The Collector Lyrics
| Band | |
|---|---|
| Album | With Teeth(2005) |
| Type | Album (Studio full-length) |
| Genres | Industrial Rock, Alternative Rock, Electronic |
| Labels | Nothing Records |
| Ranked | #87 for 2005 , #2,914 all-time |
Album rating : 90 / 100
Votes : 5
Votes : 5
3. The Collector (3:07)
I pick things up
I am a collector
And things, well things
They tend to accumulate
I have this net
It drags behind me
And it picks up feelings
For me to feed upon
There are times, plenty of times
I wish I could let it go
But they start to breathe
And they start to grow inside me
There are times, plenty of times
I wish I could let it go
But they start to make me think
Things I don't want to know
I'm trying to fit it all inside
I'm trying to open my mouth wide
I'm trying not to choke and swallow it all
Swallow it all, swallow it all, swallow it all
I am the plague
I am the swarm
All you hurt sticks on me
And I keep it warm
They make me stay
They won't let me leave
There are so God damned many of them
It gets hard to breathe
I'm trying to fit it all inside
I'm trying to open my mouth wide
I'm trying not to choke inside
I am a good boy and I will swallow it all
Swallow it all, swallow it all, swallow it all
Every last one, every last one
Every last one, every last one
Are you listening?
Yes I am building something bigger than the world
Something terrible with all of this
I am a collector
And things, well things
They tend to accumulate
I have this net
It drags behind me
And it picks up feelings
For me to feed upon
There are times, plenty of times
I wish I could let it go
But they start to breathe
And they start to grow inside me
There are times, plenty of times
I wish I could let it go
But they start to make me think
Things I don't want to know
I'm trying to fit it all inside
I'm trying to open my mouth wide
I'm trying not to choke and swallow it all
Swallow it all, swallow it all, swallow it all
I am the plague
I am the swarm
All you hurt sticks on me
And I keep it warm
They make me stay
They won't let me leave
There are so God damned many of them
It gets hard to breathe
I'm trying to fit it all inside
I'm trying to open my mouth wide
I'm trying not to choke inside
I am a good boy and I will swallow it all
Swallow it all, swallow it all, swallow it all
Every last one, every last one
Every last one, every last one
Are you listening?
Yes I am building something bigger than the world
Something terrible with all of this
With Teeth - Lyrics
With Teeth - Album Credits
Members
- Trent Reznor : Vocals, Various Instruments, Arrangements, Songwriter, Engineer, Mixing, Producer
Additional musicians
- Dave Grohl : Drums, Percussion
- Photek : Programming
- Alien Tom : Turntables
- Jerome Dillon : Drums, Drum Programming
Other staff
- Rich Costey : Engineer
- Leo Herrera : Engineer
- James Brown : Engineer, Mixing
- Gem Archer : Production, Engineering
- Tom Baker : Mastering
- Adam Ayan : Mastering
- Atticus Ross : Programming, Producer
- Alan Moulder : Engineer, Producer
- Rob Sheridan : Cover Art
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | March of the Pigs | The Downward Spiral (1994) | 98.8 | 10 |
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| 3 |  | Wish | Broken (1992) [EP] | 94 | 5 |
| 4 | | Last | Broken (1992) [EP] | 93.8 | 4 |
| 5 | | Hurt | The Downward Spiral (1994) | 90.6 | 8 |
| 6 | | Heresy | The Downward Spiral (1994) | 88.8 | 10 |
| 7 | | Piggy | The Downward Spiral (1994) | 88.8 | 8 |
| 8 | | Mr. Self Destruct | The Downward Spiral (1994) | 87.8 | 11 |
| 9 | | Happiness in Slavery | Broken (1992) [EP] | 88.8 | 4 |
| 10 | | I Do Not Want This | The Downward Spiral (1994) | 86.4 | 7 |
| 11 | | Ruiner | The Downward Spiral (1994) | 85.6 | 9 |
| 12 | | Gave Up | Broken (1992) [EP] | 86.7 | 3 |
| 13 |  | Something I Can Never Have | Pretty Hate Machine (1989) | 86.7 | 3 |
| 14 | | A Warm Place | The Downward Spiral (1994) | 82.8 | 9 |
| 15 | | Eraser | The Downward Spiral (1994) | 83.1 | 8 |
