Beside You In Time (Instrumental)
Beside You In Time (Beside You In Time)
"Beside You In Time" is the twelfth track on the 2005 release With Teeth.
The track is reminiscent of "Mr Marx's Table" by Wire, a band that Trent Reznor is a known fan of.
Contents
Appearances
Halos
- With Teeth
- Beside You In Time
Seeds
Versions
Beside You In Time
This is the original album version. It starts quietly with a dark, uneasy drone fading in from the end of "The Line Begins To Blur," which remains prominently throughout the entirety of the song and swells in volume in time with the simple drum loop (a technique known as sidechain compression.) Reznor's long verse syllables are joined by a percussive yet melodic loop moving with the drum loop, fading away through the simple and repetitious chorus. The second chorus ends and drops out all elements but the drone, which stops swelling quickly and increases in volume until the drum loop enters once more and sets the drone swelling again. This leads into a loud, powerful, guitar-driven coda, its rhythmic pace matching the 16th note pulse evident throughout the track. The guitar riff changes after Reznor's high register singing, drawing this section to a close and leaving the swelling drone and drum loop to crossfade with the introductory soundscape of "Right Where It Belongs."
Beside You In Time (Instrumental)
Running Time: 5:35
Released exclusively through Apple Music.
Beside You In Time (Beside You In Time)
This live performance can be found on the Beside You In Time DVD release. Mostly faithful to the original, it features a shorter break between the final chorus and the loud coda, during which Reznor uses his microphone stand to "smash" the projection screen before him, which "shatters" like a wall of glass in time with his attack.
Live
A partial version of "Beside You In Time" was used as a pre-recorded intro throughout the club and international legs of the Live: With Teeth tour, making its proper debut on September 19, 2005.
When the song was performed, a curtain was dropped down in front of the stage as lights pulsated both on the screen and behind the stage. The band could be seen silhouetted against the back lights. As the song built to its climax, Reznor could be seen lifting his microphone stand, swinging it at the curtain at the song's climax as it showed a shattering glass effect and lifted, revealing the stage once again.
"Beside You In Time" was performed, for the first time since 2006, in Japan in 2014, and made 15 further appearances throughout the year.
Lyrics
I am all alone this time around
Sometimes on the side I hear a sound
Places parallel I know it's you
Feel the little pieces bleeding through
This goes on
And on
And on
Now that I've decided not to stay
I can feel me start to fade away
Everything is back where it belongs
I will be beside you before long
This goes on
And on
And on
We will never die
Beside you in time
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