It's Me Cody Same. NIN is like a fine wine. It takes wisdom and maturity to appreciate. I hated this band as a teenager but as an adult I see the genius in the simplicity and complexity of the music.
Sadly, I was late to the game. This was my first NIN album. Hearing it blew my mind. It was like a college education for how to manipulate sounds and express yourself as a solo artist. I am now obsessed with pretty much everything he's done, movie soundtracks included.
Ever play the game Quake (the original)? That's Nine Inch Nails too! Just thinking of some odds and ends in case there is something you may still get a fresh listen to.
I was a young guy out on the clubbing scene when NIN debut album came out. I can’t begin to describe how blown away we were by what we were hearing, especially since up to that point synthesized music to us was a little too, let’s just say wimpy for us. Mind you, this was a couple years before the Nirvana Nevermind album came out. People talk about Kurt's anger, meh. Trent Reznor flipped the game.
The moment I became obsessed with everything he did was when I listened to Hurt... performed by Johnny Cash that is. Then I backtracked to the original and started listening to more of his stuff. It really captured the kind of feeling I felt back then, and even now, sometimes.
@@jotacalvoBefore Nine Inch Nails,there were LOTS of Bands (that probably influenced Nine Inch Nails,Nirvana and others like: The Butthole Surfers, Sonic Youth,Big Black or even stuff like Lydia Lunch,Husker Du ....(For Nirvana,definitely,they were influenced by Husker Du,Lydia Lunch,Big Black and a myriad others!) Nine Inch Nails likely,did get inspired by Big Black...maybe? I don't know,maybe throw in Neubauten,Skinny Puppy, and of course Throbbing Gristle...
you appreciate music as you get older,not only the music but the depth and talent of the artist ,Trent Reznor is on a whole different level to the the norm of mainstream shite,his ability to roll several genre's of music era's in one song ..like most of his songs is indeed an impressive feat...
damn, the CG from this still really holds up...it's the Jurassic Park of music videos :) I think this was the first decent 3D video, I was studying CG animation at the time and couldn't believe the quality when I saw this. I love NIN so much, damn near 20-odd year love affair now - other music has come and gone, so have jobs, careers even, friends, relationships and homes...but there has always been NIN...unless it was only me and made NIN up to fulfill myself. So much love.
+triflingmatter thanks for reminding me :D i competely forgot about winamp XD i still use VLC media player though xD im downloading Winamp now thanks to you :)
I love how Trent has a habit of connecting different works in time, like how "Then the tiniest little dot caught my eye it turned out to be a scab" is a reference to Down In It on Pretty Hate Machine.
I'm becoming less defined As days go by Fading away And well you might say I'm losing focus Kind of drifting into the abstract In terms of how I see myself Sometimes I think I can see right through myself Sometimes I think I can see right through myself Sometimes I can see right through myself Less concerned about fitting into the world Your world, that is 'Cause it doesn't really matter anymore (No it doesn't really matter anymore) No it doesn't really matter anymore None of this really matters anymore Yes I am alone But then again I always was As far back as I can tell I think maybe it's because Because you were never really real To begin with I just made you up To hurt myself I just made you up To hurt myself, yeah And I just made you up To hurt myself I just made you up To hurt myself, yeah And I just made you up To hurt myself And it worked Yes it did! There is no you There is only me There is no you There is only me There is no phuking you There is only me There is no phuking you There is only me Only Only Only Only Well the tiniest little dot caught my eye And it turned out to be a scab And I had this funny feeling Like I just knew it's something bad I just couldn't leave it alone I kept picking at the scab It was a doorway trying to seal itself shut But I climbed through Now I am somewhere I am not supposed to be And I can see things I know I really shouldn't see And now I know why, now, now, now I know why Things aren't as pretty On the inside There is no you There is only me There is no you There is only me There is no phuking you There is only me There is no phuking you There is only me Only Only Only Only Only Only Only Only
This was the first NIN song I ever heard. I remember getting ready for school and this came on MTV. I was hooked right away. I was the most bizarre, yet coolest thing I ever heard.
So close to being my favorite from NIN. The anger and passion in the chorus especially is amazing. I just reviewed the band's new album "Hesitation Marks",it's the featured video on my channel! Would love to hear what everyone thought of it.
Great music video directed by David Fincher. Considering he also made Fight Club, I wonder if this song would've been featured in the film had it been released earlier; as the lyrics fit perfectly.
Generic Internetter I just woke up from a really good nap. my back and shoulder are in a lot of pain from a recent surgery so I'm about to take some pain meds. Also, I love you. Will you marry me?
This song is many things on many levels. Basically, this song is about denial with a subplot of addiction and a running theme of self identity. MPD BPD DID MDD (Dissociative Personality Disorder) (Schizophrenia) whatever you personally call it, are spawned from denial. Denial is there to protect you, but sometimes it does too good of a job. Trent was recovering from addiction at the time. But this song can mean many things to many people. One being more simplistic or in various frames of mind might see it as relating to relationships, or looking out for number one, or struggles with religion, spiritually, anger or you name it. The song can be arming and disarming, enabling or disabling, revealing yet fleeting. It ends up being what you need when you need it. This is the protective power of denial and the strength of your conscience, subconscious and emotions. This also highlights how music that speaks to you can be transformative in a mostly positive way. But that's up to you, your proclivities, frame of mind and biases.
Not every day a music video is even more enrapturing than the song it accompanies. I hope whoever came up with the idea and whoever made it happen got paid well for it, because damn do they deserve it.
What's cool is how everyone interprets this song to fit their experience. In Trent's case, I think he's talking about a split personality within himself, as is expressed by the video, and the two halves are arguing with themselves. Brilliant
Actually the song is based around the ideology of metaphysical solipsism where you believe no one exists outside your own mind and everyone on earth are figments of your imagination used to personify your own complex personality. Hence the lines "I just made you up to hurt myself" and "there is no you, there is only me" etcetera
Calvin Willis No, it's a simple description of a case of schizophrenia. Where he's denying a personality who he interacts with once he realizes that this is not a real person. Not to be confused with Multiple Personality Disorder, which is obviously a different problem... even though people often confuse the two. Metaphysical Solipsism is different from the manifestation of an apparent person who he's been "interacting" with, who doesn't actually exist. It's kind of surprising how many people mis-interpret this song, when the core idea behind the words is so clearly stated in the song.
vats1955 Yes, you are right. I could see it in a different way from another person. I should have said, this is how I see it. Only Mr. Reznor really knows how it should be interpreted.
I love this song. As a soul singer, I can hear some serious blues influence in some of his notes, choice of chord progression, etc. I wanna cover this one day!
There is the literal way to interpret the song, the theory that everyone but you is fake or the one which sites schizophrenia, or you can interpret it more loosely, saying that he is referring to a relationship where he just inferred that someone had a certain personality, but got hurt when he realized they didn't match with who he thought they were, so now he's alone.
I'm becoming less defined As days go by Fading away Well you might say I'm losing focus Kinda drifting into the abstract In terms of how I see myself Sometimes I think I can see right through myself Sometimes I think I can see right through myself Sometimes I can see right through myself Less concerned About fitting into the world Your world, that is 'cause it doesn't really matter Any more No, it doesn't really matter Any more None of this really matters Any more Yes I am alone But then again I always was As far back as I can tell I think maybe it's because Because you were never really real To begin with I just made you up To hurt myself I just made you up To hurt myself I just made you up To hurt myself And it worked Yes it did There is no you There is only me There is no you There is only me There is no fucking you There is only me There is no fucking you There is only me Only only only Well the tiniest little dot caught my eye And it turned out to be a scab And I had this funny feeling Like I just knew it's something bad I just couldn't leave it alone I cut off that scab It was a doorway trying to seal itself shut But I climbed through Now I'm somewhere I am not supposed to be And I can see things I know I really shouldn't see And now I know why Now I know why Things aren't as pretty On the inside There is no you There is only me There is no you There is only me There is no fucking you There is only me There is no fucking you There is only me Only only only only only only?
I couldn't for the life of me solve a chemistry problem, but when I turned this song on, I solved it right away. That proves that listening to Nine Inch Nails makes people smarter.
I remember really liking this album when it came out but catching a lot of shit from the other kids who claimed to be old school nin fans, who felt this was their Black Album that gave them mainstream radio play.
kenrdid: exactly. Unlike say, Metallica, Trent did not water down his music to make it more poppy. He just mellowed a little in his old age...the music's as sharp as ever though.
I don't know if they were even alive when NIN released The Downward Spiral but they played "Closer" and "March of the Pig" constantly on the radio. They should shut up now.
This song is about the concept that everything in your reality is just in your head. "I just made you up to hurt myself", being literally anyone. "yes I'm alone, but then again I always was" because nothing is real and everything/everyone is made up. Check out his other song about this topic called "Right Where It Belongs". Trent deals with bi-polar disorder, and derealization is actually common enough amongst people who have it.
Trent is a lyrical genius for writing this masterpiece. The lyrics in the 1st verse up to "because you were never really real to begin with" and beyond sums up my life. Sigh, I wish the grim reaper would come knocking on my door and set me free already.
I think everyone takes away their own message. I always associated this song with self-responsibility. Whatever goes wrong, "There is no you, there is only me." I think once you discover that you are directly responsible for all of your own crap, it kind of shifts your focus and shatters the world you had built around you; the safe little cocoon that kept you shielded from the harsh reality of your own bad decisions is shed away and you are finally able to grow. Of course, there is some pain in that shedding, and growing pains are to be expected.
I have interpreted it as an individual's disavowment of God and denial of God's existence. The protagonist realizes that he created "God" in his own image...for the purpose of punishing himself for perceived misdeeds and sins. This theme is in-keeping with "The Hand That Feeds", "Terrible Lie", and "Head Like A Hole" where he takes religion, faith, and God to task. I'm surprised more people haven't picked up or commented on this.
to me he seems to sing about losing his identity. he climbs deep into his own mind, nearly losing himself while doing so. fighting a change in personality. his mind is not pretty on the inside.
Samantha Pandy - I like your interpretation. I always interpreted it as a relationship song though, in that we typically don't see others for what they really are, choosing instead to base our opinions of them on what we *want/wish* them to be. Then, once the breakup happens, you realize that through the whole relationship you based your feelings for the other person on your own construct of who you wanted them to be, failing to see who they really were that whole time. Then they let you down, hurt you, crush you, and you finally realize you fooled yourself, "things aren't as pretty, on the inside", and you've been in love not with a real person but with a fiction you created "There is no you, there is only me".
+bobby The best part of discovering Trent's music is you have one hell of a journey of discovery ahead of you. Thankfully,you haven't made him up to hurt yourself.I really hope you get the chance to see him live-as he ain't done yet! :)
reminds me of being in high school, about 14 years old and at this girls house for the night. Her mum made me sleep down in the lounge with a bed setup on the couch. The girl came down like five minutes after her mum went to sleep and I remember finding this and closer on her ipod. Ahh good memories.
At first reading of your comment I thought it said "God this song is absolute shit" and I was about to bitchslap you through the computer but upon second reading I noticed the "the" and calmed back down. lol.
though it really depends on the 'type' of effect. Here they used really well what they knew they mastered. The look is extremely clean cut, and with none organic tools/shapes. I think if they were to use realistic skin renders, it would have been a different story. Not that it's not very masterfully done!
I was really impressed with this LP when it came out, I still like it. Talk as much shit about Trent Reznor as you want, he doesn't care; he's the man.
This can be seen as an abstract representation for the experience of resonance in a structure(mainly bridges) like Tacoma Narrows: once that frequency of response reaches natural, it becomes increasingly unstable and the deflections keep increasing so long as the response (wind, earthquake, terrorists) continues and the apple falling represents total collapse of the structure.
I like how this video has become noteworthy for its absence of smartphones, tablets and curved screens. This song and this video will only (with apologies for unintended phrasing) get better as time marches on.
WHY can't Tool and NIN collab? sure, there's the supergroup recordings of maynard and reznor that never became thing - but really - IT ISN'T GOOD ENOUGH YET
Ah, The "Tapeworm Project". Maynard used one of those songs for A Perfect Circle. Known as 'Vacant' when it was recorded over 10 years ago live it turned into the song 'Passive' on APC album eMotive. I prefer the old live version. ruclips.net/video/X7rZtbTjhQw/видео.html
When I worry about speaking too many negative mantras, like: "I just made you up, to hurt myself" I just change the lyric to (for example): "I just made you lunch, please help yourself"
***** If you've got the lyric stuck in your head, it can be possibly be helpful to examine it... by changing it up. Good luck out there in the mad world. :0)
It's an internal diatribe to the volitional egoic dissociate alter that is personality... I started trying on these lyrics as written sung within myself, so to speak... devastating and shocking... worst (or best) of all, true. =0)
Oh my god I thought I was the only one who thought that way. Many times there are great songs with a REALLY negative lyric so I just skip it. I don't like saying negative things in reference to myself, especially during a song Because it can become a habit if you sing it over and over. You seem to know a bit about the ego/psyche that's sweet
Does not describe everyone that I know...but describes many of them. The philosophy of most...There is no YOU, there is only ME! (me...me...me...that's all I care about! You know who you are.)
***** That's okay how you see it. I wish you would have gone into more depth of what this song meant to you so that I could see your point. It's all about interpretation. So there is no right or wrong to how this song makes you feel.
just had my first ever panic attack last December (day after Christmas) with severe depersonalization symptoms and holy shit... didn't even think about relatable this song is lol.
Heres my interpretation, call it far fetched if you want. The song expresses there is no you there is only me, maybe meaning we're all one collective consciousness? Becoming less defined as days go by, fading away.. maybe he see's right through his ego, who he thought he was, losing focus and drifting into the abstract: probably over analyzing everything. Sees right through himself because there is no self. Doesn't feel concerned about fitting into the world, your world that is: see's that everyone has a different reality. None of this matters anymore: giving up to really hold onto "reality". I just made you up to hurt myself: Life is an illusion, a game that him as "god" created "life" he made it up to "hurt" himself, it's non stop hide in seek. There is no fucking you there is only me: he sees through separation, it's all "him" or one thing? Things aren't as pretty on the inside: He sees through all of the illusion of reality, maybe through a quantum perspective or even philosophical. Seeing life as how he does "things arn't as pretty on the inside" .. heres where we say ignorance is bliss, maybe he suffers how he sees his life or reality but is addicted to that thinking pattern? So it's never ending suffering. L0l I just made this up... take it with a grain of salt I suppose. Sorry it's sloppy.
+Dee mt Well, you can take away what ever you want from it. It means something else for Trent, or at least at the time it did, he could think differently of it now. But he said in an interview that he basically thought he was two different people. Basically a way to offset responsibility for his poor decisions/regrets. Got worse when he was coming off all the drugs.
Flavia Ciarletti when I first heard NIN I was too young to understand and I felt dirty after listening to them like the music left me feeling guilty. Now 15 years after this album came out I relate to it ic so much it’s crazy.
"Less concerned about fitting into the world. Your world, that is." I love that line.
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@@GüßMadisïand it worked. Yes it did!
These lyrics are some of the most brilliant lyrics I have ever heard. They speak to me on a hidden level I thought nothing could ever reach.
Exactly bro..
Brolady
thats right let trent touch you in your secret place, he's really good at that. he will tear you up and you will thank him.
Love how they blend that classic sounding synth with a modern funk.
Agree 👍 😊
15yo Me: I'm SO sick of this song, go away!
25yo Me: THERE IS NO FUCKING YOU!!! THERE IS ONLY ME!!
nice
It's Me Cody lmao same
It's Me Cody Same. NIN is like a fine wine. It takes wisdom and maturity to appreciate. I hated this band as a teenager but as an adult I see the genius in the simplicity and complexity of the music.
NihlusDominus Well said
So much truth in this.
Listened to Nine Inch Nails since the 90's, and I can honestly say their music never gets old.
Me too
I especially like their fragile and newer albums, less dark, yet still great
Sadly, I was late to the game. This was my first NIN album. Hearing it blew my mind. It was like a college education for how to manipulate sounds and express yourself as a solo artist. I am now obsessed with pretty much everything he's done, movie soundtracks included.
Ever play the game Quake (the original)? That's Nine Inch Nails too!
Just thinking of some odds and ends in case there is something you may still get a fresh listen to.
I was a young guy out on the clubbing scene when NIN debut album came out. I can’t begin to describe how blown away we were by what we were hearing, especially since up to that point synthesized music to us was a little too, let’s just say wimpy for us. Mind you, this was a couple years before the Nirvana Nevermind album came out. People talk about Kurt's anger, meh. Trent Reznor flipped the game.
The moment I became obsessed with everything he did was when I listened to Hurt... performed by Johnny Cash that is. Then I backtracked to the original and started listening to more of his stuff. It really captured the kind of feeling I felt back then, and even now, sometimes.
@@jotacalvoBefore Nine Inch Nails,there were LOTS of Bands (that probably influenced Nine Inch Nails,Nirvana and others like: The Butthole Surfers, Sonic Youth,Big Black or even stuff like Lydia Lunch,Husker Du ....(For Nirvana,definitely,they were influenced by Husker Du,Lydia Lunch,Big Black and a myriad others!) Nine Inch Nails likely,did get inspired by Big Black...maybe? I don't know,maybe throw in Neubauten,Skinny Puppy, and of course Throbbing Gristle...
that bridge , "there is no you, there is only me" is so sick
Trent Reznor is a definition of Pure talent...
This reminds me of when all we had to bitch about was the Iraq war and getting a gig of ram in my PC.
gold
Now you can bitch about getting 16Gig ram and still have an Irak war! Progress!
Eh, its a start.
perfect.
it gets worse
Love this song so much...it's really helping me get away from a terrible person...
Hope you’re doing okay all these years later. 🍻
Run away! You deserve better!
Thanks David Fincher for directing this awesome music video!
I will ALWAYS relate to this....
you appreciate music as you get older,not only the music but the depth and talent of the artist ,Trent Reznor is on a whole different level to the the norm of mainstream shite,his ability to roll several genre's of music era's in one song ..like most of his songs is indeed an impressive feat...
This song is so fucking good. All the parts work so well together.
That BASS is just intense ! ..Trent is a God!
lol
Johny Ghost and Urban exploration adventures you should listen to Primus
Mark izard there good bro :)
Johny Ghost and Urban exploration adventures
DemiGod
pretty sure he designs his own sounds and drum racks. these hats are pretty basic, same with the snare.
damn, the CG from this still really holds up...it's the Jurassic Park of music videos :) I think this was the first decent 3D video, I was studying CG animation at the time and couldn't believe the quality when I saw this.
I love NIN so much, damn near 20-odd year love affair now - other music has come and gone, so have jobs, careers even, friends, relationships and homes...but there has always been NIN...unless it was only me and made NIN up to fulfill myself. So much love.
Takes you back to the days of Winamp visual plugins, doesn't it?
they still exsit, my friend.
I didn't even have internet in my computer. I just stared at them visuals all day.
+triflingmatter thanks for reminding me :D i competely forgot about winamp XD i still use VLC media player though xD im downloading Winamp now thanks to you :)
This comment is so underrated and deserves more likes. That background and I spent some time together back in the day.
triflingmatter hahahaha I forgot all about that
I love how Trent has a habit of connecting different works in time, like how "Then the tiniest little dot caught my eye it turned out to be a scab" is a reference to Down In It on Pretty Hate Machine.
I'm becoming less defined
As days go by
Fading away
And well you might say
I'm losing focus
Kind of drifting into the abstract
In terms of how I see myself
Sometimes I think I can see right through myself
Sometimes I think I can see right through myself
Sometimes I can see right through myself
Less concerned about fitting into the world
Your world, that is
'Cause it doesn't really matter anymore
(No it doesn't really matter anymore)
No it doesn't really matter anymore
None of this really matters anymore
Yes I am alone
But then again I always was
As far back as I can tell
I think maybe it's because
Because you were never really real
To begin with
I just made you up
To hurt myself
I just made you up
To hurt myself, yeah
And I just made you up
To hurt myself
I just made you up
To hurt myself, yeah
And I just made you up
To hurt myself
And it worked
Yes it did!
There is no you
There is only me
There is no you
There is only me
There is no phuking you
There is only me
There is no phuking you
There is only me
Only
Only
Only
Only
Well the tiniest little dot caught my eye
And it turned out to be a scab
And I had this funny feeling
Like I just knew it's something bad
I just couldn't leave it alone
I kept picking at the scab
It was a doorway trying to seal itself shut
But I climbed through
Now I am somewhere I am not supposed to be
And I can see things I know I really shouldn't see
And now I know why, now, now, now I know why
Things aren't as pretty
On the inside
There is no you
There is only me
There is no you
There is only me
There is no phuking you
There is only me
There is no phuking you
There is only me
Only
Only
Only
Only
Only
Only
Only
Only
They never cease to amaze. Reznor is a powerhouse of creativity
This was the first NIN song I ever heard. I remember getting ready for school and this came on MTV. I was hooked right away. I was the most bizarre, yet coolest thing I ever heard.
+Cobain Fan Est 2002 sorry, it was actually vh1.
So close to being my favorite from NIN. The anger and passion in the chorus especially is amazing. I just reviewed the band's new album "Hesitation Marks",it's the featured video on my channel! Would love to hear what everyone thought of it.
thanks artv, hope you do a worst to best on nin
I busted my husband singing this song the other day and he is NOT a NIN fan at all. I haven't let him live it down since! lol
@CYAN'S WEIRD CHANNEL If you only knew. ;)
Yessss, so epic
Great music video directed by David Fincher. Considering he also made Fight Club, I wonder if this song would've been featured in the film had it been released earlier; as the lyrics fit perfectly.
Very good question!!
On a marathon of music videos directed by david fincher.
+digitalblasphemy1100 cool story bro
Generic Internetter thanks!
digitalblasphemy1100
You're welcome! Do you have any more thrilling news to share?
Generic Internetter I just woke up from a really good nap. my back and shoulder are in a lot of pain from a recent surgery so I'm about to take some pain meds. Also, I love you. Will you marry me?
+digitalblasphemy1100 What a douche, right?
The "tiny dot" self-reference is pleasing
This song is many things on many levels. Basically, this song is about denial with a subplot of addiction and a running theme of self identity. MPD BPD DID MDD (Dissociative Personality Disorder) (Schizophrenia) whatever you personally call it, are spawned from denial. Denial is there to protect you, but sometimes it does too good of a job. Trent was recovering from addiction at the time. But this song can mean many things to many people. One being more simplistic or in various frames of mind might see it as relating to relationships, or looking out for number one, or struggles with religion, spiritually, anger or you name it. The song can be arming and disarming, enabling or disabling, revealing yet fleeting. It ends up being what you need when you need it. This is the protective power of denial and the strength of your conscience, subconscious and emotions. This also highlights how music that speaks to you can be transformative in a mostly positive way. But that's up to you, your proclivities, frame of mind and biases.
Not every day a music video is even more enrapturing than the song it accompanies. I hope whoever came up with the idea and whoever made it happen got paid well for it, because damn do they deserve it.
A little unknown director named David Fincher
@@quam0940 Is that sarcasm? Thats sarcasm, isn't it? I dont know directors, but the name almost kinda vaguely sounds somewhat familiar?
@@konekoray9323 lol, yeah, he directed seven
Fight club
Zodiac
Panic room
The social network
Gone girl
But he started as a music video director
What a musician.
The older you get the more this song becomes relevant.
What's cool is how everyone interprets this song to fit their experience. In Trent's case, I think he's talking about a split personality within himself, as is expressed by the video, and the two halves are arguing with themselves. Brilliant
Actually the song is based around the ideology of metaphysical solipsism where you believe no one exists outside your own mind and everyone on earth are figments of your imagination used to personify your own complex personality. Hence the lines "I just made you up to hurt myself" and "there is no you, there is only me" etcetera
Calvin Willis
No, it's a simple description of a case of schizophrenia. Where he's denying a personality who he interacts with once he realizes that this is not a real person. Not to be confused with Multiple Personality Disorder, which is obviously a different problem... even though people often confuse the two. Metaphysical Solipsism is different from the manifestation of an apparent person who he's been "interacting" with, who doesn't actually exist. It's kind of surprising how many people mis-interpret this song, when the core idea behind the words is so clearly stated in the song.
KOakaKO
jeez, there can be different interpretations of a song...
vats1955
Yes, you are right. I could see it in a different way from another person. I should have said, this is how I see it. Only Mr. Reznor really knows how it should be interpreted.
Keep in mind this is Trent Reznor, hes more than likely refering to god.
“I just made you up
To hurt myself
And it worked
Yes it did”
Damn, the real truth right there. This is one of my favorite songs.
Nine Inch Nails are such an amazing band.
Everytime I need Energy! 20+ years listening to NiN and still in my veins til now!! Music to go on!!
The lyrics, by happenstance, perfectly describe the experience of "anatta" or "no-self" in buddhism.
This man right here. Exactly my perception
Please NIN!! Tour!! I need to see you again
Yas.
Jess Moore They are on tour but across seas :(
Trent is too much. This song got me through my divorce back in 2007. Thank you Trent!
I love this song. As a soul singer, I can hear some serious blues influence in some of his notes, choice of chord progression, etc. I wanna cover this one day!
There is the literal way to interpret the song, the theory that everyone but you is fake or the one which sites schizophrenia, or you can interpret it more loosely, saying that he is referring to a relationship where he just inferred that someone had a certain personality, but got hurt when he realized they didn't match with who he thought they were, so now he's alone.
I'm becoming less defined
As days go by
Fading away
Well you might say
I'm losing focus
Kinda drifting into the abstract
In terms of how I see myself
Sometimes
I think I can see right through myself
Sometimes
I think I can see right through myself
Sometimes
I can see right through myself
Less concerned
About fitting into the world
Your world, that is
'cause it doesn't really matter
Any more
No, it doesn't really matter
Any more
None of this really matters
Any more
Yes I am alone
But then again I always was
As far back as I can tell
I think maybe it's because
Because you were never really real
To begin with
I just made you up
To hurt myself
I just made you up
To hurt myself
I just made you up
To hurt myself
And it worked
Yes it did
There is no you
There is only me
There is no you
There is only me
There is no fucking you
There is only me
There is no fucking you
There is only me
Only only only
Well the tiniest little dot caught my eye
And it turned out to be a scab
And I had this funny feeling
Like I just knew it's something bad
I just couldn't leave it alone
I cut off that scab
It was a doorway trying to seal itself shut
But I climbed through
Now I'm somewhere
I am not supposed to be
And I can see things I know
I really shouldn't see
And now I know why
Now I know why
Things aren't as pretty
On the inside
There is no you
There is only me
There is no you
There is only me
There is no fucking you
There is only me
There is no fucking you
There is only me
Only only only only only only?
I pine for the days of old when Trent was suffering and creating amazing music...I'm glad he's happy now and his music is in a happier place...
I couldn't for the life of me solve a chemistry problem, but when I turned this song on, I solved it right away. That proves that listening to Nine Inch Nails makes people smarter.
I remember really liking this album when it came out but catching a lot of shit from the other kids who claimed to be old school nin fans, who felt this was their Black Album that gave them mainstream radio play.
nin has always been back and forth with radio/tv play... those people just wanted to feel superior lol
I've listened to NIN since '90 and this was a great album. Screw people that think "new" music is sellout music.
kenrdid: exactly. Unlike say, Metallica, Trent did not water down his music to make it more poppy. He just mellowed a little in his old age...the music's as sharp as ever though.
I don't know if they were even alive when NIN released The Downward Spiral but they played "Closer" and "March of the Pig" constantly on the radio. They should shut up now.
This is ONE album that I listened to thousands of times. Each song tells more of a whole story. INSANE!
This band is so cool, this song kicks ass even with all the f-bombs censored.
This music is really, 'hammered' in my head. This is really cool stuff!
This song is about the concept that everything in your reality is just in your head. "I just made you up to hurt myself", being literally anyone. "yes I'm alone, but then again I always was" because nothing is real and everything/everyone is made up. Check out his other song about this topic called "Right Where It Belongs". Trent deals with bi-polar disorder, and derealization is actually common enough amongst people who have it.
Wow. This sounds like a Nine Inch Nails song.
Oh really I thought it sounded more like a One Direction song though
+Ricky Rhoades Idiot!
+Ricky Rhoades A NINE INCH NAILS SONG, HERE?!??!, In the Official NINE INCH NAILS VEVOAccount??,
Drake & Josh
does it? I kinda think its Nicki Minaj's Only
***** it was only a joke, I don't even listen to Nicki Minaj
So damn funky. This song makes me want to get down. Makes me want to strut down the goddamn street!
James Matthews do it coward
Everyone has ups and downs but trent is always a joy to listen to!
Back here in 2020 to revisit this banging ass classic, who's with me?!
Me
Me
hell ya
There is no you. There is only me.
NIN is a classic now? Shit. We are old.
Trent is a lyrical genius for writing this masterpiece. The lyrics in the 1st verse up to "because you were never really real to begin with" and beyond sums up my life.
Sigh, I wish the grim reaper would come knocking on my door and set me free already.
Most addictive beat on Earth.
Trent Reznor is the best therapist i have. Hell ya Trent. Thanx for helping me see this situation with my x clearly
The greatest introvert song ever made!
This is the second song where he mentions "the tiny little dot" catching his eye.
+Bronze Serpent What's the other song that mentions it?
"Down In It"
Daniel Dotson His first ever release. And this was the first release after a few years not making anything. Maybe he did it on purpose.
+Bronze Serpent "Tiny little dot" = Track Marks IMO
+Bronze Serpent Trent also uses "Nothing can stop me now" a lot
I think everyone takes away their own message. I always associated this song with self-responsibility. Whatever goes wrong, "There is no you, there is only me." I think once you discover that you are directly responsible for all of your own crap, it kind of shifts your focus and shatters the world you had built around you; the safe little cocoon that kept you shielded from the harsh reality of your own bad decisions is shed away and you are finally able to grow. Of course, there is some pain in that shedding, and growing pains are to be expected.
Solipsism
clap, clap. I had the same interpretation
I have interpreted it as an individual's disavowment of God and denial of God's existence. The protagonist realizes that he created "God" in his own image...for the purpose of punishing himself for perceived misdeeds and sins. This theme is in-keeping with "The Hand That Feeds", "Terrible Lie", and "Head Like A Hole" where he takes religion, faith, and God to task.
I'm surprised more people haven't picked up or commented on this.
to me he seems to sing about losing his identity. he climbs deep into his own mind, nearly losing himself while doing so. fighting a change in personality. his mind is not pretty on the inside.
Samantha Pandy - I like your interpretation. I always interpreted it as a relationship song though, in that we typically don't see others for what they really are, choosing instead to base our opinions of them on what we *want/wish* them to be.
Then, once the breakup happens, you realize that through the whole relationship you based your feelings for the other person on your own construct of who you wanted them to be, failing to see who they really were that whole time.
Then they let you down, hurt you, crush you, and you finally realize you fooled yourself, "things aren't as pretty, on the inside", and you've been in love not with a real person but with a fiction you created "There is no you, there is only me".
such a great song to listen to over and over again...
how has this band continued to be equally as impressive each album and how the *FUCK* have I only just started to listen to them.
"band". It's practically a solo effort from Reznor
plank it's a solo act usually then a collaborative effort for love shows. check out him performing with bowie
+bobby
The best part of discovering Trent's music is you have one hell of a
journey of discovery ahead of you.
Thankfully,you haven't made him up to hurt yourself.I really hope
you get the chance to see him live-as he ain't done yet!
:)
man i have no FUCKING clue
Judge Judy lo
wow i throwed back and i like it aug 2019 and it worked
reminds me of being in high school, about 14 years old and at this girls house for the night. Her mum made me sleep down in the lounge with a bed setup on the couch. The girl came down like five minutes after her mum went to sleep and I remember finding this and closer on her ipod. Ahh good memories.
God this song is the absolute SHIT! One of my fave NIN songs if not THE song.
At first reading of your comment I thought it said "God this song is absolute shit" and I was about to bitchslap you through the computer but upon second reading I noticed the "the" and calmed back down. lol.
That odd moment where you notice that a video clip from the year 2005 has photo-realistic renders, while movies from the year 2016 have not...
EximiusDux true that. NIN videos even beat the modern film effects for creativity.
though it really depends on the 'type' of effect. Here they used really well what they knew they mastered. The look is extremely clean cut, and with none organic tools/shapes. I think if they were to use realistic skin renders, it would have been a different story. Not that it's not very masterfully done!
Yeah, skin would have been a big issue in that era without a massive budget.
only one answer: David Fincher, obviously.
EximiusDux I kinda like the little bit of imperfection when it came to those renders, kinda forced films to be more clever with camera work...
The ultimate unification of the love for Art and that for Science!
I was really impressed with this LP when it came out, I still like it. Talk as much shit about Trent Reznor as you want, he doesn't care; he's the man.
Thanks to this song, I met NIN. And they are awesome
That's cool. But your icon is cooler.
The structure of this song is like a template within a textbook on how all dark and brooding rock songs should develop. Wholly irresistible!!
This can be seen as an abstract representation for the experience of resonance in a structure(mainly bridges) like Tacoma Narrows: once that frequency of response reaches natural, it becomes increasingly unstable and the deflections keep increasing so long as the response (wind, earthquake, terrorists) continues and the apple falling represents total collapse of the structure.
Isn't "beside you in time" about parallel dimensions or something
wat.
Who else could think of this but Trent?
cierra cable fincher
+Ricky Rhoades J Lo. LOL just kidding guys...
no one lol😝
This is all David Fincher, bud.
I like how this video has become noteworthy for its absence of smartphones, tablets and curved screens. This song and this video will only (with apologies for unintended phrasing) get better as time marches on.
WHY can't Tool and NIN collab? sure, there's the supergroup recordings of maynard and reznor that never became thing - but really - IT ISN'T GOOD ENOUGH YET
Ah, The "Tapeworm Project". Maynard used one of those songs for A Perfect Circle. Known as 'Vacant' when it was recorded over 10 years ago live it turned into the song 'Passive' on APC album eMotive. I prefer the old live version.
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When I worry about speaking too many negative mantras, like: "I just made you up, to hurt myself" I just change the lyric to (for example): "I just made you lunch, please help yourself"
*****
If you've got the lyric stuck in your head, it can be possibly be helpful to examine it... by changing it up. Good luck out there in the mad world. :0)
only noobs do that
It's an internal diatribe to the volitional egoic dissociate alter that is personality... I started trying on these lyrics as written sung within myself, so to speak... devastating and shocking... worst (or best) of all, true. =0)
Oh my god I thought I was the only one who thought that way.
Many times there are great songs with a REALLY negative lyric so I just skip it.
I don't like saying negative things in reference to myself, especially during a song
Because it can become a habit if you sing it over and over.
You seem to know a bit about the ego/psyche that's sweet
Bruh, Im dead.. lmao
Such a good use of 3D, especially at the time.
'Things aren't as pretty on the inside'.
Jessica Ann ahhhh the black dahlia. i may have misspelled that:(
never heard that before....
How many of You did know that this video was directed by David Fincher?
I came back to this video to watch because I just read that on Fincher's Wikipedia page.
The song is what I come for.
I came for both
I love the video, and yes I know the great David Fincher directed the video. 😒😒
oh man man always in concert.seen them 3 times here in san antonio texas.this man rules n puts on a FUCKEN AWESUM SHOW.i love this man ALWAYS....
they really "nailed" this video...haha
you silly goose
Misha Samorodin how punny!😆😆
Misha Samorodin Punnyliscious
Misha Samorodin ..the director of the vid is David Fincher..thats why
One,if not THE best.
I’m getting used to the ways I lose my sanity.
My house is shaking from this song. God damn a good sound system is worth it.
Does not describe everyone that I know...but describes many of them. The philosophy of most...There is no YOU, there is only ME! (me...me...me...that's all I care about! You know who you are.)
*****
That's okay how you see it. I wish you would have gone into more depth of what this song meant to you so that I could see your point. It's all about interpretation. So there is no right or wrong to how this song makes you feel.
This looks like an ad for Apple
''Sometimes I can see right through myself'' fits perfectly in the video.
I thought NIN was just another metal band, but no. This is actually really cool music.
Now you'll never be able to stop listening. I guarantee it.
+Shane McLean yep, I'm listening to them a lot now. No wonder my uncle got a tatoo of NIN.
Got a problem with metal ?
David Melgar Not a fan.
+Quentin Jankosky “SpecialBomb” their (his) music is so different from everything else...
Omg, acoustic porn for my ears. So fuckin awesome
Can't stop playing this song!!!! So moreish..
A day at the office---will never be the same!
i feel like this is about depersonalization/disassociation.
just had my first ever panic attack last December (day after Christmas) with severe depersonalization symptoms and holy shit... didn't even think about relatable this song is lol.
your feeling is one million percent right
Yes
Same
Stop psychonalyzing NIИ, for fuck’s sake 🙄😑
I love this song, it’s so conversational and relevant
This song perfectly sums up the age of solipsism we're living in.
2019. Anyone watching?
Until the last breath...\m/
yes, watching on my MacBook Pro :)
@@martlua360 Only.
2020*
I literally listen to this song every single morning. For like the last 4 years.
Freaked out when hearing this song at the local bar. Couldn't help but make sure my whole group knew the first NIN song I ever heard was playing.
and it worked...
Yes it did!
Heres my interpretation, call it far fetched if you want. The song expresses there is no you there is only me, maybe meaning we're all one collective consciousness? Becoming less defined as days go by, fading away.. maybe he see's right through his ego, who he thought he was, losing focus and drifting into the abstract: probably over analyzing everything. Sees right through himself because there is no self. Doesn't feel concerned about fitting into the world, your world that is: see's that everyone has a different reality. None of this matters anymore: giving up to really hold onto "reality". I just made you up to hurt myself: Life is an illusion, a game that him as "god" created "life" he made it up to "hurt" himself, it's non stop hide in seek. There is no fucking you there is only me: he sees through separation, it's all "him" or one thing? Things aren't as pretty on the inside: He sees through all of the illusion of reality, maybe through a quantum perspective or even philosophical. Seeing life as how he does "things arn't as pretty on the inside" .. heres where we say ignorance is bliss, maybe he suffers how he sees his life or reality but is addicted to that thinking pattern? So it's never ending suffering. L0l I just made this up... take it with a grain of salt I suppose. Sorry it's sloppy.
+Dee mt I kind of interpreted it as being a song about how stupid solipsism is.
I think you're on the right track. However, a far simpler way of phrasing it is to just say the song is obviously about Inner Ego Development.
:)
+Dee mt Well, you can take away what ever you want from it. It means something else for Trent, or at least at the time it did, he could think differently of it now. But he said in an interview that he basically thought he was two different people. Basically a way to offset responsibility for his poor decisions/regrets. Got worse when he was coming off all the drugs.
+Dee mt No. Just a song.
+Dee mt coffee make you think about that bro? You ever think about that, you know... coffee....and stuff.
this can go on forever. no one pay's attention to life.
First time listening to them.
In someway...their music feels really strange.
Really don't know if I like them or not.
Flavia Ciarletti when I first heard NIN I was too young to understand and I felt dirty after listening to them like the music left me feeling guilty. Now 15 years after this album came out I relate to it ic so much it’s crazy.
the tiny little dot strikes again!!
I was listening to this 10 years ago and people are just now finding it, I love it
Yes I am alone, then again I always was
Were born alone we die alone, all we can do it enjoy our tiny lil life we have :)
True :)
This song is so good. So good.
Nine Inch Nails might just be my gateway to a new type of music.