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.
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