13.2 - Analysis: Hurt by Nine Inch Nails
To-Do Date: Sat Jan 16 2021 07:59:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Musical Analysis - Hurt by Nine Inch Nails |
I hurt myself Links to an external site. today To see if I still Links to an external site. feel I focus Links to an external site. on the pain The only thing Links to an external site. that's real The needle Links to an external site. tears a hole The old familiar Links to an external site. sting Try to kill it all away But I remember Links to an external site. everything What have I become My sweetest Links to an external site. friend Everyone I know Goes away in the end And you could Links to an external site. have it all My empire Links to an external site. of dirt I will let you down I will make you hurt I wear this crown Links to an external site. of sh Upon my liars Links to an external site. chair Full of broken Links to an external site. thoughts I cannot Links to an external site. repair Beneath the stains Links to an external site. of time The feelings Links to an external site. disappear You are someone Links to an external site. else I am still Links to an external site. right here What have I become My sweetest Links to an external site. friend Everyone I know Goes away in the end And you could Links to an external site. have it all My empire Links to an external site. of dirt I will let you down I will make you hurt If I could Links to an external site. start again A million Links to an external site. miles away I will keep myself I would Links to an external site. find a way
It is important to remember that no music is written in a vacuum. Musicians and composers are influenced by a tremendous amount of pressures that could span the entirety of their lives. It is important to do research on what the song is intended to communicate to more fully understand their reasoning.
Written by Trent Reznor (the lead singer) and released on April 17, 1995 as a promotional single from the band’s second album, The Downward Spiral, Hurt chronicles a person's struggle with despair - and possibly mental illness. Most important in the research is to try to find the words of the composers themselves.
In the words of Trent Reznor - “I wrote some words and music in my bedroom as a way of staying sane, about a bleak and desperate place I was in, totally isolated and alone.”
Based on what you heard, in combination with the composer's words, did you hear what the musician intended to say?