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| BPM = 104| versions =Kinda I Want To <br> Kinda I Want To (''[[Purest Feeling (halo)|Purest Feeling]]'') <br> Kinda I Want To (Demo)

}}'''"Kinda I Want To"''' is the sixth track on the 1989 release ''[[Pretty Hate Machine]],'' and has ties to lust, though it's unclear exactly what the speaker wants to do or whom they want to do it with. Notably hard to write, [[Trent Reznor]] has always been very unsatisified expressed dissatisfaction with the song [https://www.theninhotline.com/archives/articles/display/555] and thinks it's by far the worst song he's ever done. He has also stated it's the one song he will not play live anymore, though as with anything, this is subject to change. The song references "[[Down In It (song)|Down In It]]" by quoting its beat and drum patch during the bridge.

*Engineering: John Fryer, [[Keith LeBlanc]], [[Kennan Keating]], [[Ken Quartarone]]

*''[[Purest Feeling (halo)|Purest Feeling]]'' (Demo)*''[[Purest Feeling IIDemos and Remixes]]'' (Demo)

Beginning with what sounds like garbled cries, the sixth track on ''Pretty Hate Machine'' is perhaps the most solely beat driven song on the trackalbum, lacking a clear melody and utilizing a lot of samples and loops (similar to Reznor's most recent work, ''[[Year Zero]]''). The middle section samples the drum beat, similar guitar work and some vocals from "Down In It". The rolling drum fills on the choruses are sampled from "Good Old Music" by Funkadelic. The distorted cries at the end segue directly into "[[Sin (song)|Sin]]"."

With a completely different arrangement, a solid synthetic and lead melody, less distorted audio samples and a much more upbeat feel to it, the ''Purest Feeling'' version of "Kinda I Want To" resembles early 80's house music more than it's its "breakbeat"-ish esque counterpart from ''Pretty Hate Machine.'' The song's arrangement is completely different in structure though the lyrics are the same with as the final version, but feature an additional bridge in the middle where wherein Reznor repeats the line "Why does it have to be this way?" over and over while , harmonizing with himself. The ending also features a rapidly strumming spanish acoustic guitar sound , before the entire song fades into quiet synths. The ascending synth melody that runs through the final third of the track is very similar to that used in the one heard during the bridge of "[[Into The BecomingVoid]]" off of ''[[The Downward Spiral (halo)|The Downward Spiral]],'' before the entire song fades into soft synths.

I can’t can't shake this feeling from my head There’s There's a devil sleeping in my bed He’s He's watching you from across the way

I know it’s it's not the right thing And I know it’s it's not the good thing

I’m I'm not sure of what I should do When everything I’m I'm thinking of is you

I know it’s it's not the right thing And I know it’s it's not the good thing

We can pretend it’s alrightit's all right What’s What's the price I pay? I don’t don't care what they say

I want to (I’ll I'll take my chance tonight) The parenthetical portion of the last line appears only in the liner notes and the ''Purest Feeling'' version.