Songs & Lyrics
Various Methods of Escape
“Various Methods of Escape” appears on Hesitation Marks (2013) and has returned in setlists across multiple touring eras.
- Record type
- Lyrics available
- Classification
- Official NIN composition
- First record
- Halo 28 · Hesitation Marks
- Known versions
- 1
Song details
About This Song
- Classification
- Official NIN composition
- First documented release
- Halo 28 · Hesitation Marks
- Release date
- September 3, 2013
- Track position
- 9
- Running time
- 5:01
- Tempo
- 84 BPM
- Known versions
- 1
Track Credits
- Adrian Belew
- Additional Guitar Treatments
- Pino Palladino
- Bass
- Trent Reznor
- Vocals, Electronics, Percussion, Guitar, Bass, Dulcitone
Live History
- Performance span
- Tension 2013 Tour through NIN 2014 Japan Tour · NIN 2014 Europe/UK Tour
- Live debut
- September 30, 2013 · Kansas City, MO
Versions
- Various Methods Of Escape
Sources: NIN Wiki — Various Methods Of Escape, revision 67610 (reviewed September 28, 2026). NIN Wiki song record
Words
Lyrics
Little pieces of a plan
Construction of the highest quality
Built from my own hand
A line of lyric looping in my head
Nobody listening
I guess it really doesn't matter anymore
I guess it doesn't mean a thing
I've got to let it go
I've got to get straight
Why'd you have to make it so hard?
Let me get away
An effigy so wondrous to behold
A statement so profound
A place to bury every thing I did
And burn it to the ground
The fire illuminates our final scene
The past repeats itself
I can not tell the difference anymore
I can not trust myself
I've got to let it go
I've got to get straight
Why'd you have to make it so hard?
Let me get away
I think I could lose myself in here
I've got to let it go
I've got to get straight
Why'd you have to make it so hard?
Let me get away
Got to let him go
Find another way
Why'd you have to make it so hard?
Let me get away
Built from my own hand
The blood from my own hand
Lyrics reproduced with permission for non-profit educational use.
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