Trent Reznor is a musical Genius

God I remember those giant LED screens making my eyes bleed live. Mmmm THE WRETCHED!

I’m 17 years old. My mom introduced me to NIN when I was maybe 11 and I’ve never been the same since. This album has been places with me and it’s just as amazing as it was then.

This man has the gift of putting to words and music the thoughts of suicide, fear, and anxiety

Just a reflection Just a glimpse Just a little reminder Of all the what abouts And all the might have Could have beens Another day Some other way But not another reason to continue And now you're one of us The wretched The hopes and prays The better days The far aways Forget it It didn't turn out the way you wanted it to It didn't turn out the way you wanted it to, did it? It didn't turn out the way you wanted it to It didn't turn out the way you wanted it to, did it? Now you know This is what it feels like Now you know This is what it feels like 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 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 Sinking Spinning And in the end We still pretend The time we spend Not knowing when You're finally free And you could be But it didn't turn out the way you wanted it to It didn't turn out quite the way that you wanted it Now you know This is what it feels like Now you know This is what it feels like You can try to stop it but it keeps on coming You can try to stop it but

I think this songs sums up what life is like. And it doesn't sugercoat anything. It's my favorite from this album

This song takes me to the worst part of my life, starting over again at the bottom. I never judged those who had less than me but I thought if I did everything ‘correctly,’ I’d never be at the bottom. The truth is, I didn’t really want insight to homelessness, poverty, mental illness, and trauma that exceeded my past traumas. But I got it, and I never saw it coming. It was beyond my control. Beyond anyone else’s control. It just happened.

Fuck. This is beyond amazing. Those small bits of scream adds up to the song even the pitches right around the middle of the song.

This album is a masterpiece! I picked it up the day it dropped back in high school. These two CDs never left my discman for a soild year. Transitions from one song to the next is Soo smooth. This hit me like a ton of bricks. Really put the confusion and anxiety into something you can just zone out to and not feel like you soo alone.

such a beautiful song to listen to on a nice spring day :)

The perfect band, NIN. You know the sound of Trent, but every NIN song sounds so different and has its own unique sound.

Two weeks after my mother’s passing, this is quite appropriate to the status quo Thank you for uploading 🙏🏼

Haven't listened to this album in 10+ years, truly a masterpiece. Not a bad track on it! And the fact that KZfaq did not place ads at the start of this song made my day. The way he seamlessly goes from the previous track to this one gives me chills each time!

fuck, that Terminator-like synth bass, the bleak piano riff, and the punchy kick and wavecrushed drums is just.... so goddamn beautiful. I never heard anything like it, even after more than 20 years now

Mierda, la transición entre The Frail y The Wretched ejemplifica lo perfecto y el sentimiento de todo el álbum. Lo amo.

Thank you for posting the whole album, left and right sides ❤

Listened to this song continuously at Fort Gordon, AIT, May-October 2000. Perfectly sums up the misery, anxiety, repetitive, run-of-the-mill nature of the place that drove us all crazy with every possible emotion on an hourly basis.

That piano is so evil sounding it gives me goosebumps even after all these years

Started with the Pretty Hate Machine, then by the time I got the Downward Spiral on cassette tape, it lived in my car for a year or two (never removed from the cassette player), and every time I'd hear something new. Got to see them live in the 1990's, 2000's, and 2010's and excellent every single time!

My favorite song from this album. Not to mention this song has awesome beats ! 👏🤘

This is what it feels like when NIN kicks your ass on a chorus.

Gives me chills EVERYTIME

Sinking....spinning If you've been there, welcome to the abyss of which there is no return.

Calming.

Brutal!!!!!! qué bello es esto! super rompedor!

This album makes me want to take up piano.

My all time favorite NiN jam! Yass!!!!!!

All of Trent Reznor's music sounds like different really beautiful parts of Southern California. Yeah because what he should really be doing is a bunch of New Age Instrumentals of Southern California Soundscapes Music with all of his talent there! But not to be drab there! All of his music does sound magnificently Beautiful Though! So then 2 thumbs up for the music of Trent Reznor and Nine Inch Nails though! And thank you for it!

This is the best, final point.

Charles is with you Trent. Forever. I shall be.

damn. this song fits more with muh life now then it did when this album first came out. boy ima edge lord.

if anyone here hasn't heard the remix version of this song on the album Things Falling Apart, make yourself a favor, and please go check it out. have a seat before listening, because you are going to be surprised.

3:45 gets me every damn time that's hawt shit

The sky will part and the sky cracks open and God himself will reach his fucking arm through!

Dark Entrance Way

The whole album sounds like Bowie from 1976 ( Low )want into the future and read the Hellbound heart or perhaps saw the film

imagine NIN being british... 22.8 CM Nails.

I'm .... picking up a visual of Reznor looking up at a Leviathan that's 1000 feet tall, screaming singing and accepting defeat via a critical mass explosion... Anyone else?? Hahah

Try it at 1.25 speed. I love the doom laden feel of original speed but I think this speed adds something too

King 👑 miehe from father dave miehe... 👑 To 👑....god speed father or brother,of mine...Daddy...

Tuesday 5 November 2024 2:35

We are not the wretched,we are forever,....difinitived...time i go to the 🌍 bank for mine...

I betcha the inspiration for this song occurred when Trent was just a young boy who dropped his ice cream cone.

My throat hurts.

1:47

How my come down from acid feels...

esa sensación es mi incertidumbre que ve lo perverso y lo malo, que ve la naturaleza del hombre siempre siendo parecida a la de los animales violentos y hambrientos de sexualidad, como combatir a los que justifican esclavitud y predican con una sola mano en el vacío de alguien.

The first time I heard this I farted and a plum fell out. I have to say that I was plum surprised