The Downward Spiral
Nine Inch Nails (1994)
The second studio album from Nine Inch Nails is turning 30 years old today. It's an album that I played constantly when I was an angry teenager, with Mr. Self Destruct, Piggy, March Of The Pigs, and Hurt among my favorite songs. It's probably been about 20 years since I last popped it into my CD player and listened to the album from start to finish, but there is one track that has been on more than a few of my playlists in the digital age.
You let me violate youYou let me desecrate youYou let me penetrate youYou let me complicate you(Help me) I broke apart my insides(Help me) I've got no soul to sell(Help me) The only thing that works for meHelp me get away from myselfI wanna fuck you like an animalI wanna feel you from the insideI wanna fuck you like an animalMy whole existence is flawedYou get me closer to GodYou can have my isolationYou can have the hate that it bringsYou can have my absence of faithYou can have my everything(Help me) You tear down my reason(Help me) It's your sex I can smell(Help me) You make me perfectHelp me become somebody elseI wanna fuck you like an animalI wanna feel you from the insideI wanna fuck you like an animalMy whole existence is flawedYou get me closer to GodThrough every forestAbove the treesWithin my stomachScraped off my kneesI drink the honeyInside your hiveYou are the reasonI stay alive
