"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. Read more on Last.fm.
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Closer Lyrics
“Closer” is one of Nine Inch Nails‘ more famous songs, and was released as Halo 9 (with different US and UK versions), the second single from their second studio album The Downward Spiral.… Read More
[Verse 1]
You let me violate you
You let me desecrate you
You let me penetrate you
You let me complicate you
[Pre-Chorus]
(Help me) I broke apart my insides
(Help me) I've got no soul to sell
(Help me) The only thing that works for me
Help me get away from myself
[Chorus]
I want to fuck you like an animal
I want to feel you from the inside
I want to fuck you like an animal
My whole existence is flawed
You get me closer to God
[Verse 2]
You can have my isolation
You can have the hate that it brings
You can have my absence of faith
You can have my everything
[Pre-Chorus]
(Help me) You tear down my reason
(Help me) It's your sex I can smell
(Help me) You make me perfect
Help me become somebody else
[Chorus]
I want to fuck you like an animal
I want to feel you from the inside
I want to fuck you like an animal
My whole existence is flawed
You get me closer to God
[Outro]
Through every forest, above the trees
Within my stomach, scraped off my knees
I drink the honey inside your hive
You are the reason, I stay alive
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