This Isn't The Place

Album:Add Violence

Length:4:44 / 4:51 (Video version)

Tempo:122 BPM

Versions:This Isn't The Place
This Isn't The Place (Main)
This Isn't The Place (Instrumental)
This Isn't The Place (Acapella)

Live:Cold And Black And Infinite Tour through present

"This Isn't The Place" is the third track on the 2017 EP Add Violence. It was first made available through the official Nine Inch Nails YouTube channel on July 18, 2017. Though currently only speculation, the unreleased song "My Dead Friend" seems to have a strong connection to the song's lyrics.

At its live debut, Trent Reznor stated that the song was about David Bowie, and followed it by playing "I'm Afraid Of Americans". In an interview with Fangoria[1], it was revealed that the song originally presented to David Lynch for use in Twin Peaks: The Return was an early version of "This Isn't The Place". "She's Gone Away" was used instead.

Appearances

• Add Violence

Versions

This Isn't The Place

This is the original version.

This Isn't The Place (Main)

Released on a three-track CD-R promo from Capitol Records. Slightly different, unmastered version of the final track.

This Isn't The Place (Instrumental)

Released on a three-track CD-R promo from Capitol Records. Instrumental of the "main" version.

This Isn't The Place (Acapella)

Released on a three-track CD-R promo from Capitol Records. Acapella of the "main" version.

Live

"This Isn't The Place" made its live debut on September 13, 2018, on the first date of the Cold And Black And Infinite Tour, and was played regularly throughout that tour.

Music Video

Screenshot from the "This Isn't The Place" video

Annotations by u/Excrubulent on r/nin

An official music video was uploaded on July 18th. It shows the machine that is visible on the front cover of the EP and pans across it before starting to zoom out at the end. During this a package labeled "Sotirivol" by a company called Cedocore can be seen. Because of this, as well as the fact that the director and producer of the video (Alex Lieu and Susan Bonds, respectively) are members of 42 Entertainment, it was speculated that a new ARG would happen. The video adds 6 seconds of silence to the start.

Lyrics

  And if you see my friend
  I thought I would again
  A single thin straight line
  I thought we had more time
  Carry me 
  Carry me home

Further lyrics are printed on the physical component, that interestingly are a direct quote from "The Great Below":

  I can still feel you, even so far away

External Links

• "This Isn't The Place" music video

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