Lyric discussion by tool.freak.211 

This is one of my favorite songs on The Downward Spiral. To me it is basically about people not knowing who the real you is.

An innocent soul that descends into schizophrenia, probably from drug use, and ends up medicated and reprogrammed into this new machine. The real person is still inside, but he is no longer in touch with his feelings.

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