Echoplex

Album:The Slip

Length:4:44

Tempo:{{{BPM}}} BPM

Versions:N/A

Live:N/A

Artwork accompanying the MP3 file

"Echoplex" is a song by Nine Inch Nails first released online via Facebook on May 2, 2008. It is the fifth track on the album The Slip.

The artwork may symbolize someone being surrounded by sound, as if it were echoing around them. It may also symbolize walls around the person, which makes sense due to the lyrics making a reference to sound bouncing off of walls.

The lyrics suggest a scenario where someone has been in solitary confinement for too long, driving him or her, to insanity, where "you will never ever get to me in here".

Another possible scenario is a direct link between the lyrics present on this song and Demon Seed. ("You feel me breathe" on Echoplex vs. "I can hear it breathe").

Appearances

• The Slip

Versions

Echoplex

This is the only official version of the song.

Live

"Echoplex" has yet to be performed live.

Lyrics

    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

Trivia

Echoplex is a specific type/brand of musical special effects boxes/gear.

External Links

Download from Facebook