Difference between revisions of "NIL (song)"
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| − | So, so sick | + | So, so sick of the same things over |
I'm immune to the things you say and do | I'm immune to the things you say and do | ||
And I'm tired of hanging around | And I'm tired of hanging around | ||
| − | Hanging out for | + | Hanging out for the knife to push right through |
Push it through | Push it through | ||
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New impotent life | New impotent life | ||
| − | Face the | + | We Face the colour strike |
Impotent life | Impotent life | ||
| − | Face the | + | We Face the colour strike |
I can't get it right | I can't get it right | ||
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So, so sick and I'm not getting better | So, so sick and I'm not getting better | ||
| − | I can't | + | I can't stop. Light me another one |
| − | Push | + | Push me into the ground |
| − | Six feet under | + | Six feet under and still going down |
I feel you against my skin | I feel you against my skin | ||
I rip myself open to let you in | I rip myself open to let you in | ||
| − | + | And this right that we exercise | |
| − | + | The bit’s in your teeth, the blood’s in your eyes | |
| − | The | ||
I've got no time to analyze it | I've got no time to analyze it | ||
| − | + | As the speed picks up it melts your disguise | |
So alive, that you're killing me | So alive, that you're killing me | ||
It's the thrill that you get and it's killing me | It's the thrill that you get and it's killing me | ||
| − | + | And so begins the start of my new impotent life | |
| − | And so begins the start of | ||
New impotent life | New impotent life | ||
| − | We face the | + | We face the colour strike |
New impotent life | New impotent life | ||
| − | We face the | + | We face the colour strike |
I can't get it right | I can't get it right | ||
Latest revision as of 11:28, 18 April 2015
| Name | NIL |
| Album/single | You Again, B-Sides, Killjoy (Japanese Version) & Killjoy 20th Anniversary Remastered |
| Length | 4.41 |
| Alternative titles | |
| First live performance | |
| Recorded | York Street Studios, Auckland, NZ |
| Writer/composer | Shihad |
| Producer | Shihad and Malcolm Welsford |
Contents
Additional Information
The song described by Jon: "I've just got to try and remember what this song was about. When you get to this point, and you've done 96 songs, or 100 songs, or whatever, it gets pretty hard. New impotent life. That was what it was about. That is what it was. That is what it was, the feeling of powerlessness. It was classic, it was that feeling you get when you're around 25. You go, right, I'm an adult, but I still feel like a fucking teenager and I still don't feel like I have the power to influence my world. I can with my music, but when it comes to the big stuff, like politics or society, I can't change that. I feel powerless. It's weird, because I'm also putting it in context with music, going, 'this is how I can change shit, or this is how I can influence my own life, by making a song like this.' You describe how you're feeling powerless and there's a kick ass bass line and drum beat to sing over." Rip It Up, Aug-Sep 2010.
Lyrics
So, so sick of the same things over I'm immune to the things you say and do And I'm tired of hanging around Hanging out for the knife to push right through Push it through And time, and time, and time again Quick here comes another Won't you suck it in And we play outside on a rainy day You ask me in, so you can throw me away New impotent life We Face the colour strike Impotent life We Face the colour strike I can't get it right I can't get it right So, so sick and I'm not getting better I can't stop. Light me another one Push me into the ground Six feet under and still going down I feel you against my skin I rip myself open to let you in And this right that we exercise The bit’s in your teeth, the blood’s in your eyes I've got no time to analyze it As the speed picks up it melts your disguise So alive, that you're killing me It's the thrill that you get and it's killing me And so begins the start of my new impotent life New impotent life We face the colour strike New impotent life We face the colour strike I can't get it right I can't get it right I still can't get it right I can't get it right I can't get it right Get it right Get it right Get it right Get it right Get it right Get it right Get it right Get it right
Tabs
Guitar
Standard Shihad Tuning This is the entire of the song's guitar part. ------------------- ------------------- ----10-10-10-10-10- (x3) -----9--9--9--9--9- ------------------- -0----------------- ------------------- ------------------- ----10-10-10-10-12- -----9--9--9--9-11- ------------------- -0-----------------
