Everything
"Everything" is the seventh track on the 2013 release Hesitation Marks. On August 19, 2013, the track officially premiered via an NPR blog.[1] "Everything", along with "Satellite", were both originally written and recorded for a forthcoming greatest hits package for Interscope Records, but instead provided inspiration towards a new album.[2]
From an interview with The Sun, Trent Reznor said the following about the track:
"I was trying to make something that leapt out of the speakers in a very umfamiliar way. At first listen, it might seem to be in praise of life but it's supposed to come off as an arrogant, 'Fuck you. I've survived!' It also gets less triumphant and more reflective and melancholy towards the end."[3]
Contents
Song Credits
- Adrian Belew: Additional Backing Vocals and Outro Electronics
- Trent Reznor: Vocals, Electronics, Percussion, Guitar, Bass
- Daniel Rowland: Additional Sound Design, Electronics and Guitar
Appearances
- Hesitation Marks
Versions
Everything
This is the original album version. Opening with a simple drum loop, the first verse enters with poppy guitars and big vocal harmonies throughout. In contrast, the song's choruses are darker, with noisier guitars playing much less poppy progressions and with shouted vocals. Entering the coda, the song seems to restart exactly the way it begins, but without the vocal layering. Various distorted pads and guitars build the coda towards its climax and sudden ending.
Everything (Autolux Remix)
Exclusive to the Japanese import of Hesitation Marks.
Lyrics
I survived everything
I have tried everything
Everything
And anything
All the walls begin to dissolve away
Feel your hands begin to shake
And just who you think you used to be
All begins to bend and break
Wave goodbye
Wish me well
I've become something else
Something else
(Just as well, really)
But this thing that lives inside of me
Will surely rise and wake
And his seed that bleeds right through to me
As it comes to grab and take
I am home
I believe
I am home
I am free
I am home
I can see
Always here
Finally
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