Nine Inch Nails
Nine Inch Nails
Nine Inch Nails
Nine Inch Nails
Nine Inch Nails
Nine Inch Nails
Nine Inch Nails
Nine Inch Nails
Nine Inch Nails
Nine Inch Nails
Nine Inch Nails
Nine Inch Nails
Nine Inch Nails
Nine Inch Nails
Nine Inch Nails
“Reptile” marks the catharsis of The Downward Spiral in that the real, human side of the protagonist is comprehending his emotional damage. He is not dissociating through the “inhuman” side of himself (i.e. that which was present in “Eraser”) and he is contemplating his relationship to the “Ruiner”...
[Verse 1]
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
[Chorus]
Oh, my beautiful liar
Oh, my precious whore
My disease, my infection
I am so impure, oh
[Interlude]
Give it
[Verse 2]
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
[Chorus]
Oh, my beautiful liar
Oh, my precious whore
My disease, my infection
I am so impure
[Interlude]
Oh
[Chorus]
Oh, my beautiful liar
Oh, my precious whore
My disease, my infection
I am so impure (God dammit, let me go!)
Oh, my beautiful liar (No, no, no, no, no, no!)
Oh, my precious whore
My disease, my infection
I am so impure
Reptile was written by Trent Reznor.
Reptile was produced by Flood & Trent Reznor.
Nine Inch Nails released Reptile on Tue Mar 08 1994.