Single · 1989
Down in It
Down in It is a single by Nine Inch Nails, released in 1989 on The Bicycle Music Company, with 3 tracks.
- 3
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- 18 min
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3 tracks · 18 min
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"Down in It" is a song by American industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails, released in 1989. Released as the project's debut single, the song was the first to be written by Trent Reznor, the only constant member of the act. It was released as a teaser single prior to the debut album, Pretty Hate Machine. A tape consisting of footage from the song's music video was brought to the FBI by a farmer in Michigan, and spawned an investigation that focused on Reznor's character as a person who committed suicide. "Down in It" has been covered by Eric Gorfain, The Meeks, Sasha and Tiga. The song's lyrics share similarities with those of "Only," a track found on the album With Teeth, released in 2005. The opening verse of Down in It contains the lyric "Just then a tiny little dot caught my eye," while the second verse of Only opens with the lyric "Well, the tiniest little dot caught my eye." In "Only," Trent elaborates on what that dot was ("a scab trying to seal itself shut"), while both songs also include several references to personal growth and change: "fading away" from the kind of person the protagonist once assumed himself to be and an uncertainty as to who they will inevitably become. …