Purest Feeling (song)
Purest Feeling (Purest Feeling)
"Purest Feeling" is an unreleased track demoed for Nine Inch Nails' first album, Pretty Hate Machine, and also the seventh track on the bootleg album Purest Feeling.
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- Purest Feeling
Versions
Purest Feeling (Demo)
Running Time: 3:02
Demo version leaked in 2025. It has a somewhat high-sheen, 80s pop sound that is not characteristic of NIN. Saxophones features on the choruses, and a dialog sample runs through the background of the track, taken from an episode of Too Close For Comfort.[1]
Purest Feeling (Purest Feeling)
Running Time: 2:57
Version from the Purest Feeling bootleg. Similar in sound to the demo, and includes the same dialog sample. The choruses have a different, clearer vocal sound than the verses. There are several slight lyrical differences.
Live
"Purest Feeling" was rehearsed for live performance at the first NIN live shows, as heard on the Purest Feeling rehearsal recording. It was cut from the set when opening for Skinny Puppy, due to time constraints, but it is unknown if it was possibly performed at the two dates when NIN had a longer time slot to fill.
Lyrics
Purest feeling Purest feeling I think I'm gonna push it As far as it will go Give in to desire That only you will know So tell me all those secrets All sticky in your head I wish I could remember Everything she said Purest feeling Purest feeling Purest feeling Purest feeling She can be my savior With everything she does Or some kind of punishment For people just like us I don't really believe she understands What's happening to me The sooner that she gets here The better it will be Purest feeling Purest feeling Purest feeling (I have got it figured out) Purest feeling (I can't live without) Purest feeling (I have got it figured out) (I should have known all along) Purest feeling (I can't live without) (I cannot live without) Purest feeling (I have got it figured out) (I've got it figured out) Purest feeling (I can't live without) (Can't live without, no)