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}}'''"Sunspots"''' is the tenth track on the 2005 release ''[[With Teeth (halo)|With Teeth]]''. The song talks probably about addiction and the effects of using drugs, like it's noticed in the chorus: "she turns me on. she makes it real. I have to apologize. for the way I feel", on which a female figure is a drug metaphor. 
  
 
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     I have to apologize
 
     For the way I feel
 
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     And nothing can stop me now
 
     And nothing can stop me now
 
     And there is nothing to fear
 
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     Now I just stare into the sun
 
     Now I just stare into the sun
 
     And I see everything I've done
 
     And I see everything I've done

Revision as of 13:31, 30 June 2009

Album:With Teeth
Length:4:06
Tempo:{{{BPM}}} BPM
Versions:Sunspots
Live:N/A

"Sunspots" is the tenth track on the 2005 release With Teeth. The song talks probably about addiction and the effects of using drugs, like it's noticed in the chorus: "she turns me on. she makes it real. I have to apologize. for the way I feel", on which a female figure is a drug metaphor.

Contents

  • 1 Song Credits
  • 2 Appearances
    • 2.1 Halos
    • 2.2 Seeds
  • 3 Versions
    • 3.1 Sunspots
  • 4 Live
  • 5 Lyrics

Song Credits

  • Live Drums: Dave Grohl

Appearances

Halos

  • With Teeth

Seeds

  • The Definitive NIN - Deep Cuts

Versions

Sunspots

This is the only available version. Driven throughout by consistent drum and bass parts, Reznor's layered vocals and muted guitars soon join. The higher, melodic verses are followed by lower pitched vocals in the pre-choruses, then higher again as the choruses are sung in falsetto. The choruses also feature a different chord progression played by bass and distorted guitars, similar to the choruses of "Love Is Not Enough." The second chorus and following bridge also feature a synthesizer lead that sounds very similar to a blender, perhaps the song's most notable characteristic. The song ends after two repeated choruses with different lyrics and 16 bars of the verse bassline and drums, which stop together just as they began.

Live

"Sunspots" has never been performed live, perhaps due to Trent Reznor's fear of straining his voice too much. It has, however, been performed at soundchecks and rehearsals with vocals.

Lyrics

    Sunspots cast a glare in my eyes
    Sometimes I forget I'm alive
    I feel it coming and I've got to get out of its way
    I hear it calling and I come cause I can't disobey
    I should not listen and I shouldn't believe but I do
    Yes I do
    
    She turns me on
    She makes it real
    I have to apologize
    For the way I feel
    
    My life it seems has taken a turn
    Why in the name of God would I ever want to return?
    Peel off our skin we're gonna burn what we were to the ground
    Fuck in the fire and we'll spread all the ashes around
    I want to kill away the rest of what's left and I do
    Yes I do
    
    She turns me on
    She makes it real
    I have to apologize
    For the way I feel
    
    And nothing can stop me now
    And there is nothing to fear
    And everything I'd ever want
    Is inside of here
    
    Inside of here
    Now I just stare into the sun
    And I see everything I've done
    I think I could have been someone
    But I can't stop what has begun
    When everything is said and done
    And there is no place left to run
    I think I used to be someone
    Now I just stare into the sun
Previous track - "Getting Smaller" Track 10 from With Teeth Next track - "The Line Begins To Blur"
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