Trent Reznor has repeatedly stated that this is NOT a positive song in any way. It's actually about heroin addiction, which is why some of the comments here are so funny.
"It's about me and my boyfriend! It describes our relationship exactly!" - Yeah, that's healthy!
Part of what makes this song so tragic is the passion involved in it. It's easy to see how some people would mistake that passion for the kind that is involved in a [lover's] relationship, I mean the song is a love song after all. But like Depeche Mode's 'Sweetest Perfection' and 'Never Let Me Down Again' it's a love song about his relationship with a drug, not with another person.
The lyrics:
"well they've got to kill what we found
well they've got to hate what they fear
well they've got to make it go away
well they've got to make it disappear"
indicate that...
Part of what makes this song so tragic is the passion involved in it. It's easy to see how some people would mistake that passion for the kind that is involved in a [lover's] relationship, I mean the song is a love song after all. But like Depeche Mode's 'Sweetest Perfection' and 'Never Let Me Down Again' it's a love song about his relationship with a drug, not with another person.
The lyrics:
"well they've got to kill what we found
well they've got to hate what they fear
well they've got to make it go away
well they've got to make it disappear"
indicate that there is something perverse about the relationship that would cause the people around him to try and intervene. Also, to the people who think this is directed towards his Grandmother: if that's the case, it puts a rather incestuous connotation on the lyrics doesn't it? The lyrics aren't about affectionate love, they're about romantic love hence the whole "king and queen" reference.
I have heard Trent say himself, he has never done heroin. If that's what you were implying.
I have heard Trent say himself, he has never done heroin. If that's what you were implying.
To me though the song seems to be about hope, and that this pain we experience (the agony of being alone or in a difficult relationship) will all soon go away.
To me though the song seems to be about hope, and that this pain we experience (the agony of being alone or in a difficult relationship) will all soon go away.
I don't want to seem like an ass. But there's really thin line between love (human brain "in love" and cocaine intoxication). At least from neurological/chemical pov ;P
Dopamine is the key ;P
Summing that up, indeed it's a song about doped relationship :)
I don't want to seem like an ass. But there's really thin line between love (human brain "in love" and cocaine intoxication). At least from neurological/chemical pov ;P
Dopamine is the key ;P
Summing that up, indeed it's a song about doped relationship :)
Trent Reznor has repeatedly stated that this is NOT a positive song in any way. It's actually about heroin addiction, which is why some of the comments here are so funny.
"It's about me and my boyfriend! It describes our relationship exactly!" - Yeah, that's healthy!
Part of what makes this song so tragic is the passion involved in it. It's easy to see how some people would mistake that passion for the kind that is involved in a [lover's] relationship, I mean the song is a love song after all. But like Depeche Mode's 'Sweetest Perfection' and 'Never Let Me Down Again' it's a love song about his relationship with a drug, not with another person. The lyrics: "well they've got to kill what we found well they've got to hate what they fear well they've got to make it go away well they've got to make it disappear" indicate that...
Part of what makes this song so tragic is the passion involved in it. It's easy to see how some people would mistake that passion for the kind that is involved in a [lover's] relationship, I mean the song is a love song after all. But like Depeche Mode's 'Sweetest Perfection' and 'Never Let Me Down Again' it's a love song about his relationship with a drug, not with another person. The lyrics: "well they've got to kill what we found well they've got to hate what they fear well they've got to make it go away well they've got to make it disappear" indicate that there is something perverse about the relationship that would cause the people around him to try and intervene. Also, to the people who think this is directed towards his Grandmother: if that's the case, it puts a rather incestuous connotation on the lyrics doesn't it? The lyrics aren't about affectionate love, they're about romantic love hence the whole "king and queen" reference.
I have heard Trent say himself, he has never done heroin. If that's what you were implying.
I have heard Trent say himself, he has never done heroin. If that's what you were implying.
To me though the song seems to be about hope, and that this pain we experience (the agony of being alone or in a difficult relationship) will all soon go away.
To me though the song seems to be about hope, and that this pain we experience (the agony of being alone or in a difficult relationship) will all soon go away.
OR maybe it could personally mean something to the LISTENER as well.
OR maybe it could personally mean something to the LISTENER as well.
how in the world could anybody think THIS is a positive song?! it's one of the most desperate songs I know...
how in the world could anybody think THIS is a positive song?! it's one of the most desperate songs I know...
I don't want to seem like an ass. But there's really thin line between love (human brain "in love" and cocaine intoxication). At least from neurological/chemical pov ;P Dopamine is the key ;P Summing that up, indeed it's a song about doped relationship :)
I don't want to seem like an ass. But there's really thin line between love (human brain "in love" and cocaine intoxication). At least from neurological/chemical pov ;P Dopamine is the key ;P Summing that up, indeed it's a song about doped relationship :)
@The Knave You should probably provide some sort of source for that.
@The Knave You should probably provide some sort of source for that.