==Meaning==
In an interview with ''U. Magazine '' published April 1994, Trent Reznor spoke about the meaning behind the lyrics of this song:
<blockquote>I was trying to explore some of the paranoia I have as a sexually active person in the age of AIDS. I guess I feel cheated for not growing up in a more liberated era. At the same time, what gets me mad is the way the right wing has used the 'convenience' of this epidemic in helping to promote their own agenda. [http://nothing.nin.net/int30.html]</blockquote>