"Sanity Assassin" is a song by Bauhaus, covered by Nine Inch Nails for the With Teeth: Summer Tour 2006 Radio Collaboration.
Appearances
Other
- Only avaliable on bootlegs of the With Teeth: Summer Tour 2006 Radio Collaboration
Song Credits
- Originally written by Bauhaus, 1983
Versions
Sanity Assassin
Featuring Peter Murphy and Trent Reznor, this was recorded live on June 7th, 2006, backstage at Ampitheater Atlanta, Georgia. It is the only version of this song. During the performance the drum track is created using the same beat set as the studio version of "Letting You", albeit slightly distorted. Samples from the beginning of "Just Like You Imagined" are manipulated in the intro.
Lyrics
Sinister echoes clutching at straws
Letter boxes screaming
You try to pin him to the wall
You end up on the ceiling
Locked in a dome
The shadows flicker by
He's the madcap pusher
Delerium the drug he's dealing
He drops a capsule in your drink
And spikes your dreams with madness
He's the sniper in the hills
Hiding the holes in your head
He's the poison in your poison
The razor in your head
Hanging on a picture
Eyelid needle and thread
You empty yourself once again
But he's always one step ahead
He whispers in your ear
Was it nothing that you said
He's walking in your sleep now
He keeps your fat paranoia well-fed
He drops a capsule in your drink
And spikes your dreams with madness
The sanity assassin
Stays up all night stalking
The sanity assassin
Picks off victims like flies
The sanity assassin
Let his fingers do the walking
The sanity assassin
The crack shot between your eyes
He's got you in his sights
He drops a capsule in your drink
And spikes your dreams with madness
The razor in your head
He's the poison in your poison
Drops a capsule in your drink