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Heresy (Demo)

Nine Inch Nails
Track 27 on The Downward Spiral (Deluxe Edition) 

Producers

Flood & Trent Reznor
Mar. 8, 19941 viewer

Heresy (Demo) Lyrics

[Verse 1]
He sewed his eyes shut because he is afraid to see
He tries to tell me what I put inside of me
He's got the answers to ease my curiosity
He dreamed his god up and called it Christianity

[Chorus]
God is dead and no one cares
If there is a hell I'll see you there
Your

[Verse 2]
He flexed his muscles to keep his flock of sheep in line
He made a virus that would kill off all the swine
His perfect kingdom of killing, suffering, and pain
Demands devotion, atrocities done in his name

[Chorus]
God is dead and no one cares
If there is a hell I'll see you there
Your God is dead and no one cares
If there is a hell I'll see you there
Your

God is dead and no one cares
If there is a hell I'll see you there
Your God is dead and no one cares
If there is a hell I'll see you there
Your
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This demo version is found on the 2-disc Deluxe Edition of The Downward Spiral. The vocals in the verses are solely whispered, rather than both whispered and sung in Reznor’s high register as on album version. As well, the tempo is slower (105 instead of 115 BPM), and the structure is altered, featuring a differently-arranged introduction.

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The Downward Spiral (Deluxe Edition) (2004)
  1. 1.
    Mr. Self Destruct
  2. 2.
    Piggy
  3. 3.
    Heresy
  4. 4.
    March of the Pigs
  5. 5.
    Closer
  6. 6.
    Ruiner
  7. 7.
    The Becoming
  8. 8.
    I Do Not Want This
  9. 9.
    Big Man with a Gun
  10. 10.
    A Warm Place
  11. 11.
    Eraser
  12. 12.
    Reptile
  13. 13.
    The Downward Spiral
  14. 14.
    Hurt
  15. 15.
    Burn
  16. 16.
    Closer (Precursor)
  17. 17.
    Piggy (Nothing Can Stop Me Now)
  18. 18.
    A Violet Fluid
  19. 19.
    Dead Souls
  20. 20.
    Hurt (Quiet)
  21. 21.
    Closer to God
  22. 22.
    All the Pigs, All Lined Up
  23. 23.
    Memorabilia
  24. 24.
    The Downward Spiral (The Bottom)
  25. 25.
    Ruiner (Demo)
  26. 26.
    Liar (Reptile Demo)
  27. 27.
    Heresy (Demo)
  28. Just Do It
  29. A Warm Place (illum Tangedo)
  30. The Beauty of The Drug
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Released on
March 8, 1994
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RockIndustrial MetalHard RockIndustrial RockIndustrial
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