Echoplex

Album:The Slip

Length:4:44

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Versions:Echoplex
Echoplex (Live At Rehearsals)

Live:Lights In The Sky Tour

Artwork accompanying the MP3 file

"Echoplex" is a song by Nine Inch Nails first released online via Facebook on May 2, 2008. It is the fifth track on the album The Slip, but is also included on the promotional 2008 tour EP, Lights In The Sky.

The artwork may symbolize someone being surrounded by sound, as if it were echoing around them. It may also symbolize walls around the person, which makes sense due to the lyrics making a reference to sound bouncing off of walls.

The lyrics suggest a scenario where someone has been in solitary confinement for too long, driving him or her, to insanity, where "you will never ever get to me in here".

Another possible scenario is a direct link between the lyrics present on this song and Demon Seed. ("You feel me breathe" on Echoplex vs. "I can hear it breathe").

The lyrics could also be extremely literal, referring to the solitude of wherever Trent comes up with his music.

Appearances

Halos

• The Slip

Seeds

• Lights In The Sky

Versions

Echoplex

This is the only official version of the song.

Echoplex (Live At Rehearsals)

This version of the song was released online via nin.com and PitchforkTV. It was filmed and recorded in the band's rehearsal space in mid 2008 and directed by Rob Sheridan. Josh Freese uses a touch-screen computer to create the opening drum loop before joining in himself with a different rhythm on top of the loop for the second verse. It also features on The Slip, on a DVD of rehearsal footage.

Live

"Echoplex" was performed live on Lights In The Sky Tour.

Lyrics

    Nice and high and far apart
    Just like they said
    I built this place with broken parts
    Just like they said
    You chip away the old version of you
    You'd be surprised at what you can do
    I'm safe in here  
    Irrelevant  
    Just like they said
    
    My voice just echoes off these walls
    
    You feel me breathe 
    I am watching you
    I see it all
    The many ways you can't get to me
    I see it all
    I see the Hell you put yourself through
    Oh the things I could do (if I wanted to)
    
    My voice just echoes off these walls
    My voice just echoes off these walls
    I don't need anything at all
    My voice just echoes off these walls 
    
    And I just slowly fade away
    
    You will never ever get to me in here

Trivia

Echoplex is a specific type/brand of musical special effects boxes/gear.

External Links

• Download from Facebook
• "Echoplex:" Live From Rehearsals

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