Entrai in quel gelido pomeriggio alla Feltrinelli, erano le 19.00 e vidi un album, mi stava chiamando, mi stava offrendo il sapere, il dolore, la violenza, la fine. Un offerta che non potevo rifiutare, baciamo le mani a Trent Reznor. È stato il primo album che avevo comprato, avevo solo 13 anni, un album che mi ha segnato la vita. (Seghe Mentali da "The Downward Spiral")
Appena messo il disco nello stereo, sentii dei battiti, l'incubo stava iniziando, il signore dell'autodistruzione (...droga...) stava venendo a prendermi, riuscii a scappare e ad avere un pò di tregua (...astinenza...), ma il "maiale" dei miei sogni mi seguiva, quel lurido "maiale" voleva prendermi e rifarmi il buco del culo, ancora una volta. (Dio non esiste, dio è morto prima di nascere, il vostro dio è morto e a nessuno frega qualcosa, lo rivedremo all inferno.) Scappai dal "maiale" ma mi ritrovai la marcia dei "maiali" pronti a farmi il culo, mi preserò e sentiii loro affanni, stavano godendo, io pensavo e cercavo di stare tranquillo, il "maiale" era solo uno ma io ero cosi piccolo, non potevo fare niente. Il "maiale" voleva scoparmi come un animale, voleva sentirmi da dentro e venirmi dentro .(Cosi chiuso ad un dio morto prima di nascere.). Come ha fatto a diventare cosi grosso? Come ha fatto a diventare così forte, cosi duro, cosi lungo. Non avevo tempo per riflettere, il "maiale" fortunatamente non c'era, era solo un sogno. Ritornò mio padre a casa dal lavoro, mi resi conto che l'educazione che mi avevano dato, era solo un modo per programmarmi, e qualcosa in me se ne rende conto, mio padre è una "macchina", anzi no un circuito, di questo sistema che vuole come perfezione l'imperfezione. Io non voglio questo, no non lo voglio, tutto ciò mi fà vomitare, è tutto finto e senza spessore, vogliono dominarci, ma chi? Nessuno, siamo semplicemente masochisti, destinati a morire, destinati ad estinguere. "Io sono una gran uomo con una pistola, succhiatemi il mio vecchio cazzo" credevo di aver sentito in tv una cosa simile, no invece era il nostro amato cavaliere diversamente alto che diceva le solite cazzate. E ora? Il buio, un caldo buio avvolgeva la mia pelle, forse ho solo bisogno di scopare, Ho bisogno della mia ex. la sogno, la trovo, la tocco, la scopo, la uso, la rompo. Lei mi perde, mi odia, mi colpisce, mi cancella. La mia preziosa puttana, sono così impuro per lei, cosi bellamente falso. Una spirale sotto di me mi attira, no non era una vera spirale, era tutto cosi blu come i vecchi funghi di mio cugino. Mi sono fatto del male I miei cari amici e tutti quelli che conosco se ne vanno. Indosso la mia corona di merda come il nuovo "Gesù cristo" di quest'epoca. Mi sento cosi sotto e te continui a farmi del male. Mamma se puoi sentirmi sappi che ti voglio bene, ovunque tu sia in questo momento spero che sarai felice e che te la passi meglio di me.
Doveva essere una recensione ironica, ma questo disco, questo disco è stato importante per me, così importante che lo devo ridicolizzare con la mia stupida depressione. Amare è solo una parola, i fatti alla fine, dimostrano sempre altro.
Ascoltate questo disco solo se siete in vena di farvi tante, ma tante seghe mentali da diventare ciechi verso qualsiasi emozione.
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01 Mr. Self Destruct (04:30)
I am the voice inside your head (and I control you)
I am the lover in your bed (and I control you)
I am the sex that you provide (and I control you)
I am the hate you try to hide (and I control you)
I take you where you want to go
I give you all you need to know
I drag you down, I use you up
Mister self destruct
I speak religions message clear (and I control you)
I am denial, guilt and fear (and I control you)
I am the prayers of the naive (and I control you)
I am the lie that you believe (and I control you)
I take you where you want to go
I give you all you need to know
I drag you down, I use you up
Mister self destruct
You let me do this to you (I am an exit)
You let me do this to you (I am an exit)
You let me do this to you (I am an exit)
You let me do this to you (I am an exit)
You let me do this to you (I am an exit)
You let me do this to you (I am an exit)
You let me do this to you (I am an exit)
You let me do this to you (I am an exit)
I am the needle in your vein
I am the high you can't sustain
I am the pusher, I'm a whore
I am the need in you for more
I am the bullet in the gun (and I control you)
I am the truth from which you run (and I control you)
I am the silencing machine (and I control you)
I am the end of all your dreams (and I control you)
I take you where you want to go
I give you all you need to know
I drag you down I use you up
Mister self destruct
I take you where you want to go
I give you all you need to know
I drag you down I use you up
Mister self destruct
02 Piggy (04:24)
Hey, pig, yeah, you
Hey, pig, piggy, pig, pig, pig, all of my fears came true
Black and blue and broken bones, you left me here, I'm all alone
My little piggy needed something new
Nothing can stop me now 'cause I don't care anymore
Nothing can stop me now 'cause I don't care
Nothing can stop me now 'cause I don't care anymore
Nothing can stop me now 'cause I just don't care
Hey pig, nothing's turning out the way I planned
Hey mother-fucking pig, there's a lot of things I hoped you could help me understand
What am I supposed to do? I lost my shit because of you
Nothing can stop me now 'cause I don't care anymore
Nothing can stop me now 'cause I don't care
Nothing can stop me now 'cause I don't care anymore
Nothing can stop me now 'cause I just don't care
Nothing can stop me now
Nothing can stop me now
Nothing can stop me now
Nothing can stop me
Nothing can stop me now
Nothing can stop me now
Nothing can stop me now
Nothing can stop me
Nothing can stop me now
Nothing can stop me now
Nothing can stop me now
Nothing can stop me
Nothing can stop me now
Nothing can stop me now
Nothing can stop me now
Nothing can stop
03 Heresy (03:54)
He sewed his eyes shut because he was afraid to see
He tries to tell me what I put inside of me
He's got the answers to ease my curiosity
He dreamed a God up and called it Christianity
Your God is dead and no one cares
If there is a hell I will see you there
He flexed his muscles to keep his flock of sheep in line
He made a virus that would kill off all the swine
His perfect kingdom of killing, suffering and pain
Demands devotion atrocities done in his name
Your God is dead and no one cares
If there is a hell I will see you there
Your God is dead and no one cares
If there is a hell I will see you there
Your God is dead and no one cares
If there is a hell I will see you there
Your God is dead and no one cares
(Drowning in his own hypocrisy)
If there is a hell I will see you there
(Burning with your God in humility)
04 March of the Pigs (02:58)
Step right up!
March!
Push!
Crawl right up on your knees
Please!
Greed!
Feed! (no time to hesitate)
I want a little bit
I want a piece of it
I think he's losing it
I want to watch it come down
Don't like the look of it
Don't like the taste of it
Don't like the smell of it
I want to watch it come down
All the pigs are all lined up
I give you all that you want
Take the skin and peel it back
Now doesn't that make you feel better?
Shove it up inside!
Surprise!
Lies!
Stains like the blood on your teeth
Bite!
Chew!
Suck! (away the tender parts)
I want to break it up
I want to smash it up
I want to fuck it up
I want to watch it come down
Maybe afraid of it
Let's discredit it
Let's pick away at it
I want to watch it come down
All the pigs are all lined up
I give you all that you want
Take the skin and peel it back
Now doesn't that make you feel better?
The pigs have won tonight
Now they can all sleep soundly
And everything is all right
05 Closer (06:13)
You let me violate you
You let me desecrate you
You let me penetrate you
You let me complicate you
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
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
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
Help me
Tear down my reason
Help me
It's your sex I can smell
Help me
You make me perfect
Help me become somebody else
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
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
06 Ruiner (04:58)
You had all of them on your side,
Didn't you, didn't you?
You believed in all your lies,
Didn't you, didn't you?
The Ruiner's got a lot to prove;
He's got nothing to lose-
And now he made you believe
The Ruiner is your only friend
And he's the living end
To the cattle he deceives.
Raping of the innocent;
You know the Ruiner ruins everything he sees.
Now the only pure thing left in my fucking world
Is wearing your disease.
How'd you get so big?
How'd you get so strong?
How'd it get so hard?
How'd it get so long?
You had to give them all a sign,
Didn't you, didn't you?
You had to covet what was mine,
Didn't you, didn't you?
The ruiner's a collector,
He's an infecter;
Serving his shit to his flies.
Maybe there will come a day
When those that You keep blind
Will suddenly realize.
Maybe it's a part of me
You took it to a place
I hoped it would never go...
And maybe that fucked me up
Much more than you'll ever know!
How'd you get so big?
How'd you get so strong?
How'd you get so hard?
How'd it get so long?
And what you gave to me,
My perfect ring of scars,
You know I can see
What you really are.
You didn't hurt me;
Nothing can hurt me.
You didn't hurt me;
Nothing can stop me now.
07 The Becoming (05:31)
I beat my machine..
It's a part of me,
It's inside of me.
I'm stuck in this dream,
It's changing me... I am becoming.
The me that you know, he had some second thoughts.
He's covered with scabs, he is broken and sore.
The me that you know, he doesn't come around much.
That part of me... isn't here anymore.
All pain disappears,
It's the nature of...
Of my circuitry.
Drowns out all I hear,
There's no escape from this,
My new consciousness.
The me that you know, he used to have feelings,
But the blood has stopped pumping and he is left to decay.
The me that you know is now made up of wires,
And even when i'm right with you i'm so far away...
I can try to get away.. but i've strapped myself in.
I can try to scratch away.. the sound in my ears.
I can see it killing away.. all of my bad parts.
I don't want to listen.. but it's all too clear.
Hiding..
Backwards inside of me.
I feel... so unafraid.
Annie, hold a little tighter..
I might..
Might just slip away!
It won't give up, it wants me dead.
Goddamn this noise inside my head...
08 I Do Not Want This (05:41)
i'm losing ground
you know how this world can beat you down
i'm made of clay
i fear i'm the only one who thinks this way
i'm always falling down the same hill
bamboo puncturing this skin
and nothing comes bleeding out of me just like a waterfall i'm drowning in
2 feet below the surface i can still make out your wavy face
and if i could just reach you maybe i could leave this place
i do not want this [4x]
don't you tell me how i feel [3x]
you don't know just how i feel
i stay inside my bed
i have lived so many lives all in my head
don't tell me that you care
there really isn't anything, is there?
you would know, wouldn't you?
you extend your hand to those who suffer
to those who know what it really feels like
to those who've had a taste
like that means something
and oh so sick i am
and maybe i don't have a choice
and maybe that is all i have
and maybe this is a cry for help
i do not want this [4x]
don't you tell me how i feel [3x]
you don't know just how i feel
i want to know everything
i want to be everywhere
i want to fuck everyone in the world
i want to do something that matters
09 Big Man With a Gun (01:36)
I am a big man
(yes I am)
And I got a big gun
Got me a big old dick and I
I like to have fun
Held against your forehead
Well, I'll make you suck it
Maybe I'll put a hole in your head
You know, just for the fuck of it
Well, I can reduce you if I want
I can devour
I'm hard as fucking steel
I've got the power
I'm every inch a man and I'll show you somehow
Me and my fucking gun
Nothing can stop me now
Shoot shoot shoot shoot shoot
I'm gonna cum all over you
Shoot shoot shoot shoot shoot
I'm gonna cum all over you
Shoot shoot shoot shoot shoot
I'm gonna cum all over you
Shoot shoot shoot shoot shoot
I'm gonna cum all over you
Me and my fucking gun
Me and my fucking gun
Me and my fucking gun
Me and my fucking gun (my fucking gun)
Me and my fucking gun (my fucking gun)
Me and my fucking gun (my fucking gun)
Me and my fucking gun (my fucking gun)
Me and my fucking gun (my fucking gun)
10 A Warm Place (03:22)
The best thing about life is knowing you put it together (x6)
11 Eraser (04:53)
Need you
Dream you
Find you
Taste you
Fuck you
Use you
Scar you
Break you
Lose me
Hate me
Smash me
Erase me
Kill me
12 Reptile (06:52)
She spreads herself wide open to let the insects in
She leaves a trail of honey to show me where she's been
She has the blood of reptile just underneath her skin
Seeds from a thousand others drip down from within
Oh my beautiful liar
Oh my precious whore
My disease my infection
I am so impure oh
Devils speak of the way in which she'll manifest
Angels bleed from the tainted touch of my caress
Need to contaminate to alleviate this loneliness
I now know the depths I reach are limitless
Oh my beautiful liar
Oh my precious whore
My disease my infection
I am so impure oh
Oh
Oh my beautiful liar
Oh my precious whore
My disease my infection
I am so impure
Oh my beautiful liar no
Oh my precious whore no, oooh, oh,
My disease my infection no
I am so impure no, ah no, ah no, ah no
13 The Downward Spiral (03:56)
He couldn't believe how easy it was
He put the gun into his face
Bang!
(so much blood for such a tiny little hole)
Problems do have solutions
A lifetime of fucking things up fixed in one determined flash
Everything's blue
In this world
The deepest shade of mushroom blue
All fuzzy
Spilling out of my head
14 Hurt (06:14)
I hurt myself today
To see if I still feel
I focus on the pain
The only thing that's real
The needle tears a hole
The old familiar sting
I try to kill it all away
But I remember everything
What have I become
My sweetest friend?
Everyone I know
Goes away in the end
You could have it all
My empire of dirt
I will let you down
I will make you hurt
I wear this crown of shit
Upon my liar's chair
Full of broken thoughts
I cannot repair
Beneath the stains of time
The feelings disappear
You are someone else
I am still right here
What have I become
My sweetest friend?
Everyone I know
Goes away in the end
You could have it all
My empire of dirt
I will let you down
I will make you hurt
If I could start again
A million miles away
I would keep myself
I would find a way
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Altre recensioni
Di Vic Sorriso1
"L'autodistruzione si nasconde in ciò che più si desidera, perché è questo a detenere il vero potere su di te."
"Quando il trono di Dio viene rovesciato, il ribelle realizza che ora è sua responsabilità creare la giustizia, l'ordine e l'unità."
Di CycoCiccio
"L'unico defenestramento di cui vado veramente fiero, fu quello di 'The Downward Spiral'."
"Questi nuovi artisti del ventunesimo secolo vanno scelti totalmente incapaci insomma, meglio ancora se montati."
Di alCOOL
Sto dormendo, o forse sono sveglio, o forse sono semplicemente impazzito e leggo come in un libro caotico ciò che è scritto nella mia anima.
Non ho mai trovato un album che mi getta in un vortice di emozioni come questo.
Di TheFragile
Mai più il genio di Trent Reznor ha toccato i vertici raggiunti con "The Downward Spiral".
"Closer non è semplicemente una canzone: è l’abbraccio infuocato di due amanti, è lussuria irresistibile nell’atmosfera..."
Di zioMaynard
La mente di Trent Reznor è stata infettata da una malattia particolare che si chiama nichilismo.
E' un uomo senza speranza alcuna, consapevole che la sua vita sarà una lunga agonia.