Closer

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Closer by Nine Inch Nails

About Closer

"Closer" is the fifth track on the 1994 release The Downward Spiral and is perhaps the most well-known song by Nine Inch Nails, as it received much airplay both on radio and music video television. The subject matter seems to be about a feeling of worthlessness being quelled through control over others using sex. To Reznor’s dismay, the song was widely misinterpreted as a lust anthem due to its chorus. In an interview, Trent further developed this idea: "It’s supernegative and superhateful. .

Closer Lyrics

[00:21.84] You let me violate you
[00:26.99] You let me desecrate you
[00:32.19] You let me penetrate you
[00:37.44] You let me complicate you
[00:42.50] (Help me) I broke apart my insides
[00:47.96] (Help me) I've got no soul to sell
[00:53.39] (Help me) the only thing that works for me
[00:58.57] Help me get away from myself
[01:01.79] I wanna fuck you like an animal
[01:07.04] I wanna feel you from the inside
[01:12.30] I wanna fuck you like an animal
[01:17.72] My whole existence is flawed
[01:22.99] You get me closer to God
[01:27.67]
[01:46.81] You can have my isolation
[01:51.92] You can have the hate that it brings
[01:57.20] You can have my absence of faith
[02:02.63] You can have my everything
[02:07.95] (Help me) tear down my reason
[02:13.20] (Help me) it's your sex I can smell
[02:18.52] (Help me) you make me perfect
[02:23.92] Help me become somebody else
[02:27.15] I wanna fuck you like an animal
[02:32.32] I wanna feel you from the inside
[02:37.66] I wanna fuck you like an animal
[02:42.91] My whole existence is flawed
[02:47.69] You get me closer to God
[02:52.60]
[03:45.65] Through every forest
[03:50.58] Above the trees
[03:55.89] Within my stomach
[04:00.45] Scraped off my knees
[04:06.44] I drink the honey
[04:12.44] Inside your hive
[04:17.74] You are the reason
[04:22.14] I stay alive
[04:24.58]

From the album: The Downward Spiral (Deluxe Edition)