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}}'''"Sunspots"''' is the tenth track on the 2005 release ''[[With Teeth (halo)|With Teeth]]''. It is one of the many songs to include the phrase "[[Nothing Can Stop Me Now|nothing can stop me now]]."
  
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The tenth song from the fourth album With Teeth
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===Song Credits===
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*Live Drums: [[Dave Grohl]]
  
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== Lyrics ==
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==Appearances==
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===Halos===
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*''With Teeth''
  
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Sunspots cast a glare in my eyes
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===Seeds===
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*''[[The Definitive NIN - Deep Cuts]]''
  
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Sometimes I forget I'm alive
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==Versions==
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===Sunspots===
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This is the original album version. Driven throughout by consistent drum and bass parts, [[Trent Reznor]]'s layered vocals and muted guitars soon join. The higher, melodic verses are followed by lower pitched vocals in the pre-choruses, then higher again as the choruses are sung in falsetto. The choruses also feature a different chord progression played by bass and distorted guitars, similar to the choruses of "[[Love Is Not Enough]]". The second chorus and following bridge also feature a synthesizer lead that sounds very similar to a blender, perhaps the song's most notable characteristic. This sound was achieved using a device called the French Connection, which is a CV keyboard controller based on the Ondes Martenot.[https://www.theninhotline.com/archives/articles/manager/display_article.php?id=55] The song ends after two repeated choruses with different lyrics and 16 bars of the verse bassline and drums, which stop together just as they began.
  
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I feel it coming and I've got to get out of its way
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===Sunspots (Instrumental)===
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Released exclusively through Apple Music.
  
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I hear it calling and I come cause I can't disobey
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==Live==
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"Sunspots" was not performed live until 2022, perhaps due to Reznor's fear of straining his voice too much, but eventually made its live debut on [[2022/06/21_London,_England|June 21]] at Brixton Academy, London. It had also been performed at soundchecks and rehearsals with vocals. One of those soundchecks can be heard [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtkdJfF8BOo here]. Starting 2013, "Sunspots" was interpolated into the outro of "[[Sanctified]]" by [[Alessandro Cortini]].
  
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I should not listen and I shouldn't believe
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== Lyrics ==
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    Sunspots cast a glare in my eyes
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But I do
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    Sometimes I forget I'm alive
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    I feel it coming and I've got to get out of its way
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Yes I do
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    I hear it calling and I come cause I can't disobey
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    I should not listen and I shouldn't believe but I do
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    Yes I do
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She turns me on
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    She turns me on
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She makes me real
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    She makes it real
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    I have to apologize
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I have to apologize
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    For the way I feel
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For the way I feel
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    My life it seems has taken a turn
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    Why in the name of God would I ever want to return?
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    Peel off our skin we're gonna burn what we were to the ground
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My life, it seems has taken a turn
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    Fuck in the fire and we'll spread all the ashes around
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    I want to kill away the rest of what's left and I do
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Why in the name of god would I ever want to return?
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    Yes I do
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Peel off our skin we're gonna burn what we were to the ground
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    She turns me on
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    She makes it real
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Fuck in the fire and we'll spread all the ashes around
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    I have to apologize
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    For the way I feel
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I wanna kill away the rest of what's left and I do
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    And nothing can stop me now
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    And there is nothing to fear
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Yes I do
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    And everything I'd ever want
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    Is inside of here
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[Chorus]
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    Now I just stare into the sun
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    And I see everything I've done
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    I think I could have been someone
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And nothing can stop me now
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    But I can't stop what has begun
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    When everything is said and done
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There is nothing to fear
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    And there is no place left to run
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    I think I used to be someone
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And everything I'd ever want
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    Now I just stare into the sun
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{{Succession box
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Is inside of here
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| title=[[With Teeth (halo)|With Teeth]]
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| before=[[Getting Smaller]]
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Ooh, I want, I want, I want, I want inside of here
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| after=[[The Line Begins To Blur]]
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| track=10}}
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Now I just stare into the sun
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[[Category:NIN Songs]]
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And I see everything I've done
 
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I think I could have been someone
 
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But I can't stop what has begun
 
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When everything is said and done
 
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And there is no place left to run
 
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I think I used to be someone
 
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Now I just stare into the sun
 

Latest revision as of 09:14, 6 September 2025

Album:With Teeth
Length:4:06
Tempo:104 BPM
Versions:Sunspots
Sunspots (Instrumental)
Live:NIN 2022

"Sunspots" is the tenth track on the 2005 release With Teeth. It is one of the many songs to include the phrase "nothing can stop me now."

Contents

  • 1 Song Credits
  • 2 Appearances
    • 2.1 Halos
    • 2.2 Seeds
  • 3 Versions
    • 3.1 Sunspots
    • 3.2 Sunspots (Instrumental)
  • 4 Live
  • 5 Lyrics

Song Credits

  • Live Drums: Dave Grohl

Appearances

Halos

  • With Teeth

Seeds

  • The Definitive NIN - Deep Cuts

Versions

Sunspots

This is the original album version. Driven throughout by consistent drum and bass parts, Trent Reznor's layered vocals and muted guitars soon join. The higher, melodic verses are followed by lower pitched vocals in the pre-choruses, then higher again as the choruses are sung in falsetto. The choruses also feature a different chord progression played by bass and distorted guitars, similar to the choruses of "Love Is Not Enough". The second chorus and following bridge also feature a synthesizer lead that sounds very similar to a blender, perhaps the song's most notable characteristic. This sound was achieved using a device called the French Connection, which is a CV keyboard controller based on the Ondes Martenot.[1] The song ends after two repeated choruses with different lyrics and 16 bars of the verse bassline and drums, which stop together just as they began.

Sunspots (Instrumental)

Released exclusively through Apple Music.

Live

"Sunspots" was not performed live until 2022, perhaps due to Reznor's fear of straining his voice too much, but eventually made its live debut on June 21 at Brixton Academy, London. It had also been performed at soundchecks and rehearsals with vocals. One of those soundchecks can be heard here. Starting 2013, "Sunspots" was interpolated into the outro of "Sanctified" by Alessandro Cortini.

Lyrics

    Sunspots cast a glare in my eyes
    Sometimes I forget I'm alive
    I feel it coming and I've got to get out of its way
    I hear it calling and I come cause I can't disobey
    I should not listen and I shouldn't believe but I do
    Yes I do
    
    She turns me on
    She makes it real
    I have to apologize
    For the way I feel
    
    My life it seems has taken a turn
    Why in the name of God would I ever want to return?
    Peel off our skin we're gonna burn what we were to the ground
    Fuck in the fire and we'll spread all the ashes around
    I want to kill away the rest of what's left and I do
    Yes I do
    
    She turns me on
    She makes it real
    I have to apologize
    For the way I feel
    And nothing can stop me now
    And there is nothing to fear
    And everything I'd ever want
    Is inside of here
    
    Now I just stare into the sun
    And I see everything I've done
    I think I could have been someone
    But I can't stop what has begun
    When everything is said and done
    And there is no place left to run
    I think I used to be someone
    Now I just stare into the sun
Previous track - "Getting Smaller" Track 10 from With Teeth Next track - "The Line Begins To Blur"
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