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Purest Feeling (song)

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Album:Purest Feeling
Length:3:02
Tempo:133 BPM
Versions:Purest Feeling (Demo)
Purest Feeling (Purest Feeling)
Live:n/a

"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.

Contents

  • 1 Appearances
    • 1.1 Other
  • 2 Versions
    • 2.1 Purest Feeling (Demo)
    • 2.2 Purest Feeling (Purest Feeling)
  • 3 Live
  • 4 Lyrics

Appearances

Other

  • 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)
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