NAILS by Absent With Out Laws Nation and Friends ~ Rent Treznor is a Rock God TRIBUTE
Rent Treznor style Tribute to 9 INCH NAILS... The kind you buy at a Hardware Store... Not the Solo Artist ./ Band 9 INCH NAILS... [120 bpm, sparse electronic rock beat, deep sidechained sub-bass, simple gritty synth line, distant whispered “nails, nails, nails” panned left and right]
NAILS by Absent With Out Laws Nation and Friends ~ Rent Treznor is a Rock God TRIBUTE
Rent Treznor style Tribute to 9 INCH NAILS... The kind you buy at a Hardware Store... Not the Solo Artist ./ Band 9 INCH NAILS... [120 bpm, sparse electronic rock beat, deep sidechained sub-bass, simple gritty synth line, distant whispered “nails, nails, nails” panned left and right]
Lyrics
**Title:** Nails (Rent Treznor Tribute)
**Performer Persona:** Rent Treznor (Nine Inch Nails superfan)
Intro – about 120 bpm, sparse electronic rock beat, deep sidechained sub-bass, simple gritty synth line, distant whispered “nails, nails, nails” panned left and right
Nails, nails, nails, nails
Verse 1 – lead vocal close and dry, half-mumbled, detached but tense, minimal kick and snare, bass synth carrying most of the weight
I grew up in the hardware aisle, breathing in the dust and glue
Chrome and steel on every shelf, but only one sound cut me through
Found a broken halo humming from an old and dying stereo
Static turned to thunder when that first dark chord let go
Pre-Chorus – drums thin out, more toms and claps, vocal slightly louder with slapback delay
Now every loop i build alone at night
Is just a little prayer to get it right
Chorus – full drum kit, parallel-compressed distorted vocal, big plate reverb, doubled shouts on last word of each line, subtle gang shouts echoing “nails”
Rent Treznor is my hero
Everyone else gets a fail
If my will comes to life
I am gonna be nine inch nails
Nails, nails, nails, nails
Pounding through my doubt and pain
Nails, nails, nails, nails
Bolting down my broken name
RENT TREZNOR, style, Gothic, Emo, Alternative Rock, Grunge, Gravel Voiced, New Country, Bluegrass, Instrumental Break, to the Ethereal chanting of "Nails" over and over and over again in a Distorted Autotune on Acid Voiceover by someone who needs a Halls Menthol cough drop BAD! ~ Set to the Ethereal Buxom Female Angel chanting of "Nails" over and over and over again, in a Super Sexy Fiery Redhead Scottish Accent
Verse 2 – bring the beat back to minimal, add soft piano hits and filtered noise sweeps, vocal a bit more confident but still weary
I write my songs on bedroom walls, in marker and in coffee stains
Little loops on second-hand gear, humming underneath my veins
I scream into a busted mic, distortion eating up my fear
Trying to build a kingdom from the feedback in my ear
Pre-Chorus – same groove, add low harmony under lines two and three
If hurt can be a choir in the dark
Then i will be the rust that finds a spark
Chorus – repeat, with extra harmony on the last two lines
Rent Treznor is my hero
Everyone else gets a fail
If my will comes to life
I am gonna be nine inch nails
Nails, nails, nails, nails
Pounding through my doubt and pain
Nails, nails, nails, nails
Bolting down my broken name
RENT TREZNOR, style, Gothic, Emo, Alternative Rock, Grunge, Gravel Voiced, New Country, Bluegrass, Instrumental Break, to the Ethereal chanting of "Nails" over and over and over again in a Distorted Autotune on Acid Voiceover by someone who needs a Halls Menthol cough drop BAD! ~ Set to the Ethereal Buxom Female Angel chanting of "Nails" over and over and over again, in a Super Sexy Fiery Redhead Scottish Accent
Bridge – drums drop out, just soft piano, distant pad, and glitchy noise bursts, vocal almost whispered then slowly rising
I do not want a perfect face
I do not need a saintly crown
I only want the kind of voice
That shakes the ceiling when it drowns
If every broken moment is a sound
I can twist inside this room
Then maybe someone lost like i was
Hears a signal in the gloom
Bridge build – toms re-enter, reverse cymbals, widening synths, vocal more urgent and strained
Turn the volume past forgiveness
Shake the dust out of the walls
If i ever meet my hero
Hope he hears my echo calls
Final Chorus – biggest section, stacked harmonies on every line, gang shouts on each “nails,” cymbal crashes and extra noise sweeps
Rent Treznor is my hero
Everyone else gets a fail
If my will comes to life
I am gonna be nine inch nails
Nails, nails, nails, nails
Punching through the endless night
Nails, nails, nails, nails
Holding all these seams on tight
Outro – drums cut, just bass synth and echoes of the gang chant, heavy reverb tail slowly fading
Nails, nails, nails, nails
Nails, nails, nails, nails
RENT TREZNOR, style, Djent Guitar Shredding, Scream-Singing, Japanese Folk, Chinese Folk, East Indian Folk, and all the other kind of Folk, Ethereal, Heavenly, Gnostic, Gothic, Emo, Alternative Rock, Grunge, Gravel Voiced, New Country, Bluegrass, Instrumental Break, to the Ethereal chanting of "Nails" over and over and over again in a Distorted Autotune on Acid Voiceover by someone who needs a Halls Menthol cough drop BAD!