Sanctified

Album:Pretty Hate Machine

Length:5:48

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Versions:Sanctified
Sanctified (Demo)
Sanctified (PF Version)

Live:Pre-Hate (1988) - Dissonance (1995)
Retired

About

Sanctified is the fourth song from the Pretty Hate Machine album. It's best known for it's very tribal rhythms and distinctive bassline, though the original version of the song was apparently much brighter. A darker atmosphere was given to it for the Pretty Hate Machine version. The song appears to be about sex with a woman who the protagonist (Trent Reznor) is crazy about but is deathly afraid of. This could also be a metaphor for substance abuse.

Appearances

Versions

Sanctified (Purest Feeling Version)
Sanctified (Demo)
Sanctified

Song Credits

Production: Trent Reznor, John Fryer
Engineer/Mix: John Fryer

Performed live

Sanctified has been a rarely played song since the Pretty Hate Machine tours, though when it is played, an extended intro is usually played during which Trent addresses the audiance.

Lyrics

    It's still getting worse after everything I've tried
    What if I found a way to wash it all aside
    What if she touches with those fingertips
    As the words spill out like fire from her lips

    If she says come inside I'll come inside for her
    If she says give it all I'll give everything to her
    I am justified
    I am purified
    I am sanctified
    Inside you

    Heaven's just a rumor she'll dispell
    As she walks me through the nicest parts of Hell
    I still dream of lips I never should have kissed
    Well she knows exactly what i can't resist

    If she says come inside I'll come inside for her
    If she says give it all I'll give everything to her
    I am justified
    I am purified
    I am sanctified
    Inside you

    I'm just caught up in another of her spells
    She's turning me into someone else
    Every day I hope and pray that this will end
    But when I can I do it all again

    If she says come inside I'll come inside for her
    If she says give it all I'll give everything to her
    I am justified
    I am purified
    I am sanctified
    Inside you

    As surely as the blade's course is run
    Maybe my kingdom's finally come