My therapist told me today that I need to live life for myself. And I feel like this is the most appropriate song for that teaching. "Less concerned about fitting into the world... cause it doesn't really matter"
The same here :) @ChristopherJohnson it"s not about having no relationship or not helping others, it's about remembering, that there is nobody's more important than you. It means being asertive instead of passive-agressive.
Sarah Beth You’re going to be fine. I always look at people that are always “mad” and go “why”???? Just keep pushing forward and be yourself. And don’t forget to turn the music WAY UP and headbang once in a while. You got this.
This was one of my best friends favorite songs when he was down. He took his own life last year. Still can't listen to it without a knife in my heart. You will be sorely missed brother.
Chad Garrett My mom passed away a few years ago, and adored NIN I can’t tell you how many time I listen to this song so I can remember her voice singing along to this...
I'm sorry guys. I had a similar experience but it was a guy i used to date. He passed because of a cáncer and he loved nin.i still remember him everytime i listen to them and hurts. Hope all of them are ok now
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One thing I have always loved about Trent's writing and style is that it's realistic. It's not too cinematic like most musicians. It's very raw and authentic. Real anger. Real bitterness. Real life. Some people hate that. They want to escape. This guy is really using music as therapy basically. It's how he is in real life. I feel that connects more easily compared to a lot of other artists.
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@@EvanMcVeighLOL wtf, what kinda question was that? Nice job with the civil answer though, you're more polite than I am. I'd have said "Oh yeah totally, he's actually my dad... RIP pops..." But forreal seriously? 🤣 That's like asking some random person with the last name Ramirez "Hey you wouldn't happen to be related to that Night Stalker guy?"
I did the same thing to my friend but "a perfect circle" song. Whenever it'd play- I'd look him dead in the eyes and mouth the words "You fucking dissapoint me, maybe your better off this way" and look away in disgust.
I love how I heard someone said once "this shit (NIN) is for edgy, angry teenagers". Nothing could be farther from the truth. The older I get, the more I like their songs, and can relate to them the most
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A great "feel better" song about the reality that we are disappointed by our expectations of others but that we never really know a person and set high expectations and only hurt ourselves by doing that. Its a great healing song.
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I think what makes this song so powerful is how it takes all the power you give someone you loved and turns it all around putting it back in your hands.
"Less concerned about fitting into the world. Your world, that is." Took me a while to get to this point in my life. It's shameful that Nine Inch Nails aren't already in the Rock Hall of Fame.
Got you, mate. Listened and fell in love with the song around 2005 but ONLY at 40 years old I could relate properly to it. Behold pure art, timeless. True.
@@F3rn4nd0S1lv4 You know, If your not a liberal at 20, you have no heart, but at 40 if you aren't conservative, you don't have a brain! Love Trent's music, but he is an elitist libtard. Gotta separate reality from fantasy.
@@DanWilliamsJacandEli Well. You lost me, Sir. Could not relate to your commentary. Are we in the same room of thought? I doubt it. Politics are far from what I meant.
I'm becoming less defined as days go by Fading away And 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 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 fucking you There is only me There is no fucking 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 fucking you There is only me There is no fucking you There is only me Only Only Only Only Only Only Only Only
Genius composition. Conversational like Lou Reed and you don't even realize you're completely hooked until the motif at 2:50. Been listening to this album for over 15 years and still love it.
Ending it is not the answer, changing what is currently wrong in your life is!... There are many places that will help you and will want to help you. Take a deep breath and just google a few help centres as a first step! x Much love x
It's really kind of crazy out of all the powerful songs this one stays up top for me also It is the directness of it, the confidence. And that bass line. The past me wants just a little more gain on that bass not so clean but future me knows this song transcends time as it is
Lyrics 😎🎶 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 no it doesn't really matter no it doesn't really matter any more none of this sh* really matters anymore Yes I am alone then again I always was 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 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
This has become my fight song. I have suffered a lot of abuse leaving me with severe cPTSD, and the self hate and dissociation, the pain and self medicating it's led too just pours out of me with what he's saying in this song.
I can still remember, in 1989, sitting in a car in a mall parking lot after i bought pretty hate machine on a cassette.....i was blown away by it....so different, so interesting...amazing... all these years later Trent's doing it to me again....
My sisters idiot boyfriend had one redeeming quality. It was 1990 and I was 10 and I grabbed his Walkman and started listening to pretty hate machine. Thanks to that dude I was introduced to a world of superb music. Guy was still a jackass though.
I just told a man who was coming in and out of my life for two years that I can’t anymore. I’m done. And then I happened to listen to this today on one of my mixes and I’m blown away by the power I have. This song has always been my favorite and as a teenager I listened to NIN. Thank you universe for this song this morning.
Video is timeless, The way he brings in the different sounds and his voice still brings chills to the back of my neck. Nostalgia and motivation on overdrive
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"Yes, I am alone... then again, I always was! As far back as I could tell! I think maybe it's because you were never really real to begin with... I just made you up to hurt myself." Those lyrics! Every real man in this world knows how this feels all too well.
Man I still come back and listen to this one of this album, few songs really capture the ideals of depersonalization and derealization. This one nails it. It's hard to even fit this in a genre its like bleak techno futurist pop rock. Incredible
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I really appreciate the programming genius of whoever wrote that pin impression toy simulation, & then translated that into footage of Trent singing. Bravo.
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I think the power of this song is not what society thinks "Power" really is but instead the early adolecent childhood trauma where one thinks the whole reason for all of our problems is us.....and the reality is that we are not at fault....we were just kids trying ti figure out how to survive in a world where our parental figures had their own issues that they could not help us.
My little brother and I’s favorite song. He took his life in 2016 at the end of the year, but this song helps me to continue on his legacy; he was nowhere near done being a f#ckin’ legend 💪🏼🤘🏼
I'm sorry for your loss. You are an amazing sibling for keeping his legacy because and this sounds cliche but at the end of the day his memory lives on and you get to feel and remember all those beautiful moments in his life. I wish you and your family the best 😊
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The fact is that hand was David Fincher's (who also the director of this video) and since then, he has been collaborated with Fincher to fill the soundtracks (with his partner Atticus Ross), started from The Social Network in 2010
Ésta canción se "auto" reprodujo después de otra que había buscado, y intenté sacar tres veces y no pude... Es una obra de arte. Gracias Nine Inch Nails.
@ 0:02 : Hand me down my walkin' cane Hand me down my hat Hurry now and don't be late 'Cause we ain't got time to chat You and me we're goin' out To catch the latest sound Guaranteed to blow your mind So high you won't come down Hey ya'll prepare yourself for the rubberband man You've never heard a sound Like the rubberband man You're bound to lose control When the rubberband starts to jam ... There, I hope I ruined this for everyone.
Saw them in 2009 and this song has stayed with me throughout my life. "There's is no you, there's only me"... I have always said that to myself. It's true, no one can do it, ONLY you... Be true to yourself...
For me, this is the music video that started it all. I watched this vide randomly o on a Frontier flight from CO to Virginia in like 2008. NIN is the best band in my world ever since.
The dot is his past addiction The scab he pulls off was from the self inflicted wound of that past addiction (edit: the wound was healing, thus he was overcoming the addiction slowly) Opening the wound again, the doorway he climbs through leads to relapse
Sadly, too many of the people watching the video may have stalled out at the steel balls, no cell phone, why is the laptop so thick and did it hurt his skin to do the "Little nails thingie"...
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I'm obsessed with this video. I've discovered it three days ago, and each time I go back on RUclips I can't help myself from watching it... Trent's voice is truely hypnotising. The lyrics really punch in in the soul of the teen I am I'M BORN IN THE WRONG GENERATION (and it worked YES IT DID)
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+Andrew Vandersnick yes it was a pretty big rock radio hit along with hand that feeds and to a lesser extent every day is exactly the same, all had some degree of radio success. with teeth was kind of the last industrial rock version of nin, after this trent went pretty much totally electronica with a lot less guitars or so it seems anyways....
+Josiah Knoedler The best revelation I had concerning this song was when I considered it in the context of... how can you say, "western ignorance". Think of anything that falls under this... consumerism is the best descriptor I think. "I just made you up to hurt myself, yeah, And I just made you up to hurt myself. And it worked. Yes it did!" - makes me think of someone who is aware of crises abroad, beyond the first world borders (the countless genocides, human rights abuses, tyranny, etc.) and the person has 'made up' a reality to try to fit in with the rest of the society and knowing it would cause pain as ignoring is not something this person can naturally do. After the chorus he talks about a scab... I see this as finding something, lets say for example a leaked video of something that captures his interest away from their bubble life, knowing full well it could destroy the bubble. "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" - finding all this stuff destroys that bubble, person has found information that the media and/or government does not want them to see, and it has completely tainted their view... Nobody else listens, nobody else cares, everyone is busy living in the bubbles they've created and they are the only one outside of it... thus, "only". "There is no you, there is only me" - many meanings, including for other people in bubbles not caring, first world is the "only" world, the people suffering from tragedies are not real (defending the bubble at all costs). Just my take it on. Trent Reznor is a champion. :)
+Kyle Lacroix People think he's talking about a woman and maybe in some lines he is but I think overall he's talking about exactly what you describe here; we only make up our beliefs and cling to them so heavily just to hurt each other.
This song (and many others) is helping me get over my narcissist ex gf. Sometimes I think it’s true. “I just made you up to hurt myself”, “there is no you, there is only me”.
The music video for "Only", directed by David Fincher and relying almost entirely on CGI created by Digital Domain ....When Fincher uses CGI , it can't be seen.
Yeah he loves CGI: since Zodiac, all the blood in all his films are in CGI, he even copy the face of one of the twins in the social network to the other one because the actors weren't real twins: ruclips.net/video/Oitr_eYcJk0/видео.html
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It's funny that a lot of comments are saying that their therapists are using NIN in therapy. This is the ONLY (pun intended) album where he reached out for fan input for song lyrics.
One of my favorite NIN songs as I could relate to the lyrics in 2005 but even more than ever in 2020. It's like Trent knew this world was going to get worse. Love it.
this song's verse "i just made you up to hurt myself" well, hearing that as of now (2021) it put my life clearly into focus...an inspiration of sorts...if so. this is one of those songs that sounds fresh every time you hear it!
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The song that got me back into NIN. Thought THTF was kinda corny and Trent was done. But one late night I heard this on the radio and was like is this NIN? WT has some monster tracks on it.
LYRICS (though someone else did it already): I'm becoming less defined As days go by Fading away Well, you might say I'm losin' focus Kinda driftin' into the abstract In terms of how I see myself Sometimes, I think I can see right through myself (x2) (Whispering) Sometimes I can see right through myself Less concerned About fitting into the world Your world, that is. 'Cuz 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'm alone Then again, always was As far back as I can tell I think maybe it's because 'Cuz 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 (x2) And it worked. Yes, it did! (CHORUS) There is no you There is only me There is no you There is only me There is no fuckin' you! There is only me! There is no fuckin' you! There is only me! Only (x4) 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 I know why Things aren't as pretty On the inside (CHORUS) There is no you There is only me There is no you There is only me THERE IS NO FUCKIN' *YOU!* There is only _me!_ THERE IS NO FUCKIN' *YOU!* There is only _me!_ Only (x8)
My therapist told me today that I need to live life for myself. And I feel like this is the most appropriate song for that teaching. "Less concerned about fitting into the world... cause it doesn't really matter"
"Your world, that is." Screw their world. Live for your own, ;).
Living for yourself tends to be a fruitless and empty endeavor.
The same here :) @ChristopherJohnson it"s not about having no relationship or not helping others, it's about remembering, that there is nobody's more important than you. It means being asertive instead of passive-agressive.
Sarah Beth You’re going to be fine. I always look at people that are always “mad” and go “why”???? Just keep pushing forward and be yourself. And don’t forget to turn the music WAY UP and headbang once in a while. You got this.
Did you ever notice that therapist and the rapist are pretty much the same words?
This was one of my best friends favorite songs when he was down. He took his own life last year. Still can't listen to it without a knife in my heart. You will be sorely missed brother.
Chad Garrett My mom passed away a few years ago, and adored NIN I can’t tell you how many time I listen to this song so I can remember her voice singing along to this...
Sorry to hear about your friend.
ooof I'm sorry guys
@ɮօʊռċɛ օʄʄ I don't know, but I sure as hell wish he didn't do it.
I'm sorry guys. I had a similar experience but it was a guy i used to date. He passed because of a cáncer and he loved nin.i still remember him everytime i listen to them and hurts. Hope all of them are ok now
Trent has always had such a great way of perfectly verbalizing complicated feelings.
This is a f*cking great comment, i'll never forget this!
Yes we feel you dude!
Thank you for this comment 🙌🏻
Agree, exactly why NIN is a top 3 band/group for me.
Just blew my mind
That bass line is sick
There's a bit of 70S Funk coming through the rhythm section indeed...✌
Dirty ass bass.
So fn dope 👌
Indeed
"And it worked... yes it did"
that line always gives me chills
Always happens when you're holding both ends of the suspension disbelief while using it like a hammock.
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Hey if it works it works
Rule wa rule da
Me too
oh, yes. it does. in the most sexual way possible
One thing I have always loved about Trent's writing and style is that it's realistic. It's not too cinematic like most musicians. It's very raw and authentic. Real anger. Real bitterness. Real life. Some people hate that. They want to escape. This guy is really using music as therapy basically. It's how he is in real life. I feel that connects more easily compared to a lot of other artists.
He’s narcissistic and self serving. Hope he joins the 41 soon.
What about Alice in Chains
Deadpool: It's not too cinematic
This feels like an anthem for breaking from codependency and people pleasing and connecting to your self again.
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Any relation to Timothy?
@@GodsWork-ss3gw not even in the same clan
@@EvanMcVeighLOL wtf, what kinda question was that? Nice job with the civil answer though, you're more polite than I am. I'd have said "Oh yeah totally, he's actually my dad... RIP pops..."
But forreal seriously? 🤣 That's like asking some random person with the last name Ramirez "Hey you wouldn't happen to be related to that Night Stalker guy?"
Es verdad!!! Me encanta
"Less concerned about fitting into the world, your world, that is. Cause none of this really matters anymore." Cathartic.
Fuck fitting in we are all our own God who wants to be the same as everyone else normal is boring.
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His lyrics have always been fucking genius.
I quote this song a lot when my best friend calls. "Hey Matt, how's it going?" me "Well, I'm becoming less defined as days go by." Him "Shut up."
I am totally going to steal your take and use this regularly in conversations to identify who my real friends are. 👍🤘
I did the same thing to my friend but "a perfect circle" song. Whenever it'd play- I'd look him dead in the eyes and mouth the words
"You fucking dissapoint me, maybe your better off this way" and look away in disgust.
Jajajajajajaja
😂😂😂
That’s funny.
I love how I heard someone said once "this shit (NIN) is for edgy, angry teenagers". Nothing could be farther from the truth. The older I get, the more I like their songs, and can relate to them the most
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Yep, for eg., I was only 17 when Pretty Hate Machine came out and today at 52 I can relate to that whole album about 10X better than I did then.
AGREED!!! ❤
Im 69 and I listen to this lyrics are great
That might have been true for the first couple of albums but we grew up and so did TR.
Dirty? This is the cleanest NIN video I've ever seen.
Ah they meant the lyrics. Or are you just being silly?
I know what they mean.
That's why I added to my comment or are you just being silly just to check.
I said this on another comment asking a similar question...buttfuck it - He didn't clean his keyboard.
every day is exactly the same is pretty clean havent seen the video though
A great "feel better" song about the reality that we are disappointed by our expectations of others but that we never really know a person and set high expectations and only hurt ourselves by doing that. Its a great healing song.
at the end of the day, we deal the most damage to ourselves
Куриный бульон я .....
thank you
you have absolutely no idea what you're talking about and it really shows.
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I think what makes this song so powerful is how it takes all the power you give someone you loved and turns it all around putting it back in your hands.
YES!!!!!
AMEN...
Nòoooo0i0i I ioiooo
Ye, everyone seems to be asleep😌
well said
This song single-handedly kept me together through my divorce in 2005.
Therapy comes in all flavors.
I recently divorced in oct 2019, it helped me also
It's the best song to scream-sing in your car.
He is "becoming less defined".
This song is the best when it is time to detach from someone toxic....
This song is the best song for being yourself for sure and now
"Less concerned about fitting into the world. Your world, that is."
Took me a while to get to this point in my life.
It's shameful that Nine Inch Nails aren't already in the Rock Hall of Fame.
They're not? that is shameful.
They're being inducted, go vote now
Got you, mate. Listened and fell in love with the song around 2005 but ONLY at 40 years old I could relate properly to it. Behold pure art, timeless. True.
@@F3rn4nd0S1lv4 You know, If your not a liberal at 20, you have no heart, but at 40 if you aren't conservative, you don't have a brain! Love Trent's music, but he is an elitist libtard. Gotta separate reality from fantasy.
@@DanWilliamsJacandEli Well. You lost me, Sir. Could not relate to your commentary. Are we in the same room of thought? I doubt it. Politics are far from what I meant.
One enters the world alone, then exits alone. Pain is felt by one, as is joy.
Thank you Trent
@tbroda2351 AGREED❗
A great song for when your ego just dies and you have to rebuild yourself
Yeah....rock bottom
The world doesn't need more ego's.
only rebuild the ego once,,confucious says
I sing this to myself in me head constantly. Helps stop me from throat punching some ppl
When you need to self-destruct before you can reconstruct
The older I get the more the lyrics ring true. Reznor still holding my hands in this life and teaching me the way since I was but a kid. Bless him.
I know right?!
@@robturner8875
No, its not 'just music.'
@@robturner8875 you dont understand how music affects people mentally and physically
sometimes it can heal your soul
Music has been my constant companion for my entire life.
i came back haunted...
I'm becoming less defined as days go by
Fading away
And 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 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 fucking you
There is only me
There is no fucking 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 fucking you
There is only me
There is no fucking you
There is only me
Only
Only
Only
Only
Only
Only
Only
Only
Genius
Gracias 😎👍🏽
Thanks Dude, I really appreciate your taking the time.
Mil gracias 🖖
Thank you for copying and pasting the lyrics. Mad skills.
Genius composition. Conversational like Lou Reed and you don't even realize you're completely hooked until the motif at 2:50. Been listening to this album for over 15 years and still love it.
omg i came here to say that i head lou reed when he was speaking too!!!! great minds
This song blows me away every single time I listen to it
"Down in it" reference at 2:50...I see what Trent did there...❤
The Lou Reed comparison is way more appropriate than I even realized until I thought about it. Bowie was deeply inspired by both, and I can see why.
This band is getting me through such a hard time. I'm on the verge of ending it all and crying all the time I only find solace in music these days
Stay strong ❤️
Ending it is not the answer, changing what is currently wrong in your life is!... There are many places that will help you and will want to help you. Take a deep breath and just google a few help centres as a first step! x Much love x
fuerza💜
Please reach out to the appropriate resources or something, fella.
Hey Yuri! There is much wisdom in this song. Find it; find your peace.
Love to you!
It's very hard choosing a favorite NIN song. This one is up there. It never gets old listening to this.
simple...you will choose...every single piece of art hes ever done lol
Never
It's really kind of crazy out of all the powerful songs this one stays up top for me also
It is the directness of it, the confidence. And that bass line. The past me wants just a little more gain on that bass not so clean but future me knows this song transcends time as it is
"i just made you up to hurt myself"
and
"there is no you there is only me"
handful of words can mean so much in so many ways, love it
And the beauty in the ambiguity of "there's no fucking you, there's only me" is just so brilliant. Adding one dirty word makes all the difference.
The amount of creativity and originality that went into this song and video are just FRIGHTENING!
I really like how specific the lyrics are but at the same time can be applied to pretty much everything.
Art is up for interpretation so the more ways you can interpret it makes it more artful, right?
The mark of a truly great artist
I find myself drifting into the abstract in terms of how I see myself
God, I love that bass line and those lyrics.
Lyrics 😎🎶
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
no it doesn't really matter
no it doesn't really matter any more
none of this sh* really matters anymore
Yes I am alone
then again I always was
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
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
Thank you for the lyrics, their interesting, but I expected them to be. \ m /
thanks for those lyrics awesome
Sarah Christine
good job on the lyrics
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MC Plisken lol 9
The best song ever
This song helped me through an ugly divorce. Trent is pure genius. I used to listen to it every day on my way to work. Musical valium!
Lisa Amos Me too.
This has become my fight song. I have suffered a lot of abuse leaving me with severe cPTSD, and the self hate and dissociation, the pain and self medicating it's led too just pours out of me with what he's saying in this song.
I think it pours out of a lot of us my friend....just don't hate yourself hun🥰
And your cute as fuck....just saying lol
What are you doing right now?
@@colinesplen2518 I'm sure you're right, this song speaks to a lot of people. And I'm trying!
@@colinesplen2518 Well thank you! 😊
I can still remember, in 1989, sitting in a car in a mall parking lot after i bought pretty hate machine on a cassette.....i was blown away by it....so different, so interesting...amazing... all these years later Trent's doing it to me again....
My sisters idiot boyfriend had one redeeming quality. It was 1990 and I was 10 and I grabbed his Walkman and started listening to pretty hate machine. Thanks to that dude I was introduced to a world of superb music. Guy was still a jackass though.
What? You didn't enjoy "Ice Ice Baby"
Lol pretty hate machine is a masterpiece but only isn't in the album.
Fucking love this comment. 🤘🏼🖤🤘🏼🖤🤘🏼🖤🤘🏼🖤🤘🏼
1989?!
I just told a man who was coming in and out of my life for two years that I can’t anymore. I’m done. And then I happened to listen to this today on one of my mixes and I’m blown away by the power I have. This song has always been my favorite and as a teenager I listened to NIN. Thank you universe for this song this morning.
You’ve got the power now
Thank you.
Video is timeless, The way he brings in the different sounds and his voice still brings chills to the back of my neck. Nostalgia and motivation on overdrive
Timeless except for that old-ass MacBook.
The war in the middle east is based on an incident that happened at forest hills stadium and citifield in NY and rockstar games and Kojima products. They also don't let you criticize these people either. Ban their products. Spread the Truth. Allah al Akbar...
Ok, who trapped Trent in the pin art board again?
lol
101 th liked
I blame David Fincher
That was me. Sorry
Darth Vader
"Yes, I am alone... then again, I always was! As far back as I could tell! I think maybe it's because you were never really real to begin with...
I just made you up to hurt myself."
Those lyrics!
Every real man in this world knows how this feels all too well.
Every Human being dude 😎 you listen, you think, you feel
Man I still come back and listen to this one of this album, few songs really capture the ideals of depersonalization and derealization. This one nails it. It's hard to even fit this in a genre its like bleak techno futurist pop rock. Incredible
what the fuck kurt cobain is alive???????
It has a genre it's called industrial it was big in the late 90s early 2000s .
See Rob Zombie, Marilyn Manson...etc
It's nice in the car
Dude I feel this, idk if he intended for it to be but this song is absolutely about did for me
Haha
"Less concerned with fitting into the world... YOUR world, that is"
A maniacal masterpiece of caco-demoniacal sinusoidal brilliance! Thank you, NIN
when he talks about the scab on his face I never related more. The way he says
"I just couldn't leave it alone"
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I really appreciate the programming genius of whoever wrote that pin impression toy simulation, & then translated that into footage of Trent singing. Bravo.
For real dude.
The Director of Se7en and Fight Club, David Fincher, directed this Music Video.
Unfortunately I was very distracted throughout the video contemplating how that was simulated. It's a little too perfect to look real.
Need more songs like this. Songs that remind you that you are the most important in your life
The war in the middle east is based on an incident that happened at forest hills stadium and citifield in NY and rockstar games and Kojima products. They also don't let you criticize these people either. Ban their products. Spread the Truth. Allah al Akbar...
I think the power of this song is not what society thinks "Power" really is but instead the early adolecent childhood trauma where one thinks the whole reason for all of our problems is us.....and the reality is that we are not at fault....we were just kids trying ti figure out how to survive in a world where our parental figures had their own issues that they could not help us.
My little brother and I’s favorite song. He took his life in 2016 at the end of the year, but this song helps me to continue on his legacy; he was nowhere near done being a f#ckin’ legend 💪🏼🤘🏼
I'm sorry for your loss. You are an amazing sibling for keeping his legacy because and this sounds cliche but at the end of the day his memory lives on and you get to feel and remember all those beautiful moments in his life. I wish you and your family the best 😊
My little brother died in 1989 and they say you get over it with time but they lied
I hope you're doing okay.
These lyrics are some next level shit.
The war in the middle east is based on an incident that happened at forest hills stadium and citifield in NY and rockstar games and Kojima products. They also don't let you criticize these people either. Ban their products. Spread the Truth. Allah al Akbar...
Its amazing how well the special effects in this video hold up even to this day
Thank David Fincher
"I just made you up to hurt myself."
RIP Mr Self Destruct (1994-2005)
Best line
I love Trent’s independent creative instincts and I’m beginning to appreciate his comedic sense of humor. Really good art.
Mother earth provides the seed 4 life. As we all r just star dust❤
Trent. As brilliant
The fact is that hand was David Fincher's (who also the director of this video) and since then, he has been collaborated with Fincher to fill the soundtracks (with his partner Atticus Ross), started from The Social Network in 2010
The bass line in this song is actually pretty phat
Phat? What is this? The year 2000? LoL, jk dude...I love ya!
I wonder if Trent wrote the bass lineor if perhaps Twiggy was involved.
Either way, excellent song!
Propper dance groove
It slapsssss
Ye
Ésta canción se "auto" reprodujo después de otra que había buscado, y intenté sacar tres veces y no pude... Es una obra de arte. Gracias Nine Inch Nails.
Absolutely brilliant existential lyrics with a killer bass rythym. Fucking great.
Such a great song.
Does a great job of explaining what it feels like to compromise on your values and what it does to your sense of self.
This is the song that made me realize "Damn, Nine Inch Nails may very well be my favorite band."
I know, I think me too, though Somewhat Damaged caught my ears before this, and this pretty much was the nail in the coffin :D
My thoughts after playing this for a minute
Been my favorite just about forever.
It was this song and Terrible Lie for me.
me also. it was 2004 in the night and saw this on tv
amazing how well the visuals hold up after 15 years
@ 0:02 :
Hand me down my walkin' cane
Hand me down my hat
Hurry now and don't be late
'Cause we ain't got time to chat
You and me we're goin' out
To catch the latest sound
Guaranteed to blow your mind
So high you won't come down
Hey ya'll prepare yourself for the rubberband man
You've never heard a sound
Like the rubberband man
You're bound to lose control
When the rubberband starts to jam
...
There, I hope I ruined this for everyone.
Saw them in 2009 and this song has stayed with me throughout my life. "There's is no you, there's only me"... I have always said that to myself. It's true, no one can do it, ONLY you... Be true to yourself...
The quintessential introvert theme song...
@@chaddoom7993 *Incel*
@@chaddoom7993 Haha, just came back to this video and realised your name's 'Chad", how ironic is that?
Shut up woman, this is my jam, there is no you there is only me
Less concerned about fitting into the world...Your world that is...Cause it doesn't really matter anymore.
Irony....
There is no piece of music that has helped me overcome my addicted brain than this masterpiece.
For me, this is the music video that started it all. I watched this vide randomly o on a Frontier flight from CO to Virginia in like 2008. NIN is the best band in my world ever since.
Good God, I LOVE Trent Reznor's style...SWEAR..his beats n music is what keeps me goin' ❤️
That's cool and also sad
Are we ignoring the fact that the tiny dot from "Down In It" is still victimizing him
melancholy - nope we get it
The dot is his past addiction
The scab he pulls off was from the self inflicted wound of that past addiction (edit: the wound was healing, thus he was overcoming the addiction slowly)
Opening the wound again, the doorway he climbs through leads to relapse
All his songs/albums are a Chronicle of his life/experience
Sadly, too many of the people watching the video may have stalled out at the steel balls, no cell phone, why is the laptop so thick and did it hurt his skin to do the "Little nails thingie"...
Didn't slip past me. I love the reference
After all these years this song is still amazing
omg spongebob
The war in the middle east is based on an incident that happened at forest hills stadium and citifield in NY and rockstar games and Kojima products. They also don't let you criticize these people either. Ban their products. Spread the Truth. Allah al Akbar...
I'm obsessed with this video. I've discovered it three days ago, and each time I go back on RUclips I can't help myself from watching it... Trent's voice is truely hypnotising. The lyrics really punch in in the soul of the teen I am I'M BORN IN THE WRONG GENERATION (and it worked YES IT DID)
All I can say is welcome to the wonderful music that defined Gen X.
You late
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the groove is an all-timer, sweet jeebus. Thank you Mr. Grohl.
I can't appreciate enough when so many different talents meet together to form a single perfect masterpiece. Perfect, in every way conceivable.
This song has so much fucking meaning, I just made you up to hurt myself. Nothing on the radio today can be compared to this.
+Josiah Knoedler did it ever make it to mainstream radio?
+Andrew Vandersnick yes it was a pretty big rock radio hit along with hand that feeds and to a lesser extent every day is exactly the same, all had some degree of radio success. with teeth was kind of the last industrial rock version of nin, after this trent went pretty much totally electronica with a lot less guitars or so it seems anyways....
+Josiah Knoedler The best revelation I had concerning this song was when I considered it in the context of... how can you say, "western ignorance". Think of anything that falls under this... consumerism is the best descriptor I think. "I just made you up to hurt myself, yeah, And I just made you up to hurt myself. And it worked. Yes it did!" - makes me think of someone who is aware of crises abroad, beyond the first world borders (the countless genocides, human rights abuses, tyranny, etc.) and the person has 'made up' a reality to try to fit in with the rest of the society and knowing it would cause pain as ignoring is not something this person can naturally do.
After the chorus he talks about a scab... I see this as finding something, lets say for example a leaked video of something that captures his interest away from their bubble life, knowing full well it could destroy the bubble. "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" - finding all this stuff destroys that bubble, person has found information that the media and/or government does not want them to see, and it has completely tainted their view...
Nobody else listens, nobody else cares, everyone is busy living in the bubbles they've created and they are the only one outside of it... thus, "only". "There is no you, there is only me" - many meanings, including for other people in bubbles not caring, first world is the "only" world, the people suffering from tragedies are not real (defending the bubble at all costs).
Just my take it on. Trent Reznor is a champion. :)
+Josiah Knoedler i dont know man all about that bass is some pretty deep shit
+Kyle Lacroix People think he's talking about a woman and maybe in some lines he is but I think overall he's talking about exactly what you describe here; we only make up our beliefs and cling to them so heavily just to hurt each other.
This song (and many others) is helping me get over my narcissist ex gf. Sometimes I think it’s true. “I just made you up to hurt myself”, “there is no you, there is only me”.
Well since the song is about jacking off and you no longer have a girlfriend I guess that's fitting.
Seriously tho this song is about jacking it bro.
Saw NIN in Houston May 22, 2000 when APC opened. Both were incredible. Those were the good ole days.
Suitable song for broken hearts and injured souls.
Its crazy how many people come back to this everyday... this song is masterpiece!
The music video for "Only", directed by David Fincher and relying almost entirely on CGI created by Digital Domain ....When Fincher uses CGI , it can't be seen.
Yeah he loves CGI: since Zodiac, all the blood in all his films are in CGI, he even copy the face of one of the twins in the social network to the other one because the actors weren't real twins: ruclips.net/video/Oitr_eYcJk0/видео.html
@@pabloop9891 There was a fair bit of CGI in Fight Club but it was used sparingly.
Wow just watched The Game last night for the first time
Unless it's CGI breath. (Cough The Social Network, cough)
so that's how they did John Cena
everybody talking about the song and im out here how simple the video yet the effects are freaking awesome.
still holds up with stuff from today.
Nine inch nails somehow got me through depression
Key words:"And it worked"
Yes it did!
Hermes
@@hoodbillykreeper3977 Wink
Still my favorite NIN song, and it doesn't get old, it just ages better! LOVE IT
The war in the middle east is based on an incident that happened at forest hills stadium and citifield in NY and rockstar games and Kojima products. They also don't let you criticize these people either. Ban their products. Spread the Truth. Allah al Akbar...
It's funny that a lot of comments are saying that their therapists are using NIN in therapy.
This is the ONLY (pun intended) album where he reached out for fan input for song lyrics.
That is some badass cg right there
Really impressive for 2005, it almost looks real.
It must've been tough to
make.
Actually, the hand and the laptop were real. Everything else was CGI
I know, the stuff going on on that laptop screen was off the chain
It certainly looked good for the year it came out.
Awesome collage of sounds!! Trent Reznor is a genius #NineInchNails Rocks ⚙️🔥💪🏻
That finger slide. Amazing I'm 40 in '23.. still amazing riff
Discovered NIN later in life (58) and absolutely love this $hit.
One of my favorite NIN songs as I could relate to the lyrics in 2005 but even more than ever in 2020. It's like Trent knew this world was going to get worse. Love it.
Never got into nin but I gotta say Trent is right. Gen Z woke ppl today's society wtf!
I am personally about 500 of these views. I love this song. After 3 years,
It's about 1000 now.
Same. Love this.
Same
I will never get over how amazing this song is.
It's like someone got inside my head, wrote lyrics that perfectly describe a large part of my life and put it into a masterpiece of a song. Amazing.
I played this on repeat in the summer of 2005. It’s just as good in 2023.
Playing it on repeat now
this song's verse "i just made you up to hurt myself" well, hearing that as of now (2021) it put my life clearly into focus...an inspiration of sorts...if so. this is one of those songs that sounds fresh every time you hear it!
I'm so happy that NIN is in the rock & roll hall of fame now!
I think NIN is pretty much underrated. He is just ahead of his time and not everybody can see this. His time will come...
When, another 35 years... Lol, people don't like to be real.
How can anyone dislike this, awesome track by NIN and David Fincher made this cool concept
Thank you. You spoke my heart- in such a brillant way. I feel so alone. I had no idea others are getting it.
The war in the middle east is based on an incident that happened at forest hills stadium and citifield in NY and rockstar games and Kojima products. They also don't let you criticize these people either. Ban their products. Spread the Truth. Allah al Akbar......
one of the, if not the most impactful songs on the album, especially thematically.
keep coming back here , banger.
Perfect song for me when it came out in 2005 and my marriage was done. It struck every chord. Truly.
Right?. I am stuck in this 18 yr one.. doing fckn time 😮😮😢🎉🎉🎉
The dirtiest thing of this song is that guitar and bassline!!
my alltime fav song! guitar, bassline, dronesound, dry-computer-drums, piano, 80s synth. minimalism a it's finest! love of my life, NIN Sound!
This song is so fucking good. Everything about it is just - damn
The song that got me back into NIN. Thought THTF was kinda corny and Trent was done. But one late night I heard this on the radio and was like is this NIN? WT has some monster tracks on it.
I love all this fidgets ❤sss
What a masterpiece of a song.
I’m getting old. This is one of NIN “newer” tunes and it’s almost 20 years old.
Why are you surprised? That's life. It goes
And Atticus Ross ruined NIN
Nine inch nails rock.🔊📌reminds me of home.💖
LYRICS (though someone else did it already):
I'm becoming less defined
As days go by
Fading away
Well, you might say I'm losin' focus
Kinda driftin' into the abstract
In terms of how I see myself
Sometimes, I think I can see right through myself (x2)
(Whispering) Sometimes I can see right through myself
Less concerned
About fitting into the world
Your world, that is.
'Cuz 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'm alone
Then again, always was
As far back as I can tell
I think maybe it's because
'Cuz 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 (x2)
And it worked.
Yes, it did!
(CHORUS)
There is no you
There is only me
There is no you
There is only me
There is no fuckin' you!
There is only me!
There is no fuckin' you!
There is only me!
Only (x4)
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 I know why
Things aren't as pretty
On the inside
(CHORUS)
There is no you
There is only me
There is no you
There is only me
THERE IS NO FUCKIN' *YOU!*
There is only _me!_
THERE IS NO FUCKIN' *YOU!*
There is only _me!_
Only (x8)