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Year Zero Booklet
01 	HYPERPOWER! 
02 	THE BEGINNING OF THE END
03 	SURVIVALISM 
04 	THE GOOD SOLDIER 
05 	VESSEL
06 	ME, I'M NOT
07 	CAPITAL G
08 	MY VIOLENT HEART
09 	THE WARNING
10 	GOD GIVEN
11 	MEET YOUR MASTER
12 	THE GREATER GOOD 
13 	THE GREAT DESTROYER
14 	ANOTHER VERSION OF THE TRUTH
15 	IN THIS TWILIGHT
16 	ZERO-SUM 
HYPERPOWER!

drums: john freese
THE BEGINNING OF THE END

    down on your knees, you'll be left behind
    this is the beginning 
    watch what you think, they can read your mind
    this is the beginning
    i got my mark, see it in my eyes
    this is the beginning
    my reflection i don't recognize
    this is the beginning
   
    we think we climb so high
    all up the backs we've condemned
    we face our consequence
    this is the beginning of the end
    
    you wait your turn, you'll be last in line
    this is the beginning
    get out the way, cause i'm getting mine
    this is the beginning
    god helps the ones that can help themselves
    this is the beginning
    may be too late as far as i can tell
    this is the beginning
    
    we think we've come so far 
    on all our lies we depend 
    we face our consequence 
    this is the beginning of the end
SURVIVALISM

    i should have listened to her
    so hard to keep control
    we kept on eating but our
    bloated bellies still not full
    she gave us all she had but
    we went and took some more
    can't seem to shut her legs our
    mother nature is a whore
    
    i got my propaganda i got revisionism			17593	314547
    i got my violence in high def ultra-realism
    all a part of this great nation
    i got my fist i got my plan i got survivalism
    
    hypnotic sound of sirens
    echoing through the street
    the cocking of the rifles
    the marching of the feet
    you see your world on fire
    don't try to act surprised
    we did just what you told us
    lost our faith along the way and found ourselves believing your lies
    
    i got my propaganda i got revisionism
    i got my violence in high def ultra-realism
    all a part of this great nation
    i got my fist i got my plan i got survivalism
    
    all bruised and broken bleeding
    she asks to take my hand
    i turn and keep on walking
    what you'd do the same thing in the circumstance i'm sure you understand
    
    i got my propaganda i got revisionism
    i got my violence in high-def ultra-realism
    all a part of this great nation
    i got my fist i got my plan i got survivalism
    
backing vocals: saul williams


THE GOOD SOLDIER					179

    gun fire in the street
    where we used to meet
    echoes out a beat and the bass goes
    bomb right over my head 
    step over the dead 
    remember what you said you know, the part about
    life is just a waking dream 
    i know what you mean
    but that ain't how it seems right here and how
    how can all this be real
    i can barely feel 
    anymore
    
    i am trying to see
    i am trying to believe 
    this is not where i should be 
    i am trying to believe 
    
    blood hardens in the sand 
    cold metal in my hand 
    maybe help you understand
    the way that things will be
    there's nowhere left to hide 
    cause god is on our side 
    i keep telling myself
    
    i am trying to see 
    i am trying to believe 
    this is not where i should be 
    i am trying to believe
    
    no one's even sure
    what we're fighting for
    or who we even are
    anymore
    i feel
    so far away
VESSEL

    i let you put it in my mouth
    i let it get under my skin
    i let you pump it through my veins
    i let you take me from within
    they tell us what we can and cannot do
    same thing we've heard a hundred times before
    when i put you inside of me
    none of that matters anymore
    
    my god
    can it go any faster?
    oh my god
    i don't think i can last here
    
    i am you and you are me
    we will never be alone
    i have finally found my place in everything
    i have finally found my home
    i can leave all of this flesh behind
    i can see right through this whole façade
    i am becoming something else
    i am a turning into god
    
    my god
    can it go any faster?
    oh my god
    i don't think i can last here					13971
ME, I'M NOT

    and it's happening
    never planned on this
    you got something i need
    kind of dangerous
    and i'm losing control
    i'm not used to this
    what you want from me?
    i'm not used to this
    can't seem to shut it off
    this thing i've begun
    and it's hard to tell — just
    where it's coming from
    and it's hard to see
    what i'm capable of
    and it's hard to believe — just
    what i've become
    
    hey
    can we stop?
    me, i'm not
    
    i can swallow it down
    keep it all inside
    i define myself
    by how well i hide
    feel it coming apart
    well at least i tried
    i can win this war
    by knowing not to fight
    if i take it all back
    some way somehow
    if i knew back then
    what i know right now
    
    hey
    can we stop?
    me, i'm not

backing vocals: saul williams
CAPITAL G

    i pushed a button and elected him to office and a
    he pushed a button and it dropped a bomb
    you pushed a button and could watch it on the television
    those motherfuckers didn't last too long ha ha
    i'm sick of hearing 'bout the haves and the have nots
    have some personal accountability
    the biggest problem with the way that we've been doing things is
    the more we let you have the less that i'll be keeping for me
    
    well i used to stand for something
    now i'm on my hands and knees
    traded in my god for this one
    he signs his name with a capital g
    
    don't give a shit about the temperature in guatemala
    don't really see what all the fuss is about
    ain't gonna worry bout no future generations and a
    i'm sure somebody's gonna figure it out
    don't try to tell how some power can corrupt a person
    you haven't had enough to know what it's like
    you're only angry 'cause you wish you were in my position
    now nod your head because you know that i'm right—all right!
    
    well i used to stand for something
    but forgot what that could be
    there's a lot of me inside you
    maybe you're afraid to see
    
    well i used to stand for something
    now i'm on my hands and knees
    traded in my god for this one
    he signs his name with a capital g

drums: josh freese
brass/winds musical arrangement: jeff "double g" gallegos
bariton sax: goeff "double g" gallegos
tenor sax: matt demeritt
trombone: elizabeth lea
trumpet: willian artope
MY VIOLENT HEART

    you and i we may look the same
    but we are very far apart
    there's bullet holes where my compassion used to be
    and there is violence in my heart
    into fire you can send us
    from the fire we return
    you can label us a consequence
    of how much you have to learn
    
    you can try but you'll never understand
    this is something you will never understand
    can you hear it now?
    hear it coming now?
    can you hear it now?
    
    on hands and knees
    we crawl
    you can not stop us all
    you wear our bones
    our skin
    we will not let you in
    
    you have set something in motion
    much greater than you've ever known
    standing there in all your grand naïveté
    about to reap what you have sown
    time will feed upon your weaknesses
    and soon you'll lose the will to care
    when you return to the place that you call home
    we will be there
    we will be there
    
    on hands and knees
    we crawl
    you can not stop us all
    our blood
    will stay
    we will not go away
    on hands and knees
    we crawl
    you can not st0p us all
    our blood
    our grace
    will never leave this place
THE WARNING					13971		126871		314697

    some say it was a warning
    some say it's a sign
    i was standing right there
    when it came down from the sky
    the way it spoke to us
    you felt it from inside
    said it was up to us
    up to us to decide
    "you've become a virus
    killing o ff its host
    we been watching you with all of our eyes
    and what you seem to value most
    so much potential
    or so we used to say
    your greed, self-importance and your arrogance
    you piss it all away
    we heard her cry
    we have come t0 intervene
    you will change your ways and you will make amends
    or we will wipe this place clean"
    
    your time is ticking away
GOD GIVEN				179

    hey man
    please don't make a sound
    take a look around
    can't you see what's right in front of you?
    aah
    have a little taste
    no more time to waste					174639
    you don't wanna get left behind, because it's all coming down right now
    now—how
    hard is it to see?
    put your faith in me
    i sure wouldn't want to be
    praying to the wrong piece of wood
    you should
    get where you belong
    everything you know is wrong
    come on, sing along everybody now
    
    (god given)
    and he gives us sight
    and we see the light
    and it burns so bright
    now we know we're right
    when his kingdom come
    and thy will be done
    we have just begun
    we're the chosen ones
    
    i would never tell you anything that wasn't absolutely true that hadn't come right from
    his mouth and he wants me to tell you
    
    wait
    step into the light
    how can this be right?
    i'm afraid we're going to ask you to leave
    guess you can not win
    with the color of your skin
    you won't be getting in to the promised land
    besides
    this is just another case
    you people still don't know your place
    step aside, out the way, wipe that look off your face
    we are the divine
    separated from the swine
    come on, sing along everybody now
    
    (god given)
    and he gives us sight
    and we see the light
    and it burns so bright
    now we know we're right
    when his kingdom come
    and thy will be done
    we have just begun
    we're the chosen ones
    and he gives us sight
    and we see the light
    and it burns so bright
    now we know we're right
    when his kingdom come
    and thy will be done
    and the father and the holy son
    we're the chosen ones
    
    i would never tell you anything that wasn't absolutely true that hadn't come right from
    his mouth and he wants me to tell you
MEET YOUR MASTER					179

    bow down in position
    against the polished steel
    this is something different
    you'll like the way this feels
    no time for asking questions
    no time for wondering
    we've heard enough from you now
    we've heard everything
    we're going to play a new game
    you'll put on this blindfold
    you'll do what we tell you
    you'll do as your told
    used to be the leader
    now comes the time to serve
    maybe we show some mercy
    maybe you get what you deserve 
    
    count down to the end
    gotta make it come faster faster					139
    right around the bend
    is a coming disaster
    count down to the end
    and we're headed there faster
    come on down my friend
    it's time to meet your master
    
    you've left quite a mess here
    under your stewardship
    you thought you'd figured it out but
    you'll learn your place in this
    might take some convincing
    for you to see the truth
    there are so many things
    we've got in store for you
    
    count down to the end
    gotta make it come faster faster
    right around the bend
    is a coming disaster
    count down to the end
    and we're headed there faster faster
    come on down my friend
    it's time to meet your master
THE GREATER GOOD

    1
    breathe us in
    slowly
    slowly
    
    2
    persuasion
    coercion
    submission
    assimilation
    
    3
    welcome to your new point of view
    we have disappeared into you					71364
    
    4
    everything you do
    everywhere you go
    anything we want
    anything
    
    5
    now it's all just a matter of time
THE GREAT DESTROYER

    say your name
    try to speak as clearly as you can
    you know everything gets written down
    nod your head
    just in case they could be watching
    with their shiny satellites
    
    i hope they cannot see
    the limitless potential
    living inside of me
    to murder everything
    i hope they cannot see
    i am the great destroyer
    
    turn it up					1365697
    listen to the shit they pump into
    your head
    filling you with apathy
    hold your breath
    wait until you know the time is right
    on time
    the end is near
    
    i hope they cannot see
    the limitless potential
    living inside of me
    to murder everything
    i hope they cannot see
    i am the great destroyer
IN THIS TWILIGHT

    watch the sun
    as it crawls across a final time
    and it feels like
    like it was a friend
    if it's watching us
    and the world we set on fire
    do you wonder
    if it feels the same?
    
    and the sky is filled with light
    can you see it?
    all the black is really white
    if you believe it
    as the time is running out
    let me take away your doubt
    we can find a better place     
    in this twilight
    
    dust to dust
    ashes in your hair remind me     
    what it feels like
    and i won't feel again
    night descends
    could i have been a better person?
    if i could only
    do it all again
    
    but the sky is filled with light
    can you see it?
    all the black is really white
    if you believe it
    and the longing that you feel
    you know none of this is real
    we will find a better place
    in this twilight
ZERO SUM

    they're starting to open up the sky
    they're starting to reach down through
    and it feels like we're living in that split-second
    of a car crash
    and time is slowing down
    and if we only had a little more time
    and this time
    is all there is
    do you remember the time we
    and all the times we
    and should have
    and were going to
    i know
    and i know you remember
    how we could justify it all
    and we knew better
    in our hearts we knew better
    and we told ourselves it didn't matter
    and we chose to continue
    and none of that matters anymore
    in the hour of our twilight
    and soon it will be all said and done
    and we will all be back together as one
    if we will continue at all
    
    shame on us
    doomed from the start	
    may god have mercy
    on our dirty little hearts
    shame on us
    for all we've done
    and all we ever were
    just zeros and ones
    
    and you never get away
    and you never get to take the easy way
    and all of this is a consequence
    brought on by our own hand
    if you believe in that sort of thing
    and did you ever really find
    when you closed your eyes
    any place that was still	
    and at peace
    and i guess i just wanted to tell you
    as the light starts to fade
    that you are the reason
    that i am not afraid
    and i guess i just wanted to mention
    as the heavens will fall	
    we will be together soon if we
    will be anything at all
    
    shame on us
    doomed from the start	
    may god have mercy
    on our dirty little hearts
    shame on us
    for all we've done
    and all we ever were
    just zeros and ones
NINE INCH NAILS: YEAR ZERO

    written and performed by trent reznor
    produced by trent reznor with atticus ross
    mixed by alan moulder
    engineered by trent reznor, atticus ross, alan moulder, 
    brett bachemin, doug trantow and alan mason
    recorded all over the world
    mixed at chalice studios, los angeles, ca
    "hyperpower!" drums and "capital g" drums/brass/winds recorded at
    capitol studios in hollywood, ca with assistant engineer steve genewick
    mastered by brian gardener at bernie grundman mastering, hollywood, ca


    world building: trent reznor, rob sheridan
    world integration and enhancement: 42, alex lieu, jordan weisman, 
    sean stewart, elan lee, johnny rodriguez and susan bonds

    art direction: rob sheridan and trent reznor

    "the presence," "the great divide," "the scorched earth" by hydraulx
    artist: matthew santoro
    "the hand of faith," "the hand of desperation" by rob sheridan
    stylist: amy hall    
    hair and makeup: cori bardo

    management: rebel waltz, inc.

    booking: william morris agency
    business management: gelfand, rennert & feldman
    legal: david altschul, zia modabber
    sounding board: marc geiger
    coordination: brett bachemin
    assistance: shaynee lee gordy
thank you very much: 
tiffany andrews, thavius beck, jeremy berman, brandi booth, 
steve "coco" brandon, gus brandt, andrew "hans" buscher, brad child, 
trevor cole, willie cole, alessandro cortini, jerome crooks, cx kidtronik, 
zack de la rocha, robert dorian, vanessa freebairn-smith, josh freese, 
valerie geller, andrew grad, jeff greenberg, josh homme, alissa juarez, 
pete keppier, darren kroupa,  ana lenchantin, tamar levine, marie lewis, 
chandra lynn, jackie mcpherson, jessyca estrada meyer, dustin mosley, 
pablo motta, jamie myers, april napier, sara newkirk, aaron north, 
valerie pilinski,  nyke prince, michael prowda, stephen rehage, martin st. pierre, 
claudia sarne, chris schleyer, the  solutions backwards initiative, mark stephen, 
michael sullivan, todd tiedemann, john van eaton, jeordie white, 
saul williams, irit zarutsky

ableton, activision, analogue haven, big city music, digidesign, guitar center hollywood, 
izotope,  soundtoys, line 5, ohm force, metasonix, native instruments, the nin hotline, 
nintendo of america,  rock-it cargo, sony computer entertainment america inc.

special thanks to jimmy iovine and everyone at interscope.

thank you for the extra effort: eric fermin, larry tull

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