Nine Inch Nails - Non-Entity Lyrics






The sky is not the same shade of blue
Every single thing
I believe isn't true
Missing in a maze of monochrome
How did I get here
How can I go home?

The echos in my eyes
Of all they used to see
Burning down the world
The ashes and debris
And all that's left of me
Non-entity

Try to stand in line
Try to obey
The ghosts of what I was keep getting in the way
Staring at the sun
Blinded by the light
Now I'm afraid I'm fading out of sight

The echos in my eyes
Of all they used to see
Burning down the world
Ashes and debris
And all that's left of you
And all that's left of me
All have washed away
Non-entity





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  1. K.... B....

    hmm. im pretty sure there is no Black House in Nippon but that's just me.

  2. K.... B....

    sounds like DOOM Trent. same character. thats what you were feelthinking when you wrote and sang this? hmm. we grew up playing that game man. and we love your music. we also happen to be neighbors who both grew up in the same scene. pretty cool.

  3. K.... B....

    wow Trent you actually got to meet and perform with Johnny Cash! i thought he was a great man with many great songs to his credit.

  4. K.... B....

    so far 2 versions of this track and i like them both but this oner really takes the cake floats my boat rocks the house etc sounds like you slowed it down an increment or two though

    K.... B....

    I like to play this version in my car...loudly...

  5. I.... N....

    Trent Reznor is my Higher self calling to me. And now I'd rather die then give this world my Soul.

  6. K.... B....

    NO ADVERTISING BY INTERRUPTING THE SONG - E V O L V E

  7. K.... B....

    fantastic drums

  8. K.... B....

    oh, himself I think. nonbeing. oblivion. seems we both spent quite a bit of time thinking about the same things. that line from Joy Division in New Dawn Fades about setting one's self free...or not... (?)

  9. K.... B....

    I think of a NONENTITY or nonexistent deity as being essentially someone who doesn't help others but has the power / often money to help them, or a beautiful woman who is single and in your age range but wont go out with you, or....well, I don't know. other meanings? you for all intense and purposes make as if they don't EXIST

  10. K.... B....

    anyonelovejapanesedrummerstoo?

  11. K.... B....

    wow I ADORE that intro TRENT! fucking smashing man

  12. a.... ....

    This has the perfect amount of distortion.

  13. K.... B....

    actually my uncle is directly related to a genuine Japanese saumurai

    K.... B....

    He'd be well impressed that you managed to spell samurai correctly. Good for you.

  14. L.... ....

    Missing in maze of monochrome... how did I get here how could I go home...

    The ashes and debris.....

    Help me I’m in hell

  15. w.... r....

    I'm gonna take my horse to the old town road, I'm gonna, riiiiide til I can't no more

  16. J.... D....

    Another lost track that seems to have found me at the perfect time. ⚡👽⚡

  17. c.... ....

    222 comments and this has to be the 223 shame. Great track!!!

  18. k.... c....

    Love the live version

  19. M.... C....

    I heard this song for the first time when I scored the Beside you in time DVD at the time of it's release I'm a little more fond of the live version

  20. J.... S....

    Definitely much better song then 3/4ths of with teeth and I actually Love with teeth as a whole especially that Sun Spots tune and Hand that feeds but the fact this non-entity never made the cuts ridiculous lol

  21. 1.... ....

    There needs to be an official studio release.

  22. O.... M....

    20 years I've been listening to him. How am I now learning this song exists.

  23. F.... M....

    This song is relative to Right Where It Belongs!

  24. J.... S....

    Definitely a favorite from the with teeth sessions! This and Sunspots and hand that feeds🤔😀

  25. E.... V....

    If this doesn’t make you want a mini moog, nothing will.

  26. M.... M....

    Reminds me of the Great Below.

  27. D.... L....

    Holy shit this is EPIC

  28. T.... B....

    The vocal track is amazing, he really slayed the vocals on this , the ending is sick as well

  29. M.... H....

    what album is this?

  30. r.... p....

    Trent's voice sort of dropped after with teeth's recording. I wonder if it was all el cocaína?

    r.... p....

    Probably just age. He quit the powder around 2001/2002.

  31. F.... ....

    They should re-release With Teeth with this song and Not So Pretty Now on it.

  32. e.... ....

    I enjoy this one and Home so much more than any song on With Teeth LOL

  33. n.... ....

    Pointe septcin a normale, interchangeable x fois.

  34. S.... H....

    This was a missed hit. Trent's vocals seem far away. Just seems like it was mixed wrong, and that's all that deprived us of this gem.

  35. J.... A....

    This song sucks and I love nin

    J.... A....

    it doesn't suck, just your taste in music

  36. O.... ....

    anyone have a 320kbps mp3 file of this???? xoxxo

  37. T.... C....

    the ghost of what I was
    keeps getting in the way...

    real talk

    T.... C....

    the best lyric in the song

  38. M.... H....

    it's better live

  39. J.... I....

    It seems like we all think TR is actually God. Praise be to the He who must be heard.

  40. S.... R....

    The drum beat alone will destroy your speakers.

  41. C.... B....

    Another awesome tune i love singing too.

    C.... B....

    CHRIS BROESKY Me too. I love singing this song.

  42. E.... ....

    This song is so amazing, dark, moody, eerie, just overall so perfect. Trent Reznor is a phenomenal artist! I would give this song a billion thumbs up if I could.

  43. C.... W....

    There's still to this day, not one song that i don't like. Truly a god of the Industrial world.

    C.... W....

    CaseyA Wheeldon

    Of his vast catalog the only song i cant stand is "Everything" off of Hesitation.
    just doesn't do it for me and it feels like he put minimal interest in it

    C.... W....

    then you clearly didn't pay attention to it. It's as depressing as the rest of Hesitation Marks.

    C.... W....

    I like that song! I think Trent's a genius of course, but there are some songs I just don't like that much by him. Love Is Not Enough for example, is great instrumentally but the lyrics are awful, they're not really saying anything he hasn't said before and they're doing it in a very boring way. Kinda I Want To has obnoxious stereo panning and cringeworthy lyrics. But I don't dislike any of those songs, I can only really come up with one song like that; In Two from HM. I hate the first half of this song, it starts with a great atmospheric build up then Trent's delivery is really awkward and the instrumentation is tripping on its own wires. After that an awful vocoder effect with trent just saying "nononnonono", it's almost comical, and the chorus has this fumbling confused falsetto harmony, it just sounds bad. After the second chorus there's a great typical NIN quiet bridge section which is fantastic, and then the transition into WISH here is excellent. Not a complete catastrophy, and not worth skipping but I don't like the main part of that song at all!

  44. M.... R....

    The echos in my eyes
    Of all they used to see
    Burning down the world
    The ashes and debris
    And all that's left of me
    Non-entity

  45. M.... ....

    Is there a way I can download this song? The link in the description no longer works.

    M.... ....

    You can use this converter:
    http://www.youtube-mp3.org

    M.... ....

    www.my-free-mp3s.com

  46. B.... B....

    Why isn't this on iTunes

    B.... B....

    I left a like on my own comment

    B.... B....

    Me three

  47. �.... �....

    радуют!

  48. S.... ....

    One of the best NIN songs ever. Those awesome drums, the guitar during the chorus... All EPIC!

  49. S.... ....

    I read all these comments on all ][\][ ][ ][/][ (sorry had to) vids and someone has to mention when they started listening to him. aren't we all just really fucking lucky that we know his music regardless if it was a day or 25 years ago that we found it? Trent will still win that pissing contest.

    S.... ....

    +gigbuttisbad I also always read the comments of every vid. Such a good time. I agree, there's always a few

    S.... ....

    gigbuttisbad I'm 50 and I've been listening to NIN since I was 2

    S.... ....

    My piss will always win

  50. S.... ....

    Sometimes I wake up to this song without even thinking about it the day before and I just think to myself... how?

  51. J.... R....

    it is a good song but there are more and older songs from Trent that are better :D been listening to nin since 6th grade and now im 28 lol

    J.... R....

    +jersydvl good for you I was only 4 years old around 1991

    J.... R....

    The first time I heard NIN I was in 3rd grade on the radio, pretty fucking amazing to not now the name of a song (Head like a hole was the song) and then listen to a bunch of great shit by them and find out who it was

    J.... R....

    So you've been having trouble in school I take it

    J.... R....

    I've been listening to Nin since kindergarten, and I'm 33. This is just as good and deep as any.

    J.... R....

    Well Ive been listening to NIN since I was in the womb so I got you all beat, lol! Cool song! Reminds me a bit of "Home" with those drums at the end.

  52. S.... ....

    Pure bliss.

  53. J.... A....

    how have i not come across this song its one of the best I've ever heard and the lyrics are genius. i swear whatever the higher power is made me come across this right now for how i relate to it.

  54. T.... O....

    Like the live version better. Is there a remix of this?

  55. D.... ....

    Beautiful song. I don't doubt Trent's decision making, but I think this would have been just fine on the With Teeth album.

    D.... ....

    DAMELKEYON I agree. There are quite a few similar sounding songs on the With Teeth album. It would've fit so perfectly on there.

    D.... ....

    But it makes it special those few times you hear it separately

    D.... ....

    Replace Love Is Not Enough with it! I think the real reason is he just didn't have it recorded and/or properly mixed in time

    D.... ....

    @Clever Metaphor Love that!!

  56. V.... ....

    i just realized i saw NIN peform this song live, 6 fucking years ago. and i still remember it so clearly...

    V.... ....

    Valathe yup

  57. s.... ....

    Reminds me of Breaking Bad for some reason...

  58. l.... H....

    amazing top 10 for me.

  59. R.... ....

    This is such an incredible song...

    R.... ....

    12 likes for this comment

    R.... ....

    +IdSAB YSAB Scrub I agree that this is a good song though, I'm just sayin, 12 likes

    R.... ....

    Rebeca A. I add it to the with Teeth album. It fits perfectly

  60. j.... ....

    This and home are the only 2 great tracks from with teeth. It's crazy that he cut them both. Must have been because they exposed the spontaneousness of the other tracks. Exposing the albums weakness.

    j.... ....

    +jtbedazzle Nope

    j.... ....

    +jtbedazzle I'd agree with you if The Line Begins To Blur, Beside You In Time and Right Where It Belongs were not on the album.

    j.... ....

    How can you shit on one of his greatest openers ever, All The Love In The World and also Sunspots! The title track is also really underrated.

  61. A.... C....

    ¿Dónde puedo descargar esta canción?

    A.... C....

    @***** !Muchas gracias!

  62. H.... ....

    Wicked!!

  63. J.... C....

    Wow so good

  64. l.... ....

    My Dark Angel

  65. e.... S....

    Beautiful ....

  66. A.... ....

    Where can I buy this song?

  67. K.... L....

    Been a fan for a while but theres always more NIN songs to discover! 

    K.... L....

    5 years later. . .

  68. R.... 6....

    Why this didn't make the final cut of With Teeth I don't know, it's such a good nine inch nails track dark, moody, energetic full of suspense and excellent synths. Trent you are a genius

    R.... 6....

    Yurp. bugs me to think he must have so many other tracks never finished that we might never hear. The Fragile deviations was alright but too much today NIN influence i felt if that makes sense. Cleaned it up too much, added stuff they didnt add anything (end of starfuckers) o.0

    R.... 6....

    @Tritnew I think Now I'm Nothing was just an opener for Terrible Lie in-general, wasn't it?

    R.... 6....

    Sorry to break it to you but it did, just not in the USA. You need to order a euro or australia copy to get this

    R.... 6....

    @Chief Smakaho I own a european copy of with teeth, its not on there. maybe some sort of special edition?

  69. R.... M....

    This may be one of the best songs ever made in the history of the world.

    What a brooding, raw song, every aspect is perfect the eeriness of the piano, the guitar giving it a bit of that hopeful feel, I hear this song and I hear perseverance of the human will in spite of nearly having lost all hope.

    R.... M....

    made it sound gay!

    R.... M....

    @Night Finger We don't need people like you in Nin's music videos.

    R.... M....

    elninjalaranja I'm the only one of my kind, there is no people lile me, we don't need people like you on earth

    R.... M....

    @Night Finger We still don't need people like you here. You're retarded.

    R.... M....

    Well said

  70. J.... S....

    beautiful

  71. c.... w....

    Just realised basicallynonentity could be female and if someone is in such a dark place that certain music literally does save their lives,who are you to question that.I've listened to nin for 20yrs and have had depression for most of those."Oh nin are so depressing".Sick of hearing that.I'm hardly going to listen to something that will tip me over the edge!His lyrics are powerful,thought provoking and very perceptive.Something a lot of ppl can relate to.Don't know what music you listen to but even if i thought it was shit,i would not disrespect you for how it makes you feel.If you have feelings.

    c.... w....

    @catherine walton Trent saved my life -- quite literally as well

  72. p.... ....

    Those drums!!

    p.... ....

    piggybank16 His Voice!!

    p.... ....

    This song!!

    p.... ....

    Dave Grohl on the drums according to NIN wiki, good stuff

    p.... ....

    Dave Grohl recorded all drums on this album :)

  73. b.... ....

    You're a moron, I'm probably a bigger fan of Nine Inch Nails than you are Aden Hensley, the fact of the matter is, NIN isn't life saving music, it's roll around in self hatred and self pity music, so to say that this music "saved your life" is bullshit, if you truly believe that, than you are just dragging it out, and your behaving like a worthless excuse of a human being, so change your diaper, put on some grown up pants and grow the fuck up. Stop sucking Reznors dick, I somehow doubt he would respect you any more for being Justin Beibers gothic counterpart.

    b.... ....

    @***** I know i'm replying 4mths after but I'm so glad something made you feel a touch better.I've been suffering chronic depression on and off for 20yrs now.And iv'e listened to nin for all of those too.NIN are not depressing or try to be.I read true crime and history of torture books.That doesn't mean i'm learning how to commit the worst murder.Whatever gets you through the night,I say.Stay well and hope you're in a better place.Disrespectful fuckers will allways exist i'm afraid!

    b.... ....

    You have no grasp of meaning to the effect this music has on someone who is suffering. No matter how much of NIN fan you may think you are, you will never understand the way this music makes us feel. I can't really say it has saved me but it does ease the pain.

    b.... ....

    How do you criticize someone on a subjective experience?  People derive different meanings from the same thing.  I can def see how the song helped somebody move through tough times in their life yielding perspective if not feeling lyrics that REZNORate (resonate) with their experience. 

    b.... ....

    so win the fight, because that a stupid world fight on youtube another one, CMON BE KIND TO OTHERS

    b.... ....

    I get where OP is coming from, but I don't fully agree with him. We're all NIN fans anyway, no need for such hostility.

  74. A.... H....

    y dont u go fuck ur self and leave the judging to the fans u cry baby bitch

  75. R.... B....

    song just sent a chill up my spine thanks for the upload never heard this song

  76. M.... C....

    Non-Entity should be retitled to Anne Hathaway.

  77. N.... G....

    NIN you keep bringing me back to the "right side" of things.

  78. E.... B....

    You can't knock inspiration. Everything comes from something prior to it, be glad there are talented influences like this out there, even if you don't like it - there are only a few holding the line against the massive amount of actual garbage music out there.

  79. B.... ....

    Man, NIN always uses the best raw snare tones with the perfect amount of ringing in it!

  80. J.... S....

    what do you mean you lost yourself? Also, well done for staying strong :)

  81. N.... A....

    I wonder what's your opinion on the new song "Everything"

  82. R.... L....

    Trent reznors music saved me a bullet to the head. Now I make music

  83. J.... C....

    Love this song so much

  84. n.... ....

    Thumbs up for finding your way back in the awesomest way ever...
    And many thanks for your service.

  85. j.... ....

    I'm enchanted with this dark little number.

  86. E.... M....

    I have a tat of the NIN logo on my left forearm because I lost myself in Iraq and NIN brought me back..

  87. R.... G....

    And I'm doing a cover of this song now. Just determined that.

  88. R.... G....

    Trent Reznor is the reason I make music.

  89. b.... ....

    They were free downloads if you were on the NIN email list. That's how I got them.

  90. e.... ....

    love it ;)

  91. D.... ....

    die plz

  92. F.... D....

    does it matter?

  93. S.... T....

    How did rap end up evolving and defining the future of music, and not something that is actually amazing, like Trent Reznor's work? In my opinion, he is ofa greater talent that Bach or Mozart. Most under appreciated musician of all time? I think so.

  94. P.... S....

    my god this track is amazing why didn't trent release it on an album

  95. J.... J....

    I CANT DOWNLOAD IT

  96. A.... C....

    *gets on hands and knees crying and screams* Oh all mighty overlord Trent, forgive my transgression against thee! I hath forgotten an "e" in a post about NIN... FORGIVE ME!!!!!!!

  97. N.... A....

    Best reply ever.

  98. A.... C....

    And I hate myself for forgetting the "e" on hate