Finishing out the Add Violence EP (aka halo 31), “The Background World” is quite possibly one of the band’s most unique tracks. Clocking in at eleven minutes and forty-four seconds, over seven minutes of that consists of a single short instrumental sequence repeating and decaying. With each loop of...
You left me here
What am I supposed to do?
I never dared to look inside
Just like you told me to
I'm going into you again
I know you saw it too
And I will keep myself awake
I know what’s coming
I feel it reaching through
There is no moving past
There is no better place
There is no future point in time
We will not get away
The world is bleeding out
It folds itself in two
Behind the background world
Is always bleeding through
Are you sure
(This is what you want?)
Are you sure
(This is what you want?)
Are you sure
(This is what you want?)
Are you sure
(This is what you want?)
Are you sure
(This is what you want?)
Are you sure
Hard as you try not to see it
(This is what you want?)
Hard as you try not to see it
Are you sure
Hard as you try not to see it
(This is what you want?)
Hard as you try not to see it
Are you sure
Hard as you try not to see it
(This is what you want?)
Hard as you try not to see it
The Background World was written by Atticus Ross & Trent Reznor.
The Background World was produced by Atticus Ross & Trent Reznor.
Nine Inch Nails released The Background World on Wed Jul 19 2017.