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Peeled Back

by Allie Goertz

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Mabel What a great re-imagining. I've been a NIN fan for a while, and when trying to find covers, I found this album. I didn't think The Great Destroyer would work well with calm instrumentals, but it does. Allie's voice is perfect for the songs. Right Where It Belongs changes entirely from Trent's original version. Favorite track: Right Where it Belongs.
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janx218 I've been a fan of Allie Goertz for over a decade, but I have to admit when I learned she was recording a NIN cover album, I wasn't sure what to expect. I wondered if there would be a degree of irony involved. But I was blown away by the finished product. Peeled Back is earnest, impeccably-produced, and often downright beautiful. Allie's lilting, delicate voice makes these songs feel brand new and achingly gorgeous in a way that I never could have imagined. I can't recommend it enough.
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Daniel Cordova Beautiful and sometimes more haunting renditions of classic songs. Great to hear some of of these in completely different realms.
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1.
Closer 04:17
You let me violate you You let me desecrate you You let me penetrate you You let me complicate you I broke apart my insides (Help me) I've got no soul to sell (Help me) the only thing that works for me Help me get away from myself I wanna fuck you like an animal I wanna feel you from the inside I wanna fuck you like an animal My whole existence is flawed You get me closer to God You can have my isolation You can have the hate that it brings You can have my absence of faith You can have my everything you tear down my reason (Help me) it's your sex I can smell (Help me) you make me perfect Help me become somebody else I wanna fuck you like an animal I wanna feel you from the inside I wanna fuck you like an animal My whole existence is flawed You get me closer to God Through every forest Above the trees Within my stomach Scraped off my knees I drink the honey Inside your hive You are the reason I stay alive
2.
Ruiner 02:59
You had all of them on your side Didn't you, didn't you? You believed in all your lies Didn't you, didn't you? The Ruiner's got a lot to prove He's got nothing to lose and now he made you believe The Ruiner is your only friend And he's the living end to the cattle he deceives Raping of the innocent You know the Ruiner ruins everything he sees Now the only pure thing left In my fucking world is wearing your disease How'd you get so big? How'd you get so strong? How'd it get so hard? How'd it get so long? You had to give them all a sign Didn't you, didn't you? You had to covet what was mine Didn't you, didn't you? The ruiner's a collector He's an infector, serving his shit to his flies Maybe there will come a day When those that you keep blind will suddenly realize Maybe it's a part of me You took it to a place I hoped it would never go And maybe that fucked me up much more than you'll ever know How'd you get so big? How'd you get so strong? How'd you get so hard? How'd it get so long? And what you gave to me? My perfect ring of scars You know I can see What you really are
3.
I am a big man (Yes I am) And I have a big gun Got me a big old dick and I I like to have fun Held against your forehead I'll make you suck it Maybe I'll put a hole in your head You know just for the fuck of it I can reduce you if I want I can devour I'm hard as fucking steel and I've got the power I'm every inch a man and I'll show you somehow Me and my fucking gun I never can stop me now Shoot shoot shoot shoot shoot I'm going to come all over you Shoot shoot shoot shoot shoot I'm going to come all over you Shoot shoot shoot shoot shoot I'm going to come all over you Shoot shoot shoot shoot shoot I'm going to come all over you Me and my fucking gun Me and my fucking gun Me and my fucking gun Me and my fucking gun
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I've become impossible Holding on to when When everything seemed to matter more The two of us (all used) 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 further 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 a 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, but 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 the queen and I'm the king Nothing else means anything
6.
Reptile 03:22
She spreads herself wide open To let the insects in She leaves a trail of honey To show me where she's been She has the blood of reptile Just underneath her skin Seeds from a thousand others Drip down from within Oh, my beautiful liar Oh, my precious whore My disease, my infection I am so impure Devils speak of the way in which she'll manifest Angels bleed from the tainted touch of my caress Need to contaminate to alleviate this loneliness I now know The depths I reach are limitless Oh, my beautiful liar Oh, my precious whore My disease, my infection I am so impure Oh, my beautiful liar Oh, my precious whore My disease, my infection I am so impure
7.
Step right up, march, push Crawl right up on your knees Please, greed, feed (no time to hesitate) I want a little bit I want a piece of it I think he's losing it I want to watch it come down Don't like the look of it Don't like the taste of it Don't like the smell of it I want to watch it come down All the pigs are all lined up I give you all that you want Take the skin and peel it back Now doesn't it make you feel better? Shove it up inside, surprise, lies Stains like the blood on your teeth Bite, chew, suck (away the tender parts) I want to break it up I want to smash it up I want to fuck it up I want to watch it come down Maybe afraid of it Let's discredit it Let's pick away at it I want to watch it come down All the pigs are all lined up I give you all that you want Take the skin and peel it back Now doesn't that make you feel better? The pigs have won tonight Now they can all sleep soundly And everything is all right
8.
You're keeping in step In the line Got your chin held high and you feel just fine 'Cause you do What you're told But inside your heart it is black and it's hollow and it's cold Just how deep do you believe? Will you bite the hand that feeds? Will you chew until it bleeds? Can you get up off your knees? Are you brave enough to see? Do you wanna change it? What if this whole crusade's a charade And behind it all there's a price to be paid For the blood on which we dine Justified in the name of the holy and the divine Just how deep do you believe? Will you bite the hand that feeds? Will you chew until it bleeds? Can you get up off your knees? Are you brave enough to see? Do you wanna change it? So naive I keep holding on to what I wanna believe I can see But I keep holding on and on and on and on Will you bite the hand that feeds you? Will you stay down on your knees? Will you bite the hand that feeds you? Will you stay down on your knees?
9.
Hurt 03:38
I hurt myself today To see if I still feel I focus on the pain The only thing that's real The needle tears a hole The old familiar sting Try to kill it all away But I remember everything What have I become? My sweetest friend Everyone I know Goes away in the end You could have it all My empire of dirt I will let you down I will make you hurt I wear this crown of shit Upon my liar's chair Full of broken thoughts I cannot repair Beneath the stains of time The feelings disappear You are someone else I am still right here What have I become? My sweetest friend Everyone I know Goes away in the end And you could have it all My empire of dirt I will let you down I will make you hurt If I could start again A million miles away I would keep myself I would find a way
10.
A Warm Place 00:59
11.
Say your name Try to speak as clearly as you can You know everything gets written down Nod your head Just in case they could be watching with Their shiny satellite I hope they cannot see The limitless potential Living inside of me To murder everything I hope they cannot see I am the great destroyer Turn it up Listen to the shit they pump into your head Filling you with apathy Hold your breath Wait until you know the time is right On time, the end is near I hope they cannot see The limitless potential Living inside of me To murder everything I hope they cannot see I am the great destroyer
12.
The Becoming 03:44
I beat my machine It's a part of me It's inside of me I'm stuck in this dream It's changing me I am becoming The me that you know, he had some second thoughts He's covered with scabs He is broken and sore The me that you know He doesn't come around much That part of me Isn't here anymore All pain disappears It's the nature of Of my circuitry Drowns out all I hear No escape from this My new consciousness The me that you know He used to have feelings But the blood has stopped pumping and he is left to decay The me that you know is now made up of wires And even when i'm right with you i'm so far away I can try to get away But I've strapped myself in I can try to scratch away The sound in my ears I can see it killing away All of my bad parts I don't want to listen But it's all too clear Hiding Backwards inside of me I feel... so unafraid Allie, hold a little tighter I might just slip away It won't give up, it wants me dead Goddamn this noise inside my head It won't give up, it wants me dead Goddamn this noise inside my head It won't give up, it wants me dead Goddamn this noise inside my head It won't give up, it wants me dead Goddamn this noise inside my head
13.
Piggy 02:45
Hey pig Yeah you Hey pig piggy pig pig pig All of my fears came true Black and blue and broken bones You left me here, I'm all alone My little piggy needed something new Nothing can stop me now, 'cause I don't care anymore Nothing can stop me now, 'cause I don't care Nothing can stop me now, 'cause I don't care anymore Nothing can stop me now, 'cause I just don't care Hey pig Nothing's turning out the way I planned Hey pig There's a lot of things I hoped you could help me understand What am I supposed to do? Lost my shit because of you Nothing can stop me now, 'cause I don't care anymore Nothing can stop me now, 'cause I don't care Nothing can stop me now, 'cause I don't care anymore Nothing can stop me now, 'cause I just don't care Nothing can stop me now Nothing can stop me now Nothing can stop me now Nothing can stop me Nothing can stop me now Nothing can stop me now Nothing can stop me now Nothing can stop me
14.
See the animal in his cage that you built Are you sure what side you're on? Better not look him too closely in the eye Are you sure what side of the glass you are on? See the safety of the life you have built Everything where it belongs Feel the hollowness inside of your heart And it's all Right where it belongs What if everything around you Isn't quite as it seems? What if all the world you think you know Is an elaborate dream? And if you look at your reflection Is it all you want it to be? What if you could look right Through the cracks? Would you find yourself Find yourself afraid to see?
15.
Wish 02:38
This is the first day of my last days I built it up, now I take it apart Climbed up real high, now fall down real far No need for me to stay The last thing left, I just threw it away I put my faith in god and my trust in you Now there's nothing more fucked up I could do Wish there was something real Wish there was something true Wish there was something real In this world full of you I'm the one without a soul I'm the one with this big fucking hole No new tale to tell Twenty-six years, on my way to hell Gotta listen to your big-time, hard-line, bad-luck, fist fuck Don't think you're having all the fun You know me, I hate everyone Wish there was something real Wish there was something true Wish there was something real In this world full of you I want to but I can't turn back But I want to, but I can't turn back I want to but I can't turn back But I want to, but I can't turn back Wish there was something real Wish there was something true Wish there was something real In this world full of you *closer motif*

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Peeled Back is a tribute to Nine Inch Nails by Allie Goertz.

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released July 9, 2024

All songs originally written and recorded by Trent Reznor (Nine Inch Nails)


PRODUCED BY: Adam Busch & Allie Goertz
MASTERED BY: Katie Tavini at Weird Jungle
MIXED BY: Jon Griffin at Lunazen
'A WARM PLACE' MIXED BY: Allie Goertz

All instruments and vox performed and engineered by Allie Goertz, except:

-Strings performed by Rebecca Ward
-Strings engineered by Jonathan Dinerstein
-Pedal performed by Mark McConville
-Pedal steel recorded by Martin Beal at Racket Room
-Electric guitar on 'The Great Destroyer' performed by Tim Rutili
-Male vox by Adam Busch & Brian Speiser
-Alto sax performed Adam Busch

String arrangements by Jonathan Dinerstein, Allie Goertz, & Rebecca Ward

*Front cover photographed by Alexandra Jean
*Back cover photographed by Jordan Branch
*Album art designed by Allie Goertz

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Allie Goertz ruined MAD Magazine and she'll ruin you.

Whether she's singing nerdy love songs about her favorite cartoon characters or reimagining the works of Nine Inch Nails, Allie hopes her music makes you feel less alone. ... more

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