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...
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.
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...
@@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?"
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.
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 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
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 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.
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
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.
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
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.
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.
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
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.
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
Dang, lots of comments here taking very positive messages from this song about someone suffering a severe mental break. Kudos to you for finding an interpretation to suit you. I just want to give the protagonist a hug and let him know people care.
It's the expression of feelings that people find conducive, already negative, to their own situation 😎 the positivity comes from seeing the raw feelings, knowing those feelings, but also knowing that you're kinda past that 😎 shit, does any of that make sense lol xxxx
"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.
"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.
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
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.
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...
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...
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
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...
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
I really appreciate the programming genius of whoever wrote that pin impression toy simulation, & then translated that into footage of Trent singing. Bravo.
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.
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 😊
This song and into the the void by Trent reznor have always been my most favourite songs of all time , no matter what time , what mood or whatever , when they play I lose my shit. Thanks to this legend , his words are a slow burning fire. Keep me warm when things get cold and dark.
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...
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)
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.
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”.
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.
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: th-cam.com/video/Oitr_eYcJk0/w-d-xo.html
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"...
This is one of the BEST songs to listen to when going through a breakup. This song, and Passive by a perfect circle are so great at helping you not wallow in sadness
I'm obsessed with this video. I've discovered it three days ago, and each time I go back on TH-cam 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)
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 imagine many people would think the lyrics of this song to be on the metaphoric side, but I am fairly certain he is speaking quite literally (and speaking a deep truth at that). One of my favorite songs of all time now. Can't believe I did find/catch this song sooner. I guess I had my head too far up Maynard's ass when this song was released to notice it, but i'm super stoked I found it now. Thank you Trent!
This is an old comment but I'm replying anyway simply because you are the only other person in the comments that get the song. When he says there is no fuckin you there is only me he means fucking in a sexual sense not as an expletive and it's chock full of masturbation references such as I just made you up to hurt myself, which is what many young Catholic boys were told to call masturbation hurting yourself. Not so much anymore but back in the day they had the sexual guilt thing dialed up to 11 . Also picking the scab is also a slag term for masturbation. So yes, everything is literal and the song is about whacking off
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...
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.
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 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......
"now i am somewhere i am not supposed to be and i can see things i know i really shouldnt see and now i know why things arent as pretty on the inside" Self discovery right there
haha, laughed at this. I feel like I want to insert a clip of Roule Julia doing his Gomez Addams bit, of 'has the world gone mad'....i know somethings just seem like too strange to be true, but often is, just go with it, maybe they'd change the rest of the formula at some point lol. One can dream right.
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.
@ 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.
Raven we see eye to eye on this...no PUN intended...hehe Raven spelled backwards =Nevar...Eye spelled backwards is ____yup! Furthermore, final steered thought...why the most loathed word in modern English Dictionary "Scab" (fucking word just makes me itch YUK! Yeah thoughts are fineto for me right now I'm gonna upchuck at the thought off spelling forwards and backwards. Split Twisted GD brain o' mine...*spews in Garth's from Wayne's World's lil pocket Dixie cup*
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...
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.
Wow, 10 or 11 years I had a total different meaning. I’m always amazed by great art that changes over time because you change. Or maybe it’s only me that changes.
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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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
"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.
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...
Hey if it works it works
Rule wa rule da
Me too
oh, yes. it does. in the most sexual way possible
That bass line is sick
There's a bit of 70S Funk coming through the rhythm section indeed...✌
Dirty ass bass.
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 feels like an anthem for breaking from codependency and people pleasing and connecting to your self again.
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...
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.
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.
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 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
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...
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.
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.
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.
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
One enters the world alone, then exits alone. Pain is felt by one, as is joy.
Thank you Trent
@tbroda2351 AGREED❗
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
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.
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...
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.
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
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
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 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
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.
"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
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!
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.
God, I love that bass line and those lyrics.
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
Dang, lots of comments here taking very positive messages from this song about someone suffering a severe mental break. Kudos to you for finding an interpretation to suit you. I just want to give the protagonist a hug and let him know people care.
It's the expression of feelings that people find conducive, already negative, to their own situation 😎 the positivity comes from seeing the raw feelings, knowing those feelings, but also knowing that you're kinda past that 😎 shit, does any of that make sense lol xxxx
"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.
"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
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
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! 😊
"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"
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...
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...
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...
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
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.
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 made you up to hurt myself."
RIP Mr Self Destruct (1994-2005)
Best line
The best song ever
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.
This song and into the the void by Trent reznor have always been my most favourite songs of all time , no matter what time , what mood or whatever , when they play I lose my shit. Thanks to this legend , his words are a slow burning fire. Keep me warm when things get cold and dark.
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
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 love Trent’s independent creative instincts and I’m beginning to appreciate his comedic sense of humor. Really good art.
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)
amazing how well the visuals hold up after 15 years
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.
Ok, who trapped Trent in the pin art board again?
lol
101 th liked
I blame David Fincher
That was me. Sorry
Darth Vader
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
There is no piece of music that has helped me overcome my addicted brain than this masterpiece.
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.
This song gets better with each passing decade. I couldn't have survived high school without it.
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!
Its crazy how many people come back to this everyday... this song is masterpiece!
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.
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: th-cam.com/video/Oitr_eYcJk0/w-d-xo.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
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
Key words:"And it worked"
Yes it did!
Hermes
@@hoodbillykreeper3977 Wink
That finger slide. Amazing I'm 40 in '23.. still amazing riff
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....
Trent Reznor is a fucking musical genius.. I'll always love his material..
Nine inch nails somehow got me through depression
This is one of the BEST songs to listen to when going through a breakup. This song, and Passive by a perfect circle are so great at helping you not wallow in sadness
I'm so happy that NIN is in the rock & roll hall of fame now!
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 😮😮😢🎉🎉🎉
Suitable song for broken hearts and injured souls.
This looks like a ‘’ sharper image’’ advertisement 🤣 still my fave !🙌🏻🏄
Absolutely brilliant existential lyrics with a killer bass rythym. Fucking great.
I'm obsessed with this video. I've discovered it three days ago, and each time I go back on TH-cam 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
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.
I can't appreciate enough when so many different talents meet together to form a single perfect masterpiece. Perfect, in every way conceivable.
I imagine many people would think the lyrics of this song to be on the metaphoric side, but I am fairly certain he is speaking quite literally (and speaking a deep truth at that). One of my favorite songs of all time now. Can't believe I did find/catch this song sooner. I guess I had my head too far up Maynard's ass when this song was released to notice it, but i'm super stoked I found it now. Thank you Trent!
This is an old comment but I'm replying anyway simply because you are the only other person in the comments that get the song. When he says there is no fuckin you there is only me he means fucking in a sexual sense not as an expletive and it's chock full of masturbation references such as I just made you up to hurt myself, which is what many young Catholic boys were told to call masturbation hurting yourself. Not so much anymore but back in the day they had the sexual guilt thing dialed up to 11 . Also picking the scab is also a slag term for masturbation.
So yes, everything is literal and the song is about whacking off
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...
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.
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...
I played this on repeat in the summer of 2005. It’s just as good in 2023.
Playing it on repeat now
This song is so fucking good. Everything about it is just - damn
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......
"now i am somewhere i am not supposed to be
and i can see things i know i really shouldnt see
and now i know why
things arent as pretty on the inside"
Self discovery right there
I am personally about 500 of these views. I love this song. After 3 years,
It's about 1000 now.
Same. Love this.
Same
*Dost mine ears decieve me? Did VEVO just let Mr. Reznor drop a bunch of F-bombs? Unbelievable!* =3
Jake Frost IKR
Its Nine Inch Nails they find a way
haha, laughed at this. I feel like I want to insert a clip of Roule Julia doing his Gomez Addams bit, of 'has the world gone mad'....i know somethings just seem like too strange to be true, but often is, just go with it, maybe they'd change the rest of the formula at some point lol. One can dream right.
this is like one of those songs that gets in you and you cant stop humming for weeks
How can anyone dislike this, awesome track by NIN and David Fincher made this cool concept
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!
genius video for a genius song
@ 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.
Awesome collage of sounds!! Trent Reznor is a genius #NineInchNails Rocks ⚙️🔥💪🏻
"less concerned about fitting in to the world..your world that is"
Yup✌
I was absolutely obsessed with this song when it first came out. Oh my god.
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.
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.
This becomes more relevant the older I get.
and yet that laptop looks more and more dated.
raven white same.when you're 20,you think this is about a failed relationship.when you're past 40 it takes on a whole other meaning.
Raven we see eye to eye on this...no PUN intended...hehe Raven spelled backwards =Nevar...Eye spelled backwards is ____yup! Furthermore, final steered thought...why the most loathed word in modern English Dictionary "Scab" (fucking word just makes me itch YUK! Yeah thoughts are fineto for me right now I'm gonna upchuck at the thought off spelling forwards and backwards. Split Twisted GD brain o' mine...*spews in Garth's from Wayne's World's lil pocket Dixie cup*
same
so you're getting more narcissistic as you age lmao
Trent Reznor is a fkn genius! One of the best ever!
Bro fist
Absolutely
This is just like....our opinion, Man
He's not a "genius". That's an overused and worn out cliche. Do us all a favor and stop using it.
This song is like a session of therapy
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...
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.
Wow, 10 or 11 years I had a total different meaning. I’m always amazed by great art that changes over time because you change. Or maybe it’s only me that changes.
this video and this song need to win every grammy there is..
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 will never get over how amazing this song is.