NIL (song)

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

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 and feel safe as ever
I'm immune to the things you say and do
And I'm tired of hanging around
Hanging out for life 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
Face the constraint
Impotent life
Face the constraint

I can't get it right
I can't get it right

So, so sick and I'm not getting better
I can't start, I need a little more
Push you into the ground
Six feet under, I'm still going down
I feel you against my skin
I rip myself open to let you in

In this world that we exercise 
The bits, the teeth, the front, the rise
I've got no time to analyze it
A big, big slacker and that's 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 getting up

New impotent life
We face the constraint
New impotent life
We face the constraint

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.

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