From Lorraine: Songs from Nine Inch Nails' " Year Zero"

These songs are from Nine Inch Nails' album Year Zero, with songs based in the near future where the government has drugged the water and is "Big Brother"--monitoring everything, but these songs can be applied to now times and should be seen as satire/sarcasm.




My Violent Heart

you and i we may look the same
but we are very far apart
there's bullet holes where my compassion used to be
and there is violence in my heart
into fire you can send us
from the fire we return
you can label us a consequence
of how much you have to learn

you can try but you'll never understand
this is something you will never understand
can you hear it now?
hear it coming now?
can you hear it now?

on hands and knees
we crawl
you can not stop us all
you wear our bones
our skin
we will not let you in

you have set something in motion
much greater than you've ever known
standing there in your all your grand naivet�
about to reap what you have sown
time will feed upon your weaknesses
and soon you'll lose the will to care
when you return to the place that you call home
we will be there
we will be there

on hands and knees
we crawl
you can not stop us all
our blood
will stay
we will not go away
on hands and knees
we crawl
you can not stop us all
our blood
our grace
will never leave this place


God Given

hey man
please don't make a sound
take a look around
can't you see what's right in front of you?
aah
have a little taste
no more time to waste
you don't want to get left behind, because it's all coming down right now
now - how
hard is it to see?
put your faith in me
i sure wouldn't want to be
praying to the wrong piece of wood
you should
get where you belong
everything you know is wrong
come on, sing along everybody now

(god given)
and he gives us sight
and we see the light
and it burns so bright
now we know we're right
when his kingdom come
and thy will be done
we have just begun
we're the chosen ones

i would never tell you anything that wasn't absolutely true that hadn't come right from
his mouth and he wants me to tell you

wait
step into the light
how can this be right?
i'm afraid we're going to ask you to leave
guess you can not win
with the color of your skin
you won't be getting in to the promised land
besides
this is just another case
you people still don't know your place
step aside, out the way, wipe that look off your face
we are the divine
separated from the swine
come on, sing along everybody now

(god given)
and he gives us sight
and we see the light
and it burns so bright
now we know we're right
when his kingdom come
and thy will be done
we have just begun
we're the chosen ones
and he gives us sight
and we see the light
and it burns so bright
now we know we're right
when his kingdom come
and thy will be done
and the father and the holy son
we're the chosen ones

i would never tell you anything that wasn't absolutely true that hadn't come right from
his mouth and he wants me to tell you


Capital G

i pushed a button and elected him to office and a
he pushed a button and it dropped a bomb
you pushed a button and could watch it on the television
those motherfuckers didn't last too long ha ha
i'm sick of hearing bout the haves and the have nots
have some personal accountability
the biggest problem with the way that we've been doing things is
the more we let you have the less that i'll be keeping for me

well i used to stand for something
now i'm on my hands and knees
traded in my god for this one
he signs his name with a capital G

don't give a shit about the temperature in guatemala
don't really see what all the fuss is about
ain't gonna worry bout no future generations and a
i'm sure somebody's gonna figure it out
don't try to tell me how some power can corrupt a person
you haven't had enough to know what it's like
you're only angry cause you wish you were in my position
now nod your head because you know that i'm right - all right!

well i used to stand for something
but forgot what that could be
there's a lot of me inside you
maybe you're afraid to see

well i used to stand for something
now i'm on my hands and knees
traded in my god for this one
he signs his name with a capital G