Nine Inch Nails
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“The Wretched” is the fourth track on the Left disc of The Fragile.
The bridge of the song contains a sample of radio interference often confused with whispered lyrics. It can be heard more clearly in Keith Hillebrandt’s remix of the song on Things Falling Apart.
[Verse 1]
Just a reflection
Just a glimpse
Just a little reminder
Of all the what abouts (What abouts)
And all the might have, c-c-could have beens
Another day (Another day)
Some other way (Other way)
But not another reason to continue (Continue)
And now you're one of us (One of us)
The wretched (The wretched, the wretched)
The hopes and prays
The better days
The far aways
Forget it (Forget it, forget it)
[Pre-Chorus]
It didn't turn out the way you wanted it to
It didn't turn out the way you wanted it, did it?
It didn't turn out the way you wanted it to
It didn't turn out the way you wanted it, did it?
[Chorus]
Now you know
This is what it feels like
Now you know
This is what it feels like
[Verse 2]
The clouds will part
And the sky cracks open
And God himself will reach
His fucking arm through
Just to push you down, just to hold you down, down
Stuck in this hole with the shit and the piss
And it's hard to believe it could come down to this
Back at the beginning (-ginning)
Sinking, spinning
And in the end
We still pretend
The time we spend
Not knowing when
You're finally free
And you could be
[Pre-Chorus]
But it didn't turn out the way you wanted it to
It didn't turn out quite the way that you wanted it
[Chorus]
Now you know
This is what it feels like
Now you know
This is what it feels like
[Instrumental Bridge]
[Chorus]
Now you know
This is what it feels like
Now you know
This is what it feels like
[Outro]
You can try to stop it but it keeps on coming
You can try to stop it but
The Wretched was written by Trent Reznor.
The Wretched was produced by Alan Moulder & Trent Reznor.
Nine Inch Nails released The Wretched on Tue Sep 21 1999.