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Terrible Lie

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I need someone to hold on to

The second track from the album Pretty Hate Machine. Its intro beat bleeds in from the outro of "Head Like A Hole" and pops up occasionally throughout the song. The song is almost entirely synthetic and is extremely layered when compared to most of the other songs on the album. During the verses, under the guitar stabs Reznor can be heard whispering "hey God!". Live "Terrible Lie" is often the opening song of Nine Inch Nails shows following the intro tape. Unlike the album version where a keyboard and bass melody is present throughout the entire chorus… read more
The second track from the album Pretty Hate Machine. Its intro beat bleeds in from the outro of "Head Like A Hole" and pops up occasionally… read more
The second track from the album Pretty Hate Machine. Its intro beat bleeds in from the outro of "Head Like A Hole" and pops up occasionally throughout the song. The song is alm… read more

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Nine Inch Nails, commonly abbreviated as NIN (stylized as NIИ), is an American band formed in 1988 in Cleveland, Ohio. Singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Trent Reznor was the only permanent member of the band until the official addition of English musician Atticus Ross in 2016. Reznor recorded the band's debut album, Pretty Hate Machine (1989), while working overnight as a janitor at a Cleveland recording studio. After feuding with the label TVT Records about promotion, Reznor signed with Interscope Records and released the EP Broken (1992)… read more
Nine Inch Nails, commonly abbreviated as NIN (stylized as NIИ), is an American band formed in 1988 in Cleveland, Ohio. Singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and produce… read more
Nine Inch Nails, commonly abbreviated as NIN (stylized as NIИ), is an American band formed in 1988 in Cleveland, Ohio. Singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Trent Reznor was the only permanent member o… read more

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