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Say your name
Try to speak as clearly as you can
You know everything gets written down
Nod your head
Just in case they could be watching with their shiny satellite
[Chorus:]
I hope they cannot see
The limitless potential
Living inside of me
To murder everything
I hope they cannot see
I am the great destroyer
Turn it up
Listen to the shit they pump into
Your head
Filling you with apathy
Hold your breath
Wait until you know the time is right
On time
The end is near
[Chorus]
Try to speak as clearly as you can
You know everything gets written down
Nod your head
Just in case they could be watching with their shiny satellite
[Chorus:]
I hope they cannot see
The limitless potential
Living inside of me
To murder everything
I hope they cannot see
I am the great destroyer
Turn it up
Listen to the shit they pump into
Your head
Filling you with apathy
Hold your breath
Wait until you know the time is right
On time
The end is near
[Chorus]
Lyrics submitted by not_for_real
Track duration: 03:17
"The Great Destroyer" as written by Trent Reznor
Lyrics © THE BICYCLE MUSIC COMPANY
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Befor 9\11 when they were called a sleepercell. At this time those terrorists practice in america and europe to fly a plane (turn it up (the engines)).
So he sings in theire stealth perspective while infiltrate the west by hopening not been catched by the c.i.a. (satellites) which wiretap osamas satellite fon
at this time.
Say your name
Try to speak as clearly as you can
You know everything gets written down
Nod your head
Thats theire thoughts when they were making an identification card (or maybe green card) really nervous and afraid by getting caught (in the states).
so they Act natural until the time is right.
Hold your breath
Wait until you know the time is right
On time
The end is near
Iam the great destroyyyyyyyyyyeeerrrrrrrrr
So please Imagine when the Song gets to the breakdown the pictures of the plane crashs into the tower and that building collapse fall down whatever.
THX
The Great Destroyer is about the active nihilist in Trent. He's the epitomy of this. He wants to destroy the old ways of this world in which the system is "fillin it (our heads) with apathy". He is the Great Destroyer and warns us to be ware of the technologies of our era. ... "nod ur head, just incase they might be watching with their tiny satelites"... duh head.
Just saying, it's a pretty direct comparison...
At this point in the album it appears that an alien race has taken over earth and started brainwashing the populous to protect it from itself. This song appears to be about one man that has the ability to destroy the world (presumably through nuclear weapons due to the sounds at the end of the song), and does so to avoid enslavement.
The 3 songs after this are about after the world ended.
" The president before he makes a speech "
Try to speak as clearly as you can
" Speaking to everyone "
You know everything gets written down
" All the reporters "
Nod you head
" We all take it what he says "
Just in case they could be watching
With their shiny satellites
" If we don't agree we get taken out "
i hope they cannot see
the limitless potential
living inside of me
to murder everything
I hope they cannot see
I am the great destroyer
" The president has the power to literally destroy everything "
turn it up
listen to the shit they pump into
your head
filling you with apathy
" Propaganda "
hold your breath
wait until you know the time is right
on time
the end is near
" Waiting for the right time to destroy everything "
Thats what I think, it's basically taken from reality and turned into a story, sorta.
LOL wtf?