NIN part 2

And All That Could Have Been

Trent likes to expand on ideas. If you listen to every CD back to back, you will hear familiarities throughout. It's like he continues his story from album (0r Halo) to album. You will hear the same line of words hidden in songs, same haunting melodies mixed in...just hanging ever so slightly, so as not to be repetative in an annoying, or uncreative way, but as a type of transparent glue holding his music together. I love it. It makes me feel more connected to the music, like it is a part of me because I know and love it so well. Like a common phrase that you use with a loved one. It is pure perfection. Not many artists could get away with it. We have all seen Ashanti and Akon try.

Breeze still carries the sound
maybe i'll disappear
tracks will fade in the snow
you won't find me here

Ice is starting to form
mending what had begun
I am locked in my head
with what I've done

I know you tried to rescue me
didn't let anyone get in
left with a trace of all that was
And all that could have been

Please
take this
and run far away
far away from me
I am tainted
the two of uswere never meant to be
all these pieces
and promises
and left behinds
if only I could see
In my nothing
You meant everything
everything to me

gone
fading
everything
And
all that could
have been

Please
take this
and run far away
far as you can see
I am tainted
and happiness and peace of mind
were never meant for me
all these pieces
and promises and left behinds
if only I could see
In my nothing
You meant everything
everything to me


This song makes me cry without trying. The loss in his voice, the despair, is beautiful and heartbreaking. If you can make a whole venue so quiet you can hear a pin drop, hold an audience so captivated that it seems people are afraid to even take a breath, that says something. You can tell it was a bad time in his life and he shares that pain with you. How brave to be so vulnerable to millions.
I hope you all find it online to listen to and that it moves you as well.