Halo 02 · Pretty Hate Machine
Halo 02 · Pretty Hate Machine

Songs & Lyrics

Sanctified

“Sanctified” appears on Pretty Hate Machine (1989) and has returned in setlists across multiple touring eras.

Record type
Lyrics available
Classification
Official NIN composition
First record
Halo 02 · Pretty Hate Machine
Known versions
4

Song details

About This Song

Four titled versions are documented.

Classification
Official NIN composition
First documented release
Halo 02 · Pretty Hate Machine
Release date
October 20, 1989
Track position
4
Running time
5:48
Tempo
107 BPM
Known versions
4

Track Credits

Production
Trent Reznor, John Fryer
Engineer/Mix
John Fryer

Live History

Performance span
VIVIsectVI Tour through Nights Of Nothing Tour · NIN 2013 Festival Tour through NIN 2022

Versions

  • Sanctified
  • Sanctified (Demo)
  • Sanctified (Purest Feeling)
  • Sanctified (Live 2013 EP)

Sources: NIN Wiki — Sanctified, revision 69477 (reviewed September 28, 2026). NIN Wiki song record

Words

Lyrics

What if I found a way to wash it all aside
What if she touches with those fingertips
As the words spill out like fire from her lips

If she says come inside I'll come inside for her
If she says give it all I'll give everything to her
I am justified
I am purified
I am sanctified
Inside you

Heaven's just a rumor she'll dispel
As she walks me through the nicest parts of Hell
I still dream of lips I never should have kissed
Well she knows exactly what I can't resist

If she says come inside I'll come inside for her
If she says give it all I'll give everything to her
I am justified
I am purified
I am sanctified
Inside you

I'm just caught up in another of her spells
She's turning me into someone else
Every day I hope and pray that this will end
But when I can I do it all again

If she says come inside I'll come inside for her
If she says give it all I'll give everything to her
I am justified
I am purified
I am sanctified
Inside you

As surely as the blade's course is run
Maybe my kingdom's finally come

Dear mom and dad,
This is the hardest letter I've ever had to write. I'd hoped somehow to get out of this quickly
so that you'd never have to know about it, but that just isn't possible now. I don't know what's
going to happen, but what can I say to you? Will "I'm sorry" make a difference? Will it ease the
pain? The shame you must be feeling? Forgive me, please.

Lyrics reproduced with permission for non-profit educational use.

Where it appears

Documented Appearances