This would be a good album if you took away the cheesy, angsty lyrics

AND DOESNT IT MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER
THE PIGS HAVE WON TONIIIGHT

>>70279583
they work in context tho

>>70279583
its already a good album though

>>70279634
this

I always thought that the pathetic, melodramatic feel of the lyrics always did a good job of capturing exactly how pathetic and melodramatic people in situations like his situation back then often end up looking/or feeling.

That being said,

>listening to music for the lyrics
>letting lyrics get in the way at all

>>70279583
fact: the only people who criticize this album for its lyrics once identified with its sentiments and are now ashamed of that phase

>>70279778
this. i love this album, and loved it as a 14-15 yr old. makes me kinda cringe when i listen to the lyrics on tracks like heresy, but its kinda unfair of me to project my own insecurities on such as well made fucking album

>>70279634
You can say this is where Trent peaked lyrically too

The lyrics are great, and a lot of people on /mu/ don't seem to get the genius of it. The lyrical themes are so raw and primal, the type of stuff that a real depressed person would write in their notebook in all it's pathetic wallowing and struggle. It's the simplicity of it all that makes it have such a strong impact.

its alright trent just make a new one

>>70279583
I still think this is NIN's best album right up there with Pretty Hate Machine.

If you want something to bitch about listen to korn

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>>70279583
>when you really like the lyrics and can still relate to them because of events in your own life but have enough self-awareness to realize how cringey that is so you turn the album off and listen to something else

thank you for putting this into words guys, I couldn't quite grasp before why this album made me so uncomfortable.