10 thoughts on “Nine Inch Nails – Survivalism (Director's Cut)”

  4. I should have listened to her
    So hard to keep control
    We kept on eating, but
    Our bloated belly’s still not full
    She gave us all she had, but
    We went and took some more
    Can’t seem to shut her legs
    Our mother nature is a whore

    I got my propaganda
    I got revisionism
    I got my violence
    In hi-def ultra-realism
    All a part of this great nation
    I got my fist
    I got my plan
    I got survivalism

    Hypnotic sound of sirens
    Echoing through the street
    The cocking of the rifles
    The marching of the feet
    You see your world on fire
    Don’t try to act surprised
    We did just what you told us
    Lost our faith along the way
    And found ourselves believing your lies

    I got my propaganda
    I got revisionism
    I got my violence
    In hi-def ultra-realism
    All a part of this great nation
    I got my fist
    I got my plan
    I got survivalism

    All bruised and broken, bleeding
    She asked to take my hand
    I turned, just keep on walking
    But you’d do the same thing in the circumstance
    I’m sure you’ll understand

    I got my propaganda
    I got revisionism
    I got my violence
    In hi-def ultra-realism
    All a part of this great nation
    I got my fist
    I got my plan
    I got survivalism

    You got your pacifism – I got survivalism

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  9. This is the version I remember watching on a public library computer in 2008 when I had the day off from work in the kitchen at the Healdsburg, CA Salvation Army ‘Adult Rehabilitation Center’ (which has since been shutdown). We had to tuck our shirts in both on and off the ARC campus, and never swear. I made it through that program with flying colors because I was so anal (thanks mom) that I could at will follow any set of rules laid before me – per my delusions of grandeur and conceited sense of self. Ironically, I was so focused on being one of the 5% that made it from application-day to graduation-day, by following the rules to not get kicked out like the other 95%, that I ended up having gained nothing whatsoever for myself. I experienced no growth, no introspection or insight into why I was the way I was that I didn’t already have. I was just a miserable scared fool the same as ever. I distinctly remember feeling so very scared and intimidated by life, always thinking that by the end of that rehab program I was going to be ‘cured’, but to my horror I discovered that I was still the exact same person that I was when I was banging tar in the streets long before. I was still a naive kid that didn’t want to accept responsibility for myself. Not sure why I am posting all this, I think NIN just touches something inside me that is the product of a life of disillusionment. Reality is more real every day and I’m just glad I made it this far. Peace unto whoever reads this, I hope you fare well, as our souls have touched in lieu of whatever time and space that divides us. (Thanks internet!)

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