Nine Inch Nails - Survivalism Lyrics






I should have listened to her
So hard to keep control
We kept on eating but
Our bloated bellies 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 high 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 high 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 turn just keep on walking
What 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 high def ultra-realism
All a part of this great nation
I got my fist
I got my plan
I got survivalism





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  1. T.... B....

    Long life to you Reznor

  2. C.... J....

    When my Grandmother passed away i left the city for a week. My parents dropped me off and drove off. I was walking upto the entrance of my apartment and was confronted by 2 police. They asked do you live here
    I said yes
    Whats your name?
    I said Troy
    They said show us your suite
    Im like ok
    He told me to give him my keys
    So i did
    We were at the door to my apartment
    This your suite?
    I said yes
    I opened the door. The 3 of us entered
    He got a chair and told me to sit down
    So i did

    Then he broke my nose.
    He explained to me i was no longer welcome in Edmonton and i had 5 days to leave.
    They left
    Im freaking right the fuck out
    Phoned my brother crying and hysterical.
    The police officers came to my apartment 3 x a day to make sure i was packing
    My brother came to the city helped me pack and move.

    My neighbor at the time was also named Troy and he had flooded his bathtub and left the faucet running flooding the suites under him.
    Never really knew who to tell.
    Somewhere on the Internet is a shitty song i made about it where i name them.

    These 2 police officers may or may not be exposed, if you don't like that i name them too bad.

    My music is my Story and you need to know my truth to understand why what and when.
    No one has ever heard my story... Somewhere out there is a song about 2 terrorist pigs

  3. �.... 2....

    Как будто вчера клип вышел..а уже столько лет прошло...

  4. C.... ....

    Emili is away too vim pelo luba

  5. j.... f....

    Everything we do onscreen is being monitored by someone..somewhere...and it's a society of the watched being watched by "The Watchers"..crazy shit isn't it?.

  6. i.... ....

    that moment when deadmau5 remix sounds more NIN than actual original version

  7. A.... ....

    thewaterturnedtoblood.net

  8. Z.... M....

    This song needs to be in Cyberpunk 2077

  9. B.... G....

    "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"


    This quote is sinister. Its also the guide of how I see others,

    B.... G....

    Everyone, when we watch the news we say "oh no, thats cruel", then we forget that with just a few minutes, we only "help" through likes and comments, so, yeah all understand cause we do the same, not just the others but all. We see the problem but we ignore cause we dont really care.

  10. J.... S....

    Trent is a fucking prohet. He and many others i feel wear a halo of something beyond. they are just as the young say "woke" but more than that.

  11. T.... i....

    We did just what you told us (purple and blue) Lost our faith along the way and found ourselves believing your lies

  12. D.... J....

    Don't try to act surprised.

  13. I.... ....

    The top one percent doesn't just control the majority of the wealth they control the means of information. Capitalism has brought us globalist exploitation, endless wars, and a public brainwashed with revisionist history. The tyranny of government and corporations are two sides of the same coin.

  14. T.... ....

    Frenetic, Awesome, Perfect {as always} Thank you Trent.

  15. N.... B....

    And join me on Apex. AnaxaretteM45 I should warn you. I'm not very good.

  16. N.... B....

    Thanks for censoring my showers. No one needs to see that.

  17. S.... P....

    The story was suppose to become a movie or show. Talks ended years ago. In the future, technology to send information back I'm time is created. A cell called Backwards initiative sends information back to now, so their future doesn't happen. It was an online ARG, the marketing was next level. Lots of videos that break down the concepts

  18. C.... G....

    No wrong Reznor!!! ❤💯

  19. O.... M....

    this song like "gave up" has a wrong beat. when you listen to it, the song tries to convince you the beginning of the bar is on the snare drum when actually it's offset by one eighth note. it's a very difficult learning process and good exercise for perception...

  20. S.... F....

    🤟🏾🤟🏾🤟🏾

  21. J.... A....

    Man, this would be good music if white boys could stay 13 years old forever. So edgy. At least Manson has fun and drops the pretension.

  22. S.... W....

    The comment section of NIN is the fucking best.

  23. M.... ....

    Never let the government take our guns

  24. V.... J....

    348 ppl who obviously have never heard good music before

  25. d.... ....

    2019 anybody?

    d.... ....

    Still accurate.

    d.... ....

    @Moo5tar Sad but true

  26. J.... B....

    Im a fan of this album, definitely stands out in its uniqueness. I was going through a pretty big shift at that time and this helped push it through. An album of strength.

  27. A.... S....

    Oh, that's how Donald T. felt!

  28. K.... R....

    YEAR ZERO!

  29. A.... C....

    I love how into it he gets when singing the faster parts. Saw the video for the first time and noticed that he shakes his head the same way I do at that part. https://youtu.be/qSsRt_1l740?t=140

  30. G.... M....

    Goodluck with that.

  31. F.... ....

    You got your pacifism, i got survivalism.

  32. f.... 1....

    I can hear 1992 "Gave Up" era Trent taking this great track and absolutely RIPPING IT UP on stage

  33. E.... W....

    There blaming it on mother nature

  34. s.... ....

    nobody is gonna mention that the end part is very similar to the piano part of closer?

  35. H.... Y....

    I can't stop listening to NIN its so good

  36. W.... S....

    Is that Josh Freese playing drums?

  37. P.... J....

    Brilliant video and thoroughly brilliant tune by an ace band who give it no less than 110 per cent.

  38. W.... S....

    Josh Freese in the video?

  39. S.... S....

    I Hope Trent Does Something In 2022.

  40. J.... S....

    2022:6:33:11.11.11... watch for the counter of numbers under the EST TERMINATE EVENT box that is to the left of the screen shot in the video clip for the song 'This Isn't The Place' the number in the counter is 02022. The album Year Zero was mention by Trent Reznor to be a premonition of the near future days ahead between the years 2020 and 2025... The Add Violence theme and artwork come from the 'Holographic Universe' theory.

  41. b.... ....

    Bizarre that ten years later, Christianity would take a wayback seat to the despicably censorious morality police. Out with the evangelical and in with the "Progressive©".

  42. K.... ....

    *GASP* lol

  43. T.... M....

    Every time I watch this, I think "Holy shit I forgot how fukkin sick this is." I did it yesterday, too.

    T.... M....

    this whole album rules

  44. A.... M....

    Here from the reddit thread. No regrets.

  45. F.... C....

    #TrentWasRight

  46. d.... n....

    ... dope

  47. P.... a....

    I used to listen to a lot of metal back in the day. It's good to get back into this music. It really helps. Especially with the shit that's been been in my life for the longest time.

    P.... a....

    music is good, art is good.

  48. S.... B....

    I remember when his song was released, and NIN fans HATED it. At the time it topped "Worst NIN songs" lists regularly. I on the other hand loved it. The intensity and violence of the nature, the seemingly nonsense lyrics and the feeling of paranoia throughout was unlike anything I had heard.

    Like a lot of masterpieces the fans have grown to love it over time, and hearing it live in 2013 was unreal, especially with those backup singers who just rocked the night!!!

    S.... B....

    They say that about every new release as far back as Broken.

  49. M.... N....

    Released on April 17th 2007

  50. D.... P....

    Year zero. Thank you.

  51. s.... ....

    Except not even close and girl please if that were the real dynamic you'd all be telecommuting from ohio

  52. c.... ....

    hey in 2019!!!! N1N cykabizdeznahoiblyad

  53. P.... m....

    Much better

  54. K.... K....

    I actually see em live in YZ tour, also was much fun to trace NIN wave movement through countries (with brief posts and pics) in the official site. I don't quite agree about how prophetic YZ was, in 2007 we already had smartphones and all the conspiracy, dirt below surface treaties were already starting, in a hi-tech format.

  55. 3.... ....

    I wish mr Reznor would write more conceptual albums

  56. L.... S....

    And here we are in Brazil Elections hahaha As always, PLS COME TO BRAZIL

  57. d.... b....

    Wait until its a points game of being a good little bitch. To many bad points gets you dead. But dont worry to much, that wont happen untill 2099 when the first aliens show up to tell us about their god.

  58. T.... R....

    2018 Has this song made more sense than it does right now?

  59. I.... H....

    Woo hoo! Year Zero at 2022

  60. H.... ....

    I bought the cd when this released rocking it in my first car rocking it on polk audio speakers... Fuck yeah

  61. M.... ....

    I'm revisiting this song in 2018 because I just cant get it out of my head after all these years

  62. J.... A....

    Violence is the only solution to being oppressed. Anyone that tells you otherwise works for someone.

  63. t.... s....

    look out guys, twitter's after you.

  64. N.... Z....

    For fucks sake is there ever a song from them I hate?

    N.... Z....

    guess not :D

  65. F.... R....

    La intro comienza con un bajo distorsionado, chevere, suena mas electrizante

  66. A.... G....

    They can't show a topless woman and two men in bed but they can show armed men , a blood splattered room , and a body being dragged.

  67. a.... ....

    When this album was released in 2007, I really did think that GW Bush would be the worst president America would ever see. Fast forward 10 years and suddenly it becomes very obvious that I was wrong.

  68. J.... F....

    Here we go again with censorship. Regardless of what side you’re on it’s rampant now. Stand up for your right to free speech, people. Words are more powerful than a bullet from a gun.

  69. J.... L....

    I bought n still have this CD when it came out

  70. b.... ....

    That’s a nice video you have there. Shame if it were censored for being subversive by a tech megacorp 🤔

    at least it’s available elsewhere

    b.... ....

    Linkage?

  71. t.... ....

    Year Zero is a masterpiece.

  72. k.... c....

    Funny how Year Zero could be easily considered right-wing influenced in 2018, while many labeled it left-wing influenced when it was released a decade ago

    k.... c....

    keanu carson why so? It isnt left wingers making hate marches and eanting genocides.

    I would sympathize with some of the far righg regarding some issues, but you are genocidal sociopaths.

    So iam sure you understand why you need to be hunted down and killed.

    k.... c....

    Wow that's not fucking pushing into edgelord, Boss. Not at all. That thought process, that assumption that the alt right is out for blood, that fear is exactly what the power base wants: a divided people is a weak people.

    Year Zero is not left or right. Reznor has gone on record to say Obama pushed the world into a Year Zero environment more than Bush ever could. It's an album about the centralization of power. Where political differences are mutated into one single train of thought and you're a pariah for thinking anything but what the State demands. Year Zero was a warning in 2007 and reality in 2017.

    You are the problem. But you don't have to be.

  73. A.... A....

    I loved this song when I heard it in college back in 2007 NIN are excellent

  74. P.... S....

    Profligate lol.. Hi

  75. O.... ....

    The completely creepy and ominous way he whispers “I’m sure you understand” at the end always gives me the chills

    O.... ....

    I happened to read this right when he did it lol

  76. D.... F....

    US bureau of morality im sure that one is coming soon do your patriotic duty and report hate speech, anti Semitic speech, and criticism of our commander and chief to your local bureau branch, no but seriously great vid Trent reznor never ceases to amaze ♥

  77. o.... ....

    More relevant every day.

  78. L.... A....

    Very good!!

  79. A.... C....

    Reznor is a true original

  80. E.... R....

    I didn't give Year Zero the attention that this album deserved. It seemed like a lot of fans didn't, yet listening to it now, it has the sound of an amazingly good album. These songs are also very revealing of the state this world is in. And just how angry we should feel. We are living in a world that is upside down and it is frightening. Art Is Resistance.

    E.... R....

    Im also suprised this album is so underrated. It's my second favorite NIN album after The Downward Spiral.

    E.... R....

    I think it is still somewhat popular, but nowhere near Downward Spiral, and I think none of his modern works will reach that high, I'm afraid.

    E.... R....

    He has a song, "I'm afraid of Americans", with David bowie. In '97. Kinda predicted the future of gun violence 2yrs before our modern mass shootings. Columbine

    E.... R....

    If you can find it, check out Alan Cross's Ongoing History of New Music, he covers Year Zero. If you like this album it's a must to listen to.

    E.... R....

    It has become my favourite album as it has become more relevant; both to the world and to my own life.

  81. L.... o....

    LOL the vid shows people actually playing the instruments and in the track it's just synthesizers

    L.... o....

    The only reason it's all synths on the album is because Reznor recorded it all on a tour bus. It's played on instruments live.

  82. C.... J....

    At 1:12 Bureau of Morality, thats funny because the US Bureau of anything is a joke.
    On another note..id love to smell that scarf...ummm, yummy

  83. J.... B....

    It's great other than having money sense I'm to stupid to understand it's importance

  84. J.... B....

    I'm a moron for a trump presidency

  85. J.... B....

    Hey Nation

  86. J.... B....

    They help you do exactly what is told of

  87. J.... B....

    Ya don't forget to take the correct pills either

  88. K.... L....

    I'VE GOT MY FIST, I'VE GOT MY PLAN, I'VE GOT SURVIVALISM!

  89. L.... o....

    Do you hear the Windows hardware remove sound every now and then?

  90. G.... M....

    It seems nobody remembers the alternate reality game woven into this video, or have forgotten the hidden letters in the countdown timer

    G.... M....

    I remember it. Considering the last couple of years, it's even more haunting now.

  91. M.... M....

    Big fan since pretty hate. X
    Never faded

  92. E.... P....

    he makes the soundtracks of movies better him and atticuss

  93. D.... D....

    I got my fist
    I got my plan
    I got survivalism

  94. B.... B....

    I miss when Trent had long hair.

    B.... B....

    I don't. Short haired Dad mode Trent is fucking badass

  95. J.... B....

    For all the jaggofs saying this is "now relevant" because of President Trump, please keep in mind Satellite off of Hesitation Marks is about Obama

    J.... B....

    Reznor specifically stated that his enthusiasm for Obama wore off quickly, and that Obama had done more to push Year Zero into a reality than Bush or Trump could ever do.

    J.... B....

    Damn gimme a link to that quote

    J.... B....

    https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/aug/08/the-nine-lives-of-trent-reznor

  96. J.... C....

    Replace the religious imagery with liberal degeneracy and you have 2017 in a nutshell

    J.... C....

    Kyriakos Grizzly looks like you missed the point

  97. J.... C....

    Surprisingly good