Lyrics for 10 Miles High as interpreted by trills

10 Miles High Lyrics
I'm getting closer, [4x]
All the time,
I'm getting closer,
All the time,
I'm getting closer, [2x]
All the time,
I'm getting closer, [5x]

I tried to get so high,
I made it 10 miles high,
I'm gonna get so high,

I'm gonna get so high,
You'll never get inside,
I swore I'd never turn into you,
I'm closer all the time,
I made it 10 miles high,
Can't tell my truths from my lies,
I swore to god I would never turn into you,
I'm getting closer,
All the time.

Tear it all down. [8x]
Tear it all -

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egb
05-02-2003

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Noone's commented on this song. This song is fucking cool. I'd give my opion on this song, but well it's not necessary. In case anyone thought trent wasn't into drugs

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MeshBlorg
10-12-2004

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It's about turning into the person you hate and being partly in denial of it by saying that you are so high and away from the person you hate but for some reason your constantly falling down lower towards him/her at the bottom.

Letting the hate you have for this person turn you into them.

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sinistercontrivance
11-16-2004

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You are an idiot, egb. As a matter of fact Trent isn't into drugs; he tells the story in a few interviews of how he tried some of the hard ones once, found it was over-rated, and renounced them.

Apparently, Trent lacks the weakness necessary to enjoy drugs.

My opinion on the song is in absolute concurence with MeshBlorg, above.

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clairebaby
05-23-2005

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this song is beautifully creepy.

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Frau
12-05-2005

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Totally about what Mesh Blorg said.
Donīt you just love trent?

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FaaipDeOaid
02-27-2006

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Its funny looking back at posts. For example, look at the first post at the top by egb. We all know now Trent was druggy.

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onethousandnails
06-16-2006

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More correct lyrics below. I'm new to this, so I don't know if I can edit song lyrics themselves....


I'm getting closer, [4x]
All the time,
I'm getting closer,
All the time,
I'm getting closer, [2x]
All the time,
I'm getting closer, [5x]

I tried to get so high,
I made it 10 miles high,
I'm gonna get so high,

I'm gonna get so high,
You'll never get inside,
I swore I'd never turn into you,
I'm closer all the time,
I made it 10 miles high,
If you're not truthfull I'm not a lie,
I swore to god I would never turn into you,
I'm getting closer,
All the time.

Tear it all down. [8x]
Tear it all -

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onethousandnails
06-17-2006

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NEVER MIND MY LAST POST - It has a mistake. THESE are the correct lyrics.


I'm getting closer, [4x]
All the time,
I'm getting closer,
All the time,
I'm getting closer, [2x]
All the time,
I'm getting closer, [5x]

I tried to get so high,
I made it 10 miles high,
I'm gonna get so high,

I'm gonna get so high,
You'll never get inside,
I swore I'd never turn into you,
I'm closer all the time,
I made it 10 miles high,
Can't tell my truths from my lies,
I swore to god I would never turn into you,
I'm getting closer,
All the time.

Tear it all down. [8x]
Tear it all -

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redking666
07-03-2006

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actually YOUR am idiot Sinistercontrivance.....Trent ODed in London and nearly died. Let's say he tried "a few of the hard ones" more than once.

To me this song is more about Trent realizing that he's become the druggie that he never thought he'd ever be.

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redking666
07-03-2006

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actually YOUR am idiot Sinistercontrivance.....Trent ODed in London and nearly died. Let's say he tried "a few of the hard ones" more than once.

To me this song is more about Trent realizing that he's become the druggie that he never thought he'd ever be.

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barb;
01-11-2007

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i've made it ten miles high, it was sweet. :D.
aaahhh-cid.

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squarelover
03-01-2007

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Definitely about drugs... Also, Trent has mentioned many times in interviews recently, that With Teeth relates a lot to his substance abuse, and trying to overcome it. And what other song is more about addiction than closer.

I do feel though, that the title and some of the lyrics are a nod to pink floyd's "the wall". "I made it 10 miles high" a double meaning, getting high on drugs, and building a wall 10 miles high that separates himself from the world. "Tear it all down" tearing down that wall.

Roger Waters wrote the wall in reference to himself and how horrible he thought he had become as a musician. Creating this artificial wall that separated the artist from the audience. It all came from a previous tour, Waters spat in the face of a fan at a concert. I think Reznor is actually relating to this as well. His long time on the road touring, and being on drugs. Put him in this divided world.

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tenmileshighhh
07-05-2007

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maybe by getting "so high" he means getting above that something he swore he'd never be, but instead, all that hard-work is somehow getting him closer to that something, so he works even HARDER, and this goes on and on until he either realizes this pattern, or 'til he finally becomes that something... thats just me

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ubertalldude
08-08-2007

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It seems to me that he is trying to get closer to god maybe... Or perhaps just a better place. Like nirvana or something, he's trying to get away from everything else.

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jorah
08-13-2007

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Everyone on this website is so goddamn smart. Kudos to all of you for making things make sense.

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-={ Panty Shot}=-
10-13-2007

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This song should have been on the downward spiral between Reptile and The downward spiral

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israel51
11-22-2007

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haha kinda funny that sinistercontrivance said :

You are an idiot, egb. As a matter of fact Trent isn't into drugs Apparently, Trent lacks the weakness necessary to enjoy drugs.

and he just said a few years ago that he had a big drug problem and need to rehab

you shouldn't be talking on shit that you dont know enough about mr sinistercontrivance,and you are no one to call another an idiot

you are the biggest one of them all

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Lazo89
12-30-2007

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I noticed some almost inaudible lyrics coming from the right side of my headphones and I looked online to find out if anyone figured it out. Heres what they got.

"My nightmare's everywhere but inside, a living indication of every situation.
But it seems I've got neglected complications, hindered my salvation.
But I try, and I try, and I try..."

After cranking up the volume and re-listening to that section, I think that these are most likely the correct lyrics.

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Governator
02-10-2008

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Has anyone noticed that "The Mark Has Been Made" from The Fragile trails perfectly into this song? Seriously, queue them up together and listen. The lyrics heard at the end of TMHBM even match these. I'm kind of curious about whether or not this song was cut from The Fragile...

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Fatman2008
02-29-2008

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OK JUST GO WITH ME ON THIS ONE...

I don't know if anyone else has notice this, but every time i listen to this song i think its a sequel to closer. anyone else agree?

Of course there is the lyrics "I'm getting Closer"

Then the whole concept of "10 Miles High"
And the song closer lyrics "Closer to god"

I don't know... I haven't seen this idea anywhere else online..so what do you guy's think?

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sse7
04-18-2008

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this song is pretty basic its about trent reznor becoming a person he never wanted to become which is a bad person. he saying im gonna get so high meaning he is trying to get to heaven and that he got 10 miles high but of coarse he was rejected and never got to heaven

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Rhiannaaa
10-18-2008

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The instruments in here... dhgdifugdsf so good.
I do think this song is kinda related to Closer, and the whole issue with the character in TDS needing to be closer to god, etc.

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NINirvana69
01-11-2009

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This would've fit in fucking PERFECTLY on the Downward Spiral. Probably between Reptile and The Downward Spiral (song) or TDS or Hurt

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ThingsFallingApart
01-28-2009

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Perfect beat, creepy, fucked up self-realization hate song

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DJgif
04-01-2009

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I LOVE IT... epic.
Whoooa, never noticed the pink floyd thing! I thought maybe he's try to quit drugs awhile, and some shit happened and he did them again. Who do you think "you" is?
Dude, I thought the lyrics were "Oh baby, ten miles high" haha sounded good. Of course it was cut from the fragile, it's from things falling apart which "contains various manipulations of songs recorded from the fragile sessions"

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