Nine Inch Nails – Gunshots by Computer

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  General Comment:Are you looking for the truth or for another fight?
  If you want to give me what I want then give it up tonight
  Freedom. Ain't looking for no, ain't looking for no fight
  If you want to give me what I want then give it up tonight
  
  The world that circles around me can benefit from silence
  This song is my enemy, watch how I become it
  Cradled by mystery and make believe I am floating in the other night
  Children wish upon me
  
  This man and his army are praying in their fortresses making guns of steeples
  Insurgence of people the messiah's an immigrant detained at the border
  Severed from his trinity, his wife, and his daughter
  
  America the beautiful, nappy headed hoedown
  Lynchburg throwdown
  It seems our favorite past-time has become our most feared future
  Technology has failed us. Gunshots by computer
  
  Gunshots by Computer
  
  Are you looking for the truth or for another fight?
  If you want to give me what I want then give it up tonight
  Freedom. Ain't looking for no, ain't looking for no fight
  If you want to give me what I want then give it up tonight
  
  Gunshots by Computer
  
  That'd be the correct lyrics, thank you very much.

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  My Opinion:This song is fantastic. Saul frantically spitting over Trent's hectic, chaotic, screaming sound (and those are awesome things for a song to be!) really works well in my humble opinion, and I believe Y34RZ3R0R3M1X3D is a fantastic addition to the NIN catalogue. And that's the thing, it's NIN collaborating with other artists (note the NIN part), which makes it well worthy of being here.
  
  And anyone with a name related to Pokemon needs to be at least 15 years older before their uninformed, immature, waste of existance is allowed to post on this site. ^__^

  Flag jiinyuson October 12, 2009   Link

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  General Comment:People are so fucking stupid.
  
  The song goes:
  
  "AIN'T lookin for no fight." the words on this page contradict the meaning of the song...
  
  and how do you listen to 'Lynchburg' and hear 'lynched birds' it makes no fucking sense.
  
  and it's 'NAPPY HEADED HOE DOWN'
  
  and 'THE MESSIAH IS AN IMMIGRANT DETAINED AT THE BORDER'
  
  How can you be so confused about so many lyrics, and still submit them to a site such as this?

  Flag MrHegemonyon August 10, 2009   Link

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  General Comment:The song was released on a Nine Inch Nails album, and therefore has every right to be here.

  Flag The Numptyon September 10, 2008   Link

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  General Comment:That's funny, I thought this site was for us to interpret songs and try to figure out what they mean, or just to tell what they mean to us.
  This site isn't even for us to say if we like the song or not, hence the words above the comment box "What does this song mean to you?"
  And now I'll excuse myself while you go fuck yourself
  
  I apologize for leaving a comment not relating to the meaning of the song, but this bullshit has to end

  Flag Civilian_Protocolon August 01, 2008   Link

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  General Comment:someone had the opinion that this was worth including in the NIN section of this site. the NIN section is not the only victim of this kind of ignorance, so don't go acting like a baby. if you don't like it, don't comment it - but, fair enough, if you want to say it's not an NIN song, you've said it. :) cool.
  
  if no-one agrees with you, and, even if they do, i doubt these lyrics will be removed from the site.

  Flag minutemanon June 06, 2008   Link

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  General Comment:Oh touché, necrophage. You really got me. Oh, but wait, let me get the definition of "opinion" for you:
  the expression of a belief that is held with confidence but not substantiated by positive knowledge or proof
  
  Wow, it's crazy that my opinion can even BE wrong. Pfft, well damn, I was out of line. Thanks for correcting me.

  Flag PikachusNightmareon April 23, 2008   Link

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  General Comment:well your opinion is wrong PikachusNightmare, so you don't have the right to express it here.

  Flag necrophageon April 18, 2008   Link

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  General Comment:To stedington:
  
  I'm well aware most of the information you brought up. The Niggy Tardust album, I bought it. I think it sucked, but I actually payed the 5 dollars for it, mostly just to support Trent. It makes no difference to me though. My point is that this is literally only "Hyperpower" with Saul's voice over it, and like I said, Trent did not write the lyrics. I wouldn't doubt the possibility that he gave Saul an idea of where to go with the lyrics, but that's not enough for me. This section of the site is to discuss the works of Nine Inch Nails. As a work of Nine Inch Nails this song is absolutely no different from "Hyperpower". Unless it is remixed by Nine Inch Nails, I don't think it's good enough to add as a separate song from it's original.
  
  We can't add every individual song that links to Trent to this site. If that's the case let's add "I'm Afraid of Americans".. and hell, lets even add "Flyentology" by El-P.
  
  This site is to express your opinion. That's mine.

  Flag PikachusNightmareon March 26, 2008   Link

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  General Comment:To PikachusNightmare:
  
  Sual Williams and Trant Reznor have collaborated on many peices before. Saul was included on the tracks "Me, I'm not" and "Survivalism" on the
  Year Zero Cd. Trent helped to write many of the songs on Saul's latest album "The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust" and he is included on two of the tracks on it as well. He also helped toproduce and then make Saul's new album direct release download off of the site.
  
  So before you bash it for not being Trent's original work, it can be assumed that he collaborated with not only Saul and his remix, but also with the other artists of Y34RZ3R0R3M1X3D.

  Flag stedingtonon March 14, 2008   Link

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