Feb 11, 2006 22:09
i'm a little slow on the uptake but the new nine inch nails cd, while certainly not the best, is definitely worth paying for. it's really fascinating, as a depressed teenager who bordered on obsessive with nine inch nails, to watch the evolution of trent's music and the recurring themes in both content and repeated harmonies, how the lyrics reflect back to the previous halos and yet somehow move on. it all tells a coherent story that is quite beautiful in its expression of bitter pain. nothing helps you feel better than a song which has the chorus, "there is no fucking you / there is only me" and at one point, "yes i am alone / then again i always was / as far back as i can tell i think it's because / because you were never really real to begin with / i just made you up to hurt myself". woah.
what a fucking genius. fuck.