The Nine-Inch Ring

lost my faith in everything



lick around divine debris

taste the wealth of hate in me

shedding skin succumb defeat

this machine is obsolete



made the choice to go away

drink the fountain of decay

tear a hole exquisite red

fuck the rest and stab it dead



broken bruised forgotten sore

too fucked up to care anymore

poisoned to my rotten core

too fucked up to care anymore

in the back off the side far away is a place where i hide where i

stay tried to say tried to ask i needed to all alone by myself where

were you?

how could i ever think it's funny how everything that

swore it wouldn't change is different now just like you

would always say we'll make it through then my head fell apart

and where were you?

how could i ever think it's funny how everything you swore would

never change is different now like you said you and me make it

through didn't quite fell apart

where the fuck were you?



Intro change matches song intro change. Katie, the girl who watched the tape is somewhat damaged, now with the friend who may have prevented her from doing so had she been with her on the camping trip. In the song a clock strikes when the clock in the movie strikes 10- her time to die.





The Day The World Went Away

I"D LISTEN TO THE WORDS HE"D SAY

BUT IN HIS VOICE I HEARD DECAY

THE PLASTIC FACE FORCED TO PORTRAY

ALL THE INSIDES LEFT COLD AND GAY

THERE IS A PLACE THAT STILL REMAINS

IT EATS THE FEAR IT EATS THE PAIN

THE SWEETEST PRICE HE'LL HAVE TO PAY

THE DAY THE WHOLE WORLD WENT AWAY



NA NA NAH

NA NA NA, NAH

NA NA NAH

NA NA NA,NAH



Very appropriate for the scene where she dies- most haunting is 'the plastic face forced to portray'-if you've seen the movie this will make sense. The price she pays for watching the tape. The synchronicity for this scene alone will floor you! There's a static sound and then when the TV turns itself on the song cuts loose. Then when she unplugs the TV the song comes down and the singing starts- it's really good. The suspense is built just right as she walks up the stairs and down the hall to creepy guitar strumming that slows as she does, pauses when she does, then when she throws the door open- this is when you'll know if you've got it synched up properly- it will freak you out.

The Frail



Musical number, after Aiden is introduced in the movie and Rachel is thinking about what the teacher told her about her son. Beautiful piano work fits this slow-moving scene.





The Wretched



just a reflection

just a glimpse

just a little reminder

of all the what abouts

and all the might have

could have beens

another day

some other way

but not another reason to continue

and now you're one of us

the wretched



the hopes and prays

the better days

the far aways

forget it



it didn't turn out the way you wanted it to

it didn't turn out the way you wanted it, did it?

it didn't turn out the way you wanted it to

it didn't turn out the way you wanted it, did it?



now you know

this is what it feels like

now you know

this is what it feels like

the clouds will part and the sky cracks open

and god himself will reach his fucking arm

through

Just TO PUSH YOU DOWN

JUST TO HOLD YOU DOWN

stuck in this hole with the shit and the piss

and it's hard to believe it could come down to this

back at the begining

sinking

spinning

and in the end

we still pretend

the time we spend

not knowing when

you're finally free

and you could be

but it didn't turn out the way you wanted it to

it didn't turn out quite the way you wanted it



now you know

this is what it feels like

now you know this is what it feels like



you can try to stop it but it keeps on coming

you can try to stop it but



This scene is wrenching- the funeral. This is a mood/lyrical synching scene. Their daughter has been taken away at such a young age, and althoguh they don't know it her soul is damned- one of the wretched. Also foeshadowing what is going to happen to Rachel. She will try to stop it but it keeps on coming......





We're In This Together



i've become impossible

holding on to when

when everything seemed to matter more

the two of us

all used and beaten up

watching fate as it flows down the path we

have chose



you and me

we're in this together now

none of them can stop us now

we will make it through somehow

you and me

if the world should break in two

until the very end of me

until the very end of you



awake to the sound as they peel apart the skin

they pick and they pull

trying to get their fingers in

well they've got to kill what we found

well they've got to hate what they fear

well they've got to make it go away

well they've got to make it disappear



the farther i fall i'm beside you

as lost as i get i will find you

the deeper the wound

i'm inside you

for ever and ever i am part of



you and me

we're in this together now

none of them can stop us now

we will make it through somehow

you and me

if the world should break in two

until the very end of me

until the very end of you



all that we were is gone we have to hold on

all that we were is gone we have to hold on

when all our hope is gone we have to hold on

all that we were is gone but we can hold on



you and me

we're in this together now

none of them can stop us now

we will make it through somehow

you and me

even after everything

you're my queen and i'm king

nothing else means anything

Also a mood/lyrical match. I think this song fits the dynamics of a couple of different relationships- Aiden's and Katie's, Aiden's and his mother's, and Rachel's and Noah's, and about what they all go through and who is still here in the end.







The Fragile

(I'm just going to insert comments in parenthesis. This is definitely Samara's song, appropriately placed when Rachel is at the cabin above the well and watching Samara's tape)



she shines

in a world of ugliness (the 'world' could be either the well or the world she creates- her images)

she matters

when everything is meaningless (her will is stronger than reality)



fragile

she doesn't see her beauty

she tries to get away

sometimes

it's just that nothing seems worth saving

i can't watch her slip away (Rachel is determined to find out what happened to her neice, but then she focuses all her energy on to finding out what happened to Samara)



i won't let you fall apart

she reads the minds of all the people as they pass her by

hoping someone can see (pass her by literally, as she is in the well under the floor. What she hopes they see is the tape....and what became of her.)

if i could fix myself i'd -

but it's too late for me (She is dead but not at rest)



i won't let you fall apart (Rachel later wants to help Samara)

we'll find the perfect place to go where we can run and hide

i'll build a wall and we can keep them on the other side (she'll collect victims- sick irony in that she's a child)

...but they keep waiting

...and picking...



it's something i (Samara) have to do

i was there, too

before everything else

i was like you (alive)



There is a significant change in the song at the end of the tape that Rachel just watched. Creepy!





Just Like You Imagined











Even Deeper

(Rachel begins to really investigate the tape)



i woke up today

to find myself in the other place

with a trail of my footprints

from where i ran away

it seems everytning i've heard

just might be true

and you know me

(well you think you do)

sometimes, i have everything-

yet i wish i felt something



do you know how far this has gone?

just how damaged i have become? (Rachel saw the tape)

when i think i can overcome

it runs even deeper (the more she finds out the deeper the story goes)



and in a dream i'm a different me

with a perfect you

we fit perfectly

and for once in my life i feel complete-

and i still want to ruin it

afraid to look

as clear as day

this plan has long been underway

i hear them call

i cannot stay

the voice inviting me away



do you know how far this has gone?

just how damaged have i become

when i think i can overcome

it runs even deeper

everything that matters is gone

all the hands of hope have withdrawn

could you try to help me hang on?

it runs...

i'm straight

i won't crack

on my way

and i can't turn back

i'm okay

i'm on track

on my way

and i can't turn back

i stayed

on this track

gone too far

and i can't come back

i stayed

on this track

lost my way

can't come back (sums up Rachel up to this point)

Pilgrimage





No, You Don't





smiling in their faces

while filling up the hole

so many dirty little places

in your filthy little worn out

broken down see through soul



baby's got a problem

tries so hard to hide

got to keep it on the surface

because everything else is dead on the other side



teeth in the necks of everyone you know

you can keep on sucking until the blood won't flow

when it starts to hurt it only helps it grow

taking all you need

(but not this time)

no, you don't



and just for the record

just so you know

i didn't not believe

that you could sink so low



you think that you can beat them

i know that you won't

you think you have everything

but no, you don't



no, you don't

no, you don't

no, you don't

no, you don't











La Mer





AND WHEN THE DAY ARRIVES

I'LL BECOME THE SKY

AND I'LL BECOME THE SEA



AND THE SEA WILL COME TO KISS ME

FOR I AM GOING

HOME



NOTHING CAN STOP ME NOW











The Great Below

(Aiden has just watched the tape- metaphors galore)





staring at the sea

will she come?

is there hope for me

after all is said and done

anything at any price

all of this for you

all the spoils of a wasted life

all of this for you

all the world has closed her eyes

tired faith all worn and thin

for all we could have done

and all that could have been



ocean pulls me close

and whispers in my ear

the destiny i've chose

all becoming clear

the currents have their say

the time is drawing near

washes me away

makes me disappear



i descend from grace

in arms of undertow

i will take my place

in the great below



i can still feel you

even so far away (but only 7 days away...)





Right





The Way Out Is Through

ALL I'VE UNDERGONE

I WILL KEEP ON



UNDERNEATH IT ALL

WE FEEL SO SMALL

THE HEAVENS FALL

BUT STILL WE CRAWL



ALL I'VE UNDERGONE

I WILL KEEP ON





Into The Void

TRIED TO SAVE MYSELF BUT MYSELF KEEPS SLIPPING AWAY



TALKING TO MYSELF ALL THE WAY TO THE STATION

PICTURES IN MY HEAD OF THE FINAL DESTINATION

ALL LINED UP

(ALL THE ONES THAT AREN'T ALLOWED TO STAY)

TRIED TO SAVE MYSELF BUT MYSELF KEEPS SLIPPING AWAY



TRIED TO SAVE A PLACE FROM THE CUTS AND THE SCRATCHES

TRIED TO OVERCOME THE COMPLICATIONS AND THE CATCHES

NOTHING EVER GROWS AND THE SUN DOESN'T SHINE ALL DAY

TRIED TO SAVE MYSELF BUT MYSLEF KEEPS SLIPPING AWAY



TRIED TO SAVE MYSELF BUT MYSELF KEEPS SLIPPING AWAY

Where Is Everybody?





did you happen to catch

or did it happen so fast

what you thought would always last

has passed you by

is everything speeding up

or am i slowing down

just spinnning around

and i don't know why

all the pieces don't fit

though i really didn't give a shit

i never wanted to be like you

but for all i aspire

i am really a liar

and i'm running out of things i can do



i'd like to stay

but every day

everything pushes me further away

if you could show

help me to know

how it's suppose to be

where did it go?



pleading and

needing and

bleeding and

breeding and

feeding

exceeding

where is everybody?

trying and

lying

defying

denying

crying and

dying

where is every body?



well okay. enough.

you've had your fun

but come on there has got to be someone

that hasn't yet become

so numb

and succumb

and

god damn i am so tired of pretending

of wishing i was ending

when all i'm really doing is trying to hide

and keep it inside

and fill it with lies

open my eyes?

maybe i wish i could try



pleading and

needing and

bleeding and

breeding and

feeding

exceeding

where is everybody?

trying and

lying

defying

denying

crying and

dying

where is every body?













The Mark Has Been Made







Please

(This song is a perfect match for Rachel watching the hospital tape of Samara)



this is how

it begins (Rachel finds a box of stuff- Samara's birth certificate and other records)

PUSH IT AWAY BUT IT ALL COMES BACK AGAIN

ALL THE FLESH

ALL THE SIN

THERE WAS A TIME WHEN IT USED TO MEAN JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING



JUST LIKE NOW



BREATHE, ECHOING THE SOUND

TIME STARTS SLOWING DOWN (as Samara stands barely moving as the clock goes around and around- never sleeping- time doesn't seem to affect her)

SINK UNTIL I DROWN (she drowns in a well)

(PLEASE) I DON'T EVER WANT TO MAKE IT STOP (Samara says that it won't stop)



AND IT KEEPS REPEATING

WILL YOU PLEASE COMPLETE ME? (She'll keep taking lives- no one yet has been able to help/save her)



NEVER BE ENOUGH

TO FILL ME UP



WATCH THE WHITE (dress)

TURN TO RED

IT FILLS UP THE HOLE (well) BUT IT GROWS SOMEWHERE ELSE INSTEAD (her power is growing beyond the grave)

ALL MY LIFE

YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH, BUT IT JUST LEFT ME DEAD (dead and undead)

WELL GUESS WHAT?

THE WORLD IS OVER AND I REALIZE IT WAS ALL IN MY HEAD (her time on earth as a little girl is over, but her 'world' is all in her head- she created that tape with her mind)

NOW EVERYTHING IS CLEAR

I ERASE THE FEAR

I CAN DISAPPEAR

(PLEASE) I DON'T EVER WANT TO MAKE IT STOP (When the doctor said "You don't want to hurt people do you Samara? She answers "But I do")



YOU CAN NEVER LEAVE ME

WILL YOU PLEASE COMPLETE ME

NEVER BE ENOUGH

TO FILL ME UP





StarFuckers inc.

(This song, also odd man out on the album, doesn't fit lyrically. Luckily it makes up for this with some really cool timing synchronicity, especially at the end of the song when they uncover the red tree on the wall in the barn)



my god sits in the back of the limousine

my god comes in a wrapper of cellophane

my god pouts on the cover of the magazine

my god's a shallow little bitch trying to make the scene



i have arrived and this time you should believe the hype

i listened to everyone now i know that everyone was right

i'll be there for you as long as it works for me

i play a game

it's called insincerity

starfuckers

starfuckers

starfuckers, inc.

starfuckers



i am every fucking thing and just a little more

i sold my soul but don't you dare call me a whore

and when i suck you off not a drop will go to waste

it's really not so bad you know once yuo get past the taste, yeah

(asskisser)



starfuckers

starfuckers

starfuckers, inc.

starfuckers

all our pain

how did we ever get by without you?

you're so vain

i bet you think this song is about you

don't you?

don't you?

don't you?

don't you?



now i belong i'm one of the chosen ones

now i belong i'm one of the beautiful ones





Complication





I'm Looking Foward to Joining You, Finally

(This song/scene synch is the epitome of what this synch can do to you- everything goes lyrically in sometimes sick irony, the creepy dark mood, and the timing is dead on. Even the title- this is the scene where Rachel falls into the well and finds Samara.)





as black as the night can get (as they start ripping the floor of the cabin up with an ax)

everything is safer now (so they think)

there's always a way to forget

once you learn to find a way how



in the blur of serenity

where did everything get lost?

the flowers of naivete (Samara)

buried in a layer of frost



the smell of sunshine

i remember sometimes (uuhhg- ...they open the well and a swarm of flies comes up)

thought he had it all before they called his bluff

found out that his skin just wasn't thick enough

wanted to go back to how it was before

thought he lost everything

then he lost a whole lot more (I think back to Samara's father here)



a fool's devotion (Rachel)

swallowed up in empty space (the empty space of the well)

the tears of regret (Noah)

frozen to the side of his face



the smell of sunshine

i remember sometimes (fingernail-flashback from the tape)



i've done all i can do

could i please come with you? (Samara wants out of the well- she did everything she could to lure/lead Rachel to the well)

sweet smell of sunshine

i remember sometimes



Then the song fades out as the well cover closes itself.







The Big Come Down





there is a game i play

try to make myself okay

try so hard to make the pieces all fit (Samara saw the red tree before and burned it onto her wall- she's staring at it here like she's trying to figure out what's going on)

smash it apart

just for the fuck of it (could be that she let herself be destroyed- more power-?)

bye bye oooh

got to get back to the bottom (as she falls down the well)

bye bye oooh

the big come down isn't that what you wanted? (the mother says "All I ever wanted was you" but pushes her down the well)

bye bye oooh

find a place with the failed and forgotten (Samara stays in that well for years)

bye bye oooh

isn't that really what you wanted now?



there is no place i can go there is no way i can hide

it feels like it keeps coming from the inside



there is a hate that burns within

the most desperate place i have ever been

try to get back to where i'm from

the closer i get the worse it becomes

the closer i get the worse it becomes (Samara is truly evil, the well the most desperate place she's ever been, she's been trying to get out by contacting people via her tape, and the closer she gets to getting out the more powerful she and her hate become)



there is no place i can go there is no way i can hide

it feels like it keeps coming from the inside







Underneath it All





all i do

i can still feel you



numb all through

i can still feel you

hear you call

underneath it all

kill my brain

yet you still remain

crucified

after all i've died

after all i've tried

you are still inside



all i do

i can still feel you



you remain

i am stained









Ripe (With Decay)