herself to become increasingly corrupted by the degenerate influence of others; these people are not concerned about what is happening to her because they don't appreciate her beauty in the first place. The one person who truly loves her and sees her beauty tries desperately to isolate her from their harmful influence but it's already too late ("we'll find the perfect place to go where we can run and hide/I'll build a wall and we can keep them on the other side/...but they keep waiting/...and picking).
This is the only NIN song I really have trouble listening to. The emotions it evokes are too strong; my own 'Fragile' shattered into a million pieces a long time ago. |
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| Nine Inch Nails – The Becoming Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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Aurally, its a sort of mimicked schizophrenia. The multiple, pained-sounding voices in the background are exaggerated auditory hallucinations ("voices"). At the end of the song, this made even more explicit with the repetition of "goddamn this noise inside my head," spoken in a voice which itself eventually morphs into a voice which is different from the first. In addition, there's a real two sidedness to the song, consisting of the main piece (which is electronic, dissonant, and yelled), and the "Annie" bit (which is acoustic, melodic, and sung). While this particular illness probably isn't within Trent's realm of experience, I think he's making a conscious effort to portray the perceived aesthetic, and it relates to him in the sense that he feels that his mental health has really been pushed beyond his limits. |
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| Eminem – It's Ok Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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Really touching lyrics, I've always loved this one. It's surprising, how young he sounds here. |
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| Nine Inch Nails – Capital G Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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I love this song, it's such a simple and effective fuck you to George Bush. I'm really proud of Trent for writing this song. |
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| Depeche Mode – To Have And To Hold Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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This song is so beautiful. Though its very melancholic, it has a touching spin of optimism towards the end, which I really like.
Yes, there's definitely a lot of heavy religious imagery in the lyrics, which was obviously intentional, but I think it works very powerfully on a romantic, non-spiritual level as well. |
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