Songs & Lyrics
Closer
“Closer” appears on The Downward Spiral (1994) and has returned in setlists across multiple touring eras.
- Record type
- Lyrics available
- Classification
- Official NIN composition
- First record
- Halo 08 · The Downward Spiral
- Known versions
- 14
Song details
About This Song
Available on six Halo releases in 14 titled versions.
- Classification
- Official NIN composition
- First documented release
- Halo 08 · The Downward Spiral
- Release date
- March 8, 1994
- Track position
- 5
- Running time
- 6:13
- Tempo
- 90 BPM
- Known versions
- 14
Track Credits
- Production
- Flood and Trent Reznor
- Mixing Engineer
- Alan Moulder
- Special Hi-Hat Programming
- Flood
Live History
- Performance span
- Self Destruct Touring Cycle through NIN 2013 Festival Tour · NIN 2014 Europe/UK Tour through present
Versions
- Closer
- Closer (Instrumental)
- Closer (Clean Pussy Radio Edit)
- Closer (Clean Original)
- Closer To God
- Closer (Precursor)
- Closer (Deviation)
- Closer (Internal)
- Closer (Further Away)
- Closer (Thrust)
- Closer (Unrecalled)
- Closer (Nine Inch Noize Version)
- Closer (And All That Could Have Been)
- Closer (Beside You In Time)
Related Records
Sources: NIN Wiki — Closer, revision 69069 (reviewed September 28, 2026). NIN Wiki song record
Words
Lyrics
You let me penetrate you, you let me complicate you
Help me I broke apart my insides, help me I've got no soul to sell
Help me the only thing that works for me, help me get away from myself
I want to fuck you like an animal
I want to feel you from the inside
I want to fuck you like an animal
My whole existence is flawed
You get me closer to God
You can have my isolation, you can have the hate that it brings
You can have my absence of faith, you can have my everything
Help me tear down my reason, help me it's your sex I can smell
Help me you make me perfect, help me become somebody else
I want to fuck you like an animal
I want to feel you from the inside
I want to fuck you like an animal
My whole existence is flawed
You get me closer to God
Through every forest, above the trees
Within my stomach, scraped off my knees
I drink the honey inside your hive
You are the reason I stay alive
Lyrics reproduced with permission for non-profit educational use.
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