#somewhat damaged

[bleedingspiral]

[mistic-sins]

Thumbnail for Murder Drones: Somewhat Damaged, huge thanks to Zander for the commission!!

[ghostoffuturespast]

Somewhat Damaged - Bonus Round

Definitely not Grandpa's cannon ending, but cannon's more like... guidelines.

[xureyon]

[faded-fox420]

Fit as fuck gonna miss it frfr

[intoodeepoceans]

I am damaged

My spirit is crushed

Energy sapped

Shins splintered

Back aching

Mind scattered

Hands scarred

My heart is broken

Jaw set in noncompliance of my weakness.

I will be silent, because I am nothing to speak of.

My only value is endurance, and foolhardy steadfastness.

I hope one day to kill the man in the mirror, and resurrect his predecessor.

[poprocklyrics]

Poisoned to my rotten core Too fucked up to care anymore

Somewhat Damaged, Nine Inch Nails

[riverphoenixsgothwife]

✅ broken

✅ bruised

✅ forgotten

✅ sore

✅ too fucked up to care anymore

[pileojunk]

Mr man has no right to be so fine and girlypop

[metal-dad84]

In the back off the side and far away

Is a place where I hide, where I stay

Tried to say, tried to ask, I needed to

All alone by myself, where were you?

[itwaslikeacurse]

So this could be...

Chaos abruptly cuts my tale to see you creating stardust. Twinkling. Ever so subtly for me. The motion of your arms turned to slowed movements like this was a moment worth watching in detail. I'd have taken notes maybe even pictures if time would've allowed me to bask in your beauty. How could I, the fool, have fallen so deep in love with you?

Could we be fate? Some cosmic meeting? Or was it your horrible luck to have met a person like me?

Damaged

Beyond repair

Yes, I will love you throughout my life.

Thoughts flutter to trees and a blanket shared

Yelling and kisses

Tears shed, but a shoulder to cry on

Smiles wrinkled through life

Your figure long since passed my view now, but still I stare awestruck, at the place I first saw you, knowing that our future is one.

[x-heesy]

𝕬𝖛𝖊 𝖉𝖊𝖒𝖊𝖓𝖙𝖎𝖆

𝕊𝕠 𝕚𝕞𝕡𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕤𝕖𝕕 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕒𝕝𝕝 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕕𝕠

𝕋𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕕 𝕤𝕠 𝕙𝕒𝕣𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕓𝕖 𝕝𝕚𝕜𝕖 𝕪𝕠𝕦

𝔽𝕝𝕖𝕨 𝕥𝕠𝕠 𝕙𝕚𝕘𝕙 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕓𝕦𝕣𝕟𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕨𝕚𝕟𝕘

𝕃𝕠𝕤𝕥 𝕞𝕪 𝕗𝕒𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕚𝕟 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕪𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘

𝕃𝕚𝕔𝕜 𝕒𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕕 𝕕𝕚𝕧𝕚𝕟𝕖 𝕕𝕖𝕓𝕣𝕚𝕤

𝕋𝕒𝕤𝕥𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕨𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕥𝕙 𝕠𝕗 𝕙𝕒𝕥𝕖 𝕚𝕟 𝕞𝕖

𝕊𝕙𝕖𝕕𝕕𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕤𝕜𝕚𝕟 𝕤𝕦𝕔𝕔𝕦𝕞𝕓 𝕕𝕖𝕗𝕖𝕒𝕥

𝕋𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕞𝕒𝕔𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕖 𝕚𝕤 𝕠𝕓𝕤𝕠𝕝𝕖𝕥𝕖

𝕄𝕒𝕕𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕔𝕙𝕠𝕚𝕔𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕘𝕠 𝕒𝕨𝕒𝕪

𝔻𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕜 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕗𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕥𝕒𝕚𝕟 𝕠𝕗 𝕕𝕖𝕔𝕒𝕪

𝕋𝕖𝕒𝕣 𝕒 𝕙𝕠𝕝𝕖 𝕖𝕩𝕢𝕦𝕚𝕤𝕚𝕥𝕖 𝕣𝕖𝕕

𝔽𝕦𝕔𝕜 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕥 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕓 𝕚𝕥 𝕕𝕖𝕒𝕕

𝔹𝕣𝕠𝕜𝕖𝕟, 𝕓𝕣𝕦𝕚𝕤𝕖𝕕, 𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕘𝕠𝕥𝕥𝕖𝕟, 𝕤𝕠𝕣𝕖

𝕋𝕠𝕠 𝕗𝕦𝕔𝕜𝕖𝕕 𝕦𝕡 𝕥𝕠 𝕔𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕒𝕟𝕪𝕞𝕠𝕣𝕖

ℙ𝕠𝕚𝕤𝕠𝕟𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕞𝕪 𝕣𝕠𝕥𝕥𝕖𝕟 𝕔𝕠𝕣𝕖

𝕋𝕠𝕠 𝕗𝕦𝕔𝕜𝕖𝕕 𝕦𝕡 𝕥𝕠 𝕔𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕒𝕟𝕪𝕞𝕠𝕣𝕖

𝔹𝕣𝕠𝕜𝕖𝕟, 𝕓𝕣𝕦𝕚𝕤𝕖𝕕, 𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕘𝕠𝕥𝕥𝕖𝕟, 𝕤𝕠𝕣𝕖

𝕋𝕠𝕠 𝕗𝕦𝕔𝕜𝕖𝕕 𝕦𝕡 𝕥𝕠 𝕔𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕒𝕟𝕪𝕞𝕠𝕣𝕖

ℙ𝕠𝕚𝕤𝕠𝕟𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕞𝕪 𝕣𝕠𝕥𝕥𝕖𝕟 𝕔𝕠𝕣𝕖

𝕋𝕠𝕠 𝕗𝕦𝕔𝕜𝕖𝕕 𝕦𝕡 𝕥𝕠 𝕔𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕒𝕟𝕪𝕞𝕠𝕣𝕖

𝕀𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕓𝕒𝕔𝕜, 𝕠𝕗𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕚𝕕𝕖 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕗𝕒𝕣 𝕒𝕨𝕒𝕪

𝕀𝕤 𝕒 𝕡𝕝𝕒𝕔𝕖, 𝕨𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕀 𝕙𝕚𝕕𝕖, 𝕨𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕀 𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕪

𝕋𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕤𝕒𝕪, 𝕥𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕒𝕤𝕜, 𝕀 𝕟𝕖𝕖𝕕𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕠

𝔸𝕝𝕝 𝕒𝕝𝕠𝕟𝕖, 𝕓𝕪 𝕞𝕪𝕤𝕖𝕝𝕗, 𝕨𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕨𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕪𝕠𝕦?

ℍ𝕠𝕨 𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕 𝕀 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕜, 𝕚𝕥’𝕤 𝕗𝕦𝕟𝕟𝕪 𝕙𝕠𝕨

𝔼𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕪𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕤𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕚𝕥 𝕨𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕𝕟’𝕥 𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕘𝕖 𝕚𝕤 𝕕𝕚𝕗𝕗𝕖𝕣𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕟𝕠𝕨

𝕁𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝕝𝕚𝕜𝕖 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕨𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕 𝕒𝕝𝕨𝕒𝕪𝕤 𝕤𝕒𝕪, 𝕨𝕖’𝕝𝕝 𝕞𝕒𝕜𝕖 𝕚𝕥 ��𝕙𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙

𝕋𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝕞𝕪 𝕙𝕖𝕒𝕕 𝕗𝕖𝕝𝕝 𝕒𝕡𝕒𝕣𝕥 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕨𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕨𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕪𝕠𝕦?

ℍ𝕠𝕨 𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕 𝕀 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕜, 𝕚𝕥’𝕤 𝕗𝕦𝕟𝕟𝕪 𝕙𝕠𝕨

𝔼𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕪𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕤𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕨𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕 𝕟𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕘𝕖 𝕚𝕤 𝕕𝕚𝕗𝕗𝕖𝕣𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕟𝕠𝕨

𝕃𝕚𝕜𝕖 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕤𝕒𝕚𝕕, 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕞𝕖 𝕞𝕒𝕜𝕖 𝕚𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙

𝔻��𝕕𝕟’𝕥 𝕢𝕦𝕚𝕥𝕖, 𝕗𝕖𝕝𝕝 𝕒𝕡𝕒𝕣𝕥, 𝕨𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕗𝕦𝕔𝕜 𝕨𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕪𝕠𝕦?

Somewhat Damaged by Nine Inch Nails

@len0r @m-l-3 @bigbonzo

[maxblackandshits]

yesterday i was talking to my best friend and i came to a realization that finding comfort in your sadness is not a good sign apparently. i thought that is how everyone functions because that's how i have always functioned. i find peace in my sadness. i find comfort in my sadness. i don't know how to explain it. i know it's comforting but it's comforting in a negative way and i know that but i thought everyone felt that way. i thought everyone finds sadness comforting. maybe there's something wrong with me because i like sadness and when i'm all alone i'm sad. i'm always sad. i don't know why and maybe that's why i like to be around people all the time because i know i'll get sad once i'm alone. i do feel happy but only when i'm with someone else. i don't know anymore if that is genuine happiness or if it's just distraction from the void that i feel in my whole self all the time. i mean i'm not sad when i watch something or when i'm busy but when I'm truly alone with nothing to do, i feel sad. and i'm scared that this is how i'll be my entire life.

[xureyon]

[vampysquid]

broken, bruised, forgotten, sore

too fucked up to care anymore

[xxdarkxmoth17xx]

The Start Of A Series Of Posts Of Me Rambling About The Plot Of The Fragile Since This Album Is So Good Holy Fuck Oh My God Trent Reznor Please Marry Me.

TRIGGER WARNINGS FOR MENTIONS OF: SUICIDE, DRUG USE, SELF-HARM AND OTHER DARK TOPICS.

The Fragile Is Nine Inch Nails' fourth main studio release, being also reffered to as Halo 14, it was released in September 21, 1999. It features the sounds of Industrial Beats, Heavy Rock and even some Ambiental, The Album is a spirital successor to their last studio release "The Downward Spiral" from 1994, one of the things it shares with The Downward Spiral is the fact it's a concept album with a story.

So time for me to make a post on here and ramble about my interpretation of TF's Story and also why I like this album so fucking much...

So yeah uhh... For Context this doesn't consider TF as a sequel to TDS, not a literal one, but rather a spiritual sequel, they share themes and stuff but they have seperate antagonists and stuff, also the NIN wiki is gonna be a main source for this thing. Oh also I reccomend that you listen to both The Downward Spiral and The Fragile, oh also maybe watch an explanation thing for the TDS songs, as I will reference the events of TDS from time to time.

Somewhat Damaged

SD is a song that uses a single motif throughout it's entire duration, a simple four note guitar riff, with the first half of the song written in a 9/4 (or a repeating 3/4) time signature. The Motif starts as a acoustic guitar, and as the song goes on the motif is played by distorted guitars. The song's lyrics are from the perspective of our first character, our protagonist, who shall go unnamed, much like everyone in this story, the title is an understatement, this guy's not somewhat damaged, he's way more.

The first stanza of the song, gives us an idea of how he is doing "So impressed with all you do... Tried so hard to be like you... Flew too high and burnt the wing... Lost my faith in everything" he seems to be talking to someone he wanted to be like, I interpret this song is about drug use, more especifically Heroin, it made our protagonist turn into a more self-destructive version of himself (similar to Mr. Self Destruct from TDS) before the events of the album our protagonist went through a downward spiral, though it isn't THE Downward Spiral the protagonist from TDS goes through, as our protagonist is still alive. (The TDS protagonist shoots himself in the end) Our protagonist is at rock bottom, that's evident as the song goes on. Also the lines "Tried so hard to be like you" and "Flew too high and burnt the wing" will be referenced in later songs.

The second Stanza starts "Lick around divine debris, Taste the wealth of hate in me, Shedding skin, succumb defeat... This machine is obsolete" our protagonist is angry at everything, he feels defeated, I presume the "machine" mentioned in these lyrics are a representation of our protagonist.

Pre-Chorus time: "Made the choice to go away! Drink the fountain of decay, Tear a hole, exquisite red! Fuck the rest and stab it dead!" the protagonist wants to step away from using drugs, he wants to improve himself. "Drank the fountain of decay" referencing the protag using drugs for the first time. "Tear a whole, exquisite red! Fuck the rest and stab it dead!" references shooting up, which is injecting a substance, often drugs such as meth or heroin, with a hypodermic needle, the needle tears a whole into the skin.

SD's Chorus starts with "BROKEN, BRUISED, FORGOTTEN, SORE! TOO FUCKED UP TO CARE ANYMORE!!" pretty obvious, our protagonist doesn't care about the fact he's using drugs, he doesn't care about how he's killing himself by using drugs. "POISONED TO MY ROTTEN CORE!! TOO FUCKED UP TO CARE ANYMORE!!!" he compares himself to a rotten apple, since he's been corrupted by drug use. these lines are repeated a second time.

"In the back, Off the side, And far away... Is a place where I hide, where I stay" keep in mind this "place" this place is mentioned again a few times throughout the songs of the album.

outro starts "Tried to say, tried to ask, I needed to all alone by myself, where were you?" drugs at first kinda made him feel better at first but it slowly worsened his life in the long run. "How could I ever think, it's funny how everything that swore it wouldn't change is different now, Just like you would always say, we'll make it through... THEN MY HEAD, FELL APART AND WHERE WERE YOU?!?" to me this is him trying to blame the drugs for his self destructive behavior, maybe he tried to give up earlier but he couldn't do it.

"HOW COULD I EVER THINK IT'S FUNNY HOW? EVERYTHING YOU SWORE WOULD NEVER CHANGE IS DIFFERENT NOW?!?! LIKE YOU SAID 'YOU AND ME, WE'LL MAKE IT THROUGH' DIDN'T QUITE, FELL APART, WHERE THE FUCK WHERE YOU!?!?!?!" The protagonist is calling himself a fool for using drugs, and becoming addicted to them, he feels betrayed, this might imply he nearly overdosed and died due to drug use. The songs ends with a cresendoing synth based on Trent Reznor's voice, as it slowly fades into the next song with a slow, menacing drone... but uhh since this post took at least half an hour to write I'll think I'll make every song into separate posts, so I'll have to make 25 different posts for each song, I hope I can get the next rambling by tomorrow.