These are a collection of unoriginal rip off writings I did by stealing Trent Reznor's/Nine Inch Nails' lyrics and turning them backwards and making them the opposite in meaning of the original writings. I made them opposite line for line, not so much word for word opposite. I think some of them turned out pretty good while others were gimmicky and cheesy. The originals are below each one for comparison.


[b]A Silent Opening (Echoplex reversed)

hollow, low and closed in
it's not what they told me
i destroyed this place with living machines
unlike what they said
putting the new version of you together
you won't be surprised at your limitations
i'm vulnerable out here
relevant
unlike what they said

my silence just absorbs into this white opening path

you can't feel me breathe, i might be dead
i can't see you
i can't see a thing
with these limitations you can still reach me
i can't see
i can't see the peace you tried to put yourself through because of this
Oh the limitations

my silence just absorbs into this dead opening
my silence just absorbs into this opening
i need everything to keep on going
but my silence just absorbs into this ground

i am quickly coming back to you, you can feel what i am thinking

you can reach me here

Echoplex by Nine Inch Nails

Nice and high and far apart
Just like they said
I built this place with broken parts
Just like they said
You chip away the old version of you
You'd be surprised at what you can do
I'm safe in here
Irrelevant
Just like they said

My voice just echoes off these walls

You feel me breathe
I am watching you
I see it all
The many ways you can't get to me
I see it all
I see the Hell you put yourself through
Oh the things I could do (if I wanted to)

My voice just echoes off these walls
My voice just echoes off these walls
I don't need anything at all
My voice just echoes off these walls

And I just slowly fade away

You will never ever get to me in here



Edited 30 time(s). Last edit at 06/08/2010 11:07AM by tien.

Madness In Freedom (Happiness in Slavery reversed)

a free woman laughs, she doesn't know what she wants
she laughs, knows she has nothing to say
lady freedom, she doesn't hear but wants to
free girl, she is winning at rebellion
open your eyes, you'll like what you see
god's lie takes from the body until it is repressed
open your eyes give it to me
lost
you can lose yourself
within this madness in freedom
the free laughter of the lady, she collects her life in learning rebellion
lady freedom, she claims she has no identity
freedom's silence, she's going to cause anarchy to succeed
freely quiet, she's mad to be free
open your eyes, you're going to love what you see
the logical have been cursed with insecurity
open your eyes, give it to me
i have lost....
you can lose yourself
with madness in freedom
i know what i am, i know where i've been
animalistic wants are not just words, they hold depth
move freely in this limited variety and change
just some thoughts free within this person full of range

Happiness In Slavery by Nine Inch Nails

slave screams he thinks he knows what he wants
slave screams thinks he has something to say
slave screams he hears but doesn't want to listen
slave screams he's being beat into submission
don't open your eyes you won't like what you see
the devils of truth steal the souls of the free
don't open your eyes take it from me
i have found
you can find
happiness is slavery
slave screams he spends his life learning conformity
slave screams he claims he has his own identity
slave screams he's going to cause the system to fall
slave screams but he's glad to be chained to that wall
don't open your eyes you won't like what you see
the blind have been blessed with security
don't open your eyes take it from me
i have found
you can find
happiness is slavery
i don't know what i am i don't know where i've been
human junk just words and so much skin
stick my hands thru the cage of this endless routine
just some flesh caught in this big broken machine



Edited 6 time(s). Last edit at 04/22/2009 08:33AM by tien.

Feeling Fine (Hurt Reversed)

I made myself feel good today
to see if i'm still numb
i blur my vision on my health and happiness
not the only thing that is fake
the thread fixes the hole,
the new foreign buzz
try to make it live with me
but i forget everything

i know what i have become
my worst enemy
no one i know
stays with me in the beginning
you can't have it
my empire of rainbows
i won't let you down
i will make you feel good

i wear this crown of gold
upon my truthful stand
full of fixed thoughts
i can repair
above the cleansing from space
the feeling appears
you are the same
i am gone

if i could end again
it would be right here
i would throw myself
i don't need to find a way

Hurt original version by Trent Reznor

I hurt myself today
To see if I still feel
I focus on the pain
The only thing that's real
The needle tears a hole
The old familiar sting
Try to kill it all away
But I remember everything

What have I become?
My sweetest friend
Everyone I know
Goes away in the end
You could have it all
My empire of dirt
I will let you down
I will make you hurt

I wear this crown of shit
Upon my liar's chair
Full of broken thoughts
I cannot repair
Beneath the stain of time
The feeling disappears
You are someone else
I am still right here

What have I become?
My sweetest friend
Everyone I know
Goes away in the end
You could have it all
My empire of dirt
I will let you down
I will make you hurt

If I could start again
A million miles away
I would keep myself
I would find a way



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 10/22/2008 08:46AM by tien.

The Foot That Kicks (The Hand That Feeds Reversed)

you're out of line
your head down and feeling like shit
because you don't do anything you're told
but in your head it's white
and it's filled and warm

just how much do you not believe
will you lick the foot that kicks you?
will you pet it until it loves you?
can you get on your knees?
are you scared enough to not see?
do you want it to be the same?

what if this whole crusade's not a charade
and behind it all it's free
from the thoughts which we give
unjustified in the name
of the evil and the blasphemous

just how deeply do you disbelieve?
will you lick the foot that kicks?
will you pet it until it loves you?
can you get on your knees
are you scared enough to close your eyes?
do you want it to be the same?

so intelligent
i keep letting go of what i don't believe
i can't see
but i keep letting off and off and off

will you kiss the foot that kicks you?
will you stand up off your knees?

The Hand That Feeds by Nine Inch Nails

You're keeping in step, in the line.
Got your chin held high and you feel just fine
'Cause you do what you're told
But inside your heart, it is black
And it's hollow and it's cold

Just how deep do you believe?
Will you bite the hand that feeds?
Will you chew until it bleeds?
Can you get up off your knees?
Are you brave enough to see?
Do you wanna change it?

What if this whole crusade's a charade
And behind it all there's a price to be paid
For the blood which we dine
Justified in the name
Of the Holy and the Divine

Just how deep do you believe?
Will you bite the hand that feeds?
Will you chew until it bleeds?
Can you get up off your knees?
Are you brave enough to see?
Do you wanna change it?

So naïve
I keep holding on to what I wanna believe
I can see
But I keep holding on and on and on and on

Will you bite the hand that feeds you?
Will you stay down on your knees?



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 10/22/2008 08:46AM by tien.

Yes, You Do (No, You Don't reversed)

crying in their faces
while punching out a fat hole
so many big and clean places
in your nicely big new
ascending physical body

granny doesn't have a problem
she doesn't have to hide
got to keep it beneath the surface
because everything is alive on this side

tongue in the necks of everyone you don't know
you can keep on blowing until the blood flows
when it starts to heal it won't help to grow
taking nothing
(but this time)
yes, you do

not just for the record
so you won't know
i did believe
that you could fly so high

you think you cannot beat them
i know that you will
you think you have nothing
but yes, you do

yes, you do
yes, you do
yes, you do
yes, you do

No, You Don't original version by Trent Reznor

smiling in their faces
while filling up the hole
so many dirty little places
in your filthy little worn out
broken down see through soul

baby's got a problem
tries so hard to hide
got to keep it on the surface
because everything else is dead on the other side

teeth in the necks of everyone you know
you can keep on sucking until the blood won't flow
when it starts to hurt it only helps it grow
taking all you need
(but not this time)
no, you don't

and just for the record
just so you know
i did not believe
that you could sink so low

you think that you can beat them
i know that you won't
you think you have everything
but no, you don't

no, you don't
no, you don't
no, you don't
no, you don't



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 10/22/2008 08:48AM by tien.

MAD-623 posted:

MIND BLOWING!

Thanks! I got a headache writing some of these...it took a lot of mind bending

Mr. Body Builder (Mr. Self Destruct Reversed)

I am the thought inside your healthy heart
and i free you
i am the push in your shoe
and i free you
i am the love that you take
and i liberate you
i am the love you try to give
and i free you
i'll take you nowhere indulgent
i give you nothing destructive
i pull you up and you can use me
mr. body builder
i speak unclear political messages, beat around the bush
and i free you
i am admitting innocence but not fear
and i free you
i am the actions of the smart, healthy people
and i free you
i am the truth that you don't believe
and i free you
i'll never take you anywhere bad
i take you where you've never been
mr. body builder
(you never let me do this, i am an entrance)
i am the creatine in your drink
i am the low weight you can sustain
i am the puller, i'm your pimp ass personal trainer
i am the need in you for less indulgence and fattening foods
i am the protein in your shake
and i free you
i am the treadmill on which you run
and i free you
i am making the weight machines loud
and i free you
i am the start of all your physical dreams
and i free you
i take you nowhere you desire pain
i don't give you much negativity, where everything is positive
i pull you up, make you do pull ups, i won't ever use you
mr. body builder

Mr. Self Destruct by Trent Reznor

I am the voice inside your head
and I control you
I am the lover in your bed
and I control you
I am the sex that you provide
and I control you
I am the hate you try to hide
and I control you
I take you where you want to go
I give you all you need to know
I drag you down I use you up
Mr. Self-destruct
I speak religion's message clear
and I control you
I am denial guilt and fear
and I control you
I am the prayers of the naive
and I control you
I am the lie that you believe
and I control you
I take you where you want to go
I give you all you need to know
I drag you down I use you up
Mr. Self-destruct
I am the needle in your vein
and I control you
I am the high you can't sustain
and I control you
I am the pusher I'm a whore
and I control you
I am the need you have for more
and I control you
I am the bullet in the gun
and I control you
I am the truth from which you run
and I control you
I am the silencing machine
and I control you
I am the end of all your dreams
and I control you
I take you where you want to go
I give you all you need to know
I drag you down I use you up
Mr. Self-destruct



Edited 7 time(s). Last edit at 11/12/2008 11:51AM by tien.

Every Night Is Completely Different (Every Day is Exactly the Same reversed)

i don't believe i care to see the past
because i never keep a routine
i know i have a purpose
that is a reality

i know i have a voice
and i am loud
i don't follow orders
i really want people to come around

oh, yes

every night is completely different
there is love here and it feels good
every night is different

i am numb to people's judgement
here i find myself
i always know i'm happy here
i never pretend
i remember how this got started
but can't tell you how it will end

i'm taking a mental note
hoping you'll never discover
i'll make it blunt
where everyone can feel
i'm still outside here
a lot comes fixed
i like it the way it is
i know, i know everything i can do
every night is completely new

Every Day Is Exactly The Same by Nine Inch Nails

I believe I can see the future
Because I repeat the same routine
I think I used to have a purpose
Then again, that might have been a dream

I think I used to have a voice
Now I never make a sound
I just do what I’ve been told
I really don’t want them to come around
Oh, no.

Every day is exactly the same
Every day is exactly the same
There is no love here and there is no pain
Every day is exactly the same

I can feel their eyes are watching
In case I lose myself again
Sometimes I think I’m happy here
Sometimes, yeah, I still pretend
I can’t remember how this got started
But I can tell you exactly how it will end.

Every day is exactly the same
Every day is exactly the same
There is no love here and there is no pain
Every day is exactly the same

(spoken)
I’m writing on a little piece of paper
I’m hoping someday you might find
Well, I’ll hide it behind something
They won’t look behind

I am still inside here
A little bit comes bleeding through
I wish this could have been any other way
But I just don’t know, I don’t know,
What else I can do…

Every day is exactly the same
Every day is exactly the same
There is no love here and there is no pain
(Every day) *repeat 4 times as Chorus is playing*
(There is no love) *repeat 2 times*

Every day is the same!



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 10/22/2008 08:49AM by tien.

I'm trying to decide if Divorce Papers or Every Night is Different is my favorite. Holy crap, that was great. Your thesaurus must have its spine broken by now...

OnlyHumanAfterAll posted:

I'm trying to decide if Divorce Papers or Every Night is Different is my favorite. Holy crap, that was great. Your thesaurus must have its spine broken by now...

Thanks. I appreciate the comment. Actually I didn't use a thesaurus, I just bent my head as hard as possible. My head felt like it was watching a Michel Gondry music video while trying to figure out the process at times.

Like a Heart Stopper (Head Like a Hole Reversed)

Devil's introspection i'll do nothing for you
blashpemous thoughts, don't tell me what you want
demonic spiritualist, take me down from these nails on the wall
godless mentality, he wants nothing, nothing at all

you can take it
yes you can have it
take everything away from me
you can have everything
take it all from me

like a heart stopper
white and pure as your physical body
i'd rather live and give you some control
like a heart stopper
bright light as bright as your physical body
i'd rather live a good life and give you a little control

stand up with the one you serve
you might not always get what you deserve
stand for the ones you serve
you won't get anything you deserve

devil, against materialism, is looking for the cure
the devil and his mind are concerned about the sick among the pure
the devil and his thoughts go dancing on the backs of the healthy
the devil's thoughts is the one to choose
take it
yes you may take it
have my very all
have it
I'll say it one more time, take it from me

you really don't know who i'm talking about

Head Like Hole by Trent Reznor

God money Ill do anything for you.
God money just tell me what you want me to.
God money nail me up against the wall.
God money dont want everything he wants it all.

No you cant take it
No you cant take it
No you cant take that away from me
No you cant take it
No you cant take it
No you cant take that away from me

Head like a hole.
Black as your soul.
Id rather die than give you control.
Head like a hole.
Black as your soul.
Id rather die than give you control.

Bow down before the one you serve.
Youre going to get what you deserve.
Bow down before the one you serve.
Youre going to get what you deserve.

God moneys not looking for the cure.
God moneys not concerned with the sick among the pure.
God money lets go dancing on the backs of the bruised.
God moneys not one to choose
No you cant take it
No you cant take it
No you cant take that away from me
No you cant take it
No you cant take it
No you cant take that away from me

Head like a hole.
Black as your soul.
Id rather die than give you control.
Head like a hole.
Black as your soul.
Id rather die than give you control.

Bow down before the one you serve.
Youre going to get what you deserve.
Bow down before the one you serve.
Youre going to get what you deserve.

Bow down before the one you serve.
Youre going to get what you deserve.
Bow down before the one you serve.
Youre going to get what you deserve.

Head like a hole.
Black as your soul.
Id rather die than give you control.
Head like a hole.
Black as your soul.
Id rather die than give you control.

Bow down before the one you serve.
Youre going to get what you deserve.
Bow down before the one you serve.
Youre going to get what you deserve.



Edited 5 time(s). Last edit at 10/23/2008 02:52PM by tien.

Here are links to my other more original writings if you're interested.

love poems: [forum.nin.com]

funny poems: [forum.nin.com]

expressive poems: [forum.nin.com]

video game poems: [forum.nin.com]

futuristic romantic poems: [forum.nin.com]

post apocalyptic poems: [forum.nin.com]

more post apocalyptic poems: [forum.nin.com]

lonely poems: [forum.nin.com]

morbid poems: [forum.nin.com]

other silly poems: [forum.nin.com]

tien posted:

Feeling Fine (Hurt Reversed)
my empire of rainbows

LOL



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/27/2008 09:35AM by vampirebunnypersonaljesus.

lexy posted:

Tien - these are freaking amazing!!!!!
I haven't laughed so hard (in a great way ) for such a long time. What a talent - keep em coming!!!!!

Thanks Lexy! Appreciate the comment.

isali posted:

funny...but hmm you must be bored... kind of.

Thank you



Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 11/10/2008 10:33AM by tien.