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| album = ''[[Year Zero]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crow_%28album%29 The Crow Soundtrack]''

| BPM = 100| versions = Dead Souls<br>Dead Souls (Instrumental)| live = [[Self Destruct Touring Cycle]]<br>[[Live: With Teeth]] through [[Performance 2007]]<br>[[Wave Goodbye Tour]] through [[NIN 2013 Festival Tour]]<br>[[Cold And Black And Infinite Tour]]}}'''"Dead Souls"''' is a [[Cover Songs|cover]] of a [[Joy Division]] song, frequently played live. It appeared in the 1994 film ''The Crow'' and was released on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crow_%28album%29 its soundtrack]. It was also the tenth track (before "[[A Warm Place]]") on the Japanese version of ''[[The Downward Spiral (halo)|The Downward Spiral]].'' In 2004, it was included as the fifth track on the second disc of the 10th anniversary ''The Downward Spiral Deluxe Edition.'' While this song appears on ''[[The Definitive NIN - The Singles]]'', it was never released as a single or promo.

== About =="The Joy Division original was recorded in 1979 and released on their compilation album ''Still.'Dead Souls'''" is In a 1993 post by [[Trent Reznor]] to the fifth track on the second disc of the 2004 special edition release of ''Prodigy internet service[http://www.nin-pages.de/chat_prodigy_1992.htm], he stated that [[The Downward SpiralNine Inch Nails]]would probably be contributing two songs for ''. The track first appeared in the 1994 film Crow'', one being "The CrowDead Souls" and was released on ''[[The Crow Soundtrack]]''the other being unspecified. It is unknown if this song would have been a pre-existing track or something newly recorded.

== Appearances ==* In commentary for ''[[The Crow Soundtrack]]''with producer and musical supervisor Jeff Most, it is revealed that Nine Inch Nails were originally supposed to perform in the film instead of My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult.

=== Halos Song Credits===* ''Performed, produced and engineered by Trent Reznor*Assisted by [[The Downward SpiralChris Vrenna]]''

== Versions Meaning=="Dead Souls" is often considered to be about a schizophrenic man, as evidenced by the lyric "a duel of personalities" and the other lyric "they keep calling me".

==Appearances= Dead Souls ====Halos===* ''The song is a cover of a Joy Division track originally recorded in 1979 for their album "Still".Downward Spiral'' (Japanese edition and 2-disc Deluxe Edition)

== Lyrics =Seeds===Someone take these dreams awaythat point me to another dayA duel of personalitiesThat stretch all true reality*''The Definitive NIN - The Singles''

When figures from the past stand tall==Versions=====Dead Souls===This version is on ''The Crow'' soundtrack and mocking voices ring both the hallImperialistic house 2-disc Deluxe and Japanese editions of prayerConquistadores who took their share''The Downward Spiral.'' It is reasonably faithful to the original, though it uses a slower tempo and has a much moodier feel.

Calling me==Live=="Dead Souls" is a regular in setlists. In the [[With Teeth: Summer Amphitheater Tour]], calling me [x2[Peter Murphy]] joined NIN on stage to sing this song at the live radio show on [[2006/07/01 Chicago, IL (Radio show)|July 1, 2006]], and at the last show of the tour on [[2006/07/08|July 8, 2006]]. On the [[Self Destruct Tour]], Reznor would sing "[[The Becoming]]" lyric, "god damn this noise inside my head," after the end of this song. It would then transition with the sound of wind into a performance of "[[Help Me I Am In Hell]]."

==Lyrics== Someone take these dreams away That point me to another day A duel of personalities That stretch all true reality They keep calling me Keep on calling me When figures from the past stand tall And mocking voices ring the hall Imperialistic house of prayer Conquistadores who took their share They keep calling me Keep on calling me Calling me

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