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Sanctified
Nine Inch Nails Lyrics

It's still getting worse after everything I tried
What if I found a way to wash it all aside
What if she touches with those fingertips
As the words spill out like fire from her lips

If she says come inside I'll come inside for her
If she says give it all I'll give everything to her
I am justified
I am purified
I am sanctified

Inside you
Heaven's just a rumor she'll dispel
As she walks me through the nicest parts of hell
I still dream of lips I never should have never kissed
Well she knows exactly what I can't resist

If she says come inside I'll come inside for her
If she says give it all I'll give everything to her
I am justified
I am purified
I am sanctified

Inside you
I'm still caught up in another of her spells
Well she's turning me into someone else
Everyday I hope and pray this will end
But when I can I do it all again

And if she says come inside I'll come inside for her
If she says give it all I'll give everything to her
I am justified
I am purified
I am sanctified
Inside you

I am justified
I am purified
I am sanctified
Inside you

Lyrics © CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: Trent Reznor

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Comments from YouTube:

Jason Dornstar

4y↑316

That bass tho! 🤘🤘🤘

Piitaaraq Vaisanen

12w

Pino is a monster

Hamza Ahmad

36w↑4

@Zealant Yeah, it's better.

airborneJC507

39w

Faxxx. All the paper

Zealant

39w

It’s not as good as the original

Death & Vanilla

45w

YESSSS

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Andy Bradley

5y↑631

The bassist is Pino Palladino, one of the world's most renowned session players. He's played with The Who, Gary Numan, D'Angelo, Paul Young, Elton John, John Mayer, Jeff Beck, Tears for Fears, and many, many others. He's a bass playing god.

Legends of the Brave Bard

Pino's a legend

Kriminal Rekordz

11w

This is Fears For Ears tho!
😂 😂 😂

Kriminal Rekordz

11w

I'm a professional bass player and i wouldn't dare to compare myself to Pino. He's a monster, for crying out loud!

Isaac Martti

14w↑1

He played with Eddie Vedder a few days ago. Badass.

Devin Tariel

22w

If you like fretless listen to Japan

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Mute Rales

5y↑729

I played this VERY LOUD on my stereo just 9 months before and now all my neighbors have kids...

Lane W

16w

Good

Rebecca Turnbull

16w

🤣🤣🤣that is fikking hilarious!!

Your Dad

17w

"I thought you said to come inside!?" 😅🤣🙃

Antonio Signore

35w

all the girls in the audience got pregnant at the exit

iGHO5T

44w↑1

I guess he nailed it!

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wolf

6y↑296

Possibly the best performance of sanctified I have seen. NIN is amazing live.

Georgito Dmarte

16w

The full show is insane!

The 2nd Coming

25w

🕺🏽

XANTASTIC

@Susan Brandt x

knives uchiha

Me too

James Stuntin

What U2 should have been.

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innickwetrust665

6y↑616

Anyone agree with me me that the bass is WAY better in this version than on the album?

Kriminal Rekordz

11w

Absolutely. I mean its efin Pino Palladino. Every bass line sounds way better when he's playing it.

John Romero

35w

prefer the slap bass album version

Christian

35w↑2

The backup singers make it even better.

zeitok8

mm i prefer the old one

Stewart Ross

1y↑5

@Andrew Mann yes because all slap bass sounds like Seinfeld. Has to be the most generic and bland comment anyone can make about bass.

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Sean julian

2y↑39

This needs to be added to spotify immediately

Jerry4050

11w

I can hear this track in YouTube music just without the video playing

Dead Children Playing

11w

I've been saying this for years

Will Schultze

38w↑14

Every time I hear this song I think of a particular ex. Evil isn't ugly. Its beautiful and seductive. Just like her. You don't realize you've gone to far until it is far too late.

Broken Archetype

9y↑200

Between Pino's incredible bass groove, the backup singers, and the lead from Sunspots, this rendition is pretty amazing

Rebecca Turnbull

15w

I actually thought the backing sing sounded like the lady who used to back simple minds

Vladinski

9y↑11

Trust in Trent to give an old timer new legs, incredible arrangement.

DavidAndersonKirk

9y↑16

Yup, the sunspots lead synth. . so awesome for them to tease that in there.

Bull Larky

1y↑20

You know the whole band has a blast playing this music live.

aidan

9y↑85

I love the addition of the Sunspots synth part at 4:20... that song is so under appreciated, imo

Hungry Films

24w

I knew I recognised it

Siena Gilbert

30w

I thought I was having a de ja vous

TNB TV

4y↑22

i dont believe there is a single nin fan that doesnt love sunspots

Circolombisque

23w↑5

Love this version a lot. Wish we could get more PHM songs with newer sounds like this

turtlemouth

7y↑92

To paraphrase an awesome quote - perfection is achieved not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.

Stripping the song down let that bass player shine.

Doug MacRay

44w↑1

Fantastic philosophy. I’m going to share that with my students.

Stay Safe & Stay Strong,
The City of Boston.

Fey G

4y↑29

I used to dance to this by myself at 4am in the dark inside my apartment every day. Back in the day... my neighbors upstairs said this song helped their baby sleep well. Wow, thank you for this beat, even today!

Charm Bracelet

4y↑7

When you love the original but the live version makes you realise the potential of the artist 💜💜💜💜💛

Pogokoala

2y↑22

Pino Palladino really added SO MUCH to this song. The man is a beast! and makes it work and fits so well, better than the original song. best part is, once you hear it, His bass line stays stuck in your head for awhile. the smallest fill adds so much to this song.

Dando Mattana

3y↑6

This live is something above the perfection.. Everything fits perfectly, the lights, the beats the awesome bass line, trent coming through the stage and dancing, synthetizers, chorus kicks perfectly. One of the best live I ve ever seen. Hope to have the chance to see again NIN for the 3rd time

TonysTwistedTake

4y↑5

I love the female backup vocals! Maybe some just want to hear Trent but I think she adds a helluva lot in the choruses.

Kurtis Kreuzer

51w↑2

Such an amazing arrangement. Bass is killer.

Synoptic23

8y↑14

Wow. I was praying they'd play this live, and it was the first song of the encore. FUCKING ROCKS. Love those backup singers on this track. You can hear some of Sunspots near the end if you listen closely.

MrJansul

8y↑19

Wow, this version of Sanctified is even better than the whole Hesitation Marks. Trent, please release a studio album with versions of old tracks like this one ;) I'm buying it

wakephillips

8y↑4

@MrJansul Glad I saw this version in North America. I really dig those additions. Very unique version of a track I love.

MrJansul

BTW. it sounded a bit better on Europe tour, without choirs/ladies and with less synch. sounds.

Hein Gerber

9y↑72

Trent took a timeless classic and gave it new life again here. Mind = blown

Rodney Gurdal

3y↑4

Pino Palladino re-invented this song.

Joaquín leonardo Cordero gomez

18w↑1

Excelente bajista,!!! Y la banda increíble!!! Nine inch nails.

Julie Marie

2y↑1

I love when they bring in sunspots at the end. The live shows are always amazing but this tour was probably the one I had the most fun at.

Yanoosh Choovay

4y↑32

Great tune but Pino on bass is killer. This man is out of this planet, his basslines and how this bass sounds... Some brain and fingers . Oh maaaaaan.... Greatest bass player ever for me

Mike Talento

3y↑5

Such a great lineup, Pino kills it on the bass groove in this version

C M

3y↑8

Love the soulful backup vocals. The groove after the first chorus is fucking unreal.

Lsdude420

4y↑11

Seeing Pino play with NIN in several of these live shows has completely overwhelmed me in how fucking badass he is, that fretless groove i never figured would add such character to this song, but holy hell i dont think anybody else could have delivered it with his taste. But particularly this song, i love this song so much and ive probably played this video like 50 times just in the past week. This song is also sexy lol

Aubergine Machine

6y↑31

Going to this concert was the best (and most expensive [and worth it]) bass lesson I ever had. Pino is the best living bass player.

MikeDingDong10

8y↑14

The studio version I didn't really think much of but this... fuck me it sounds so great. Bass and the harmonising with back up singers make this song.

Axel Melgarejo

6y↑32

Trent Reznor and his team are simply amazing, Trent is the true genius song writer of all time, his music is just on another level, it's from other dimension, literally. Who else is waiting for the new album first single release this year? Will there be sounds like in the Gone Girl OST? That'd be fantastic and as usual in NIN's work very ahead at it time.

TheJaxVillain

4y↑57

Adding Lisa and Sharlotte during that tour took his songs to a level I didn't think possible. So dope...

Ziggy Pop

Amazing

julia brink

Lisa is the REAL QUEEN.

Ang

3y↑14

Those woman really added a touch of salt to this already sultry song, perfection

Sachin Devaraj

3y↑13

he married R&B jazz and Nine Inch Nails in this entire presentation. its genius

Kris Occhipinti

9y↑255

I can't enough of the bass guitar in this performance.
Wish I could find a studio recording of this, but in the rehearsal version's bass is different.

At lest this is a decent quality recording.

Tarsier

Unless he remasters/redoes his old albums, you will not hear a version like the live version. I agree the bass is so sexy in this. Enjoy!!

Torey 3D

Studio has nothing on live bro it has life in it.... oh and real panther that's how you know its good ;)

ChipArgyle

4y↑8

Seems to me the bass line was rewritten to highlight Pino Palladino's amazing fretless bass mastery. It makes the song better.

TheDJRYNO

4y↑2

Its on SoundCloud!

Roxie Marquez

4y↑7

It was recorded in high def intended for a blue ray DVD release. EVERY BIT OF THIS SHOW was high quality top notch. THe man spared no expense on this production. I'm just lucky we were there.

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The Electrician

2y↑5

I can’t believe it’s possible, but this version blows the original out of the water.

Laura Grossi

6y↑81

this version is AMAZING

Ziggy Pop

Confermo🙏

jmsteingrim

Laura Grossi your face is AMAZING

akashmiddya

4y↑2

I feel ashamed and guilty not to have listened to this brilliant kick ass song live earlier!! Style..man!!

wakephillips

8y↑2

Such a clean live recording. Both in audio and video.

David Saguès

I really enjoy this live version !!! It reminds me all these great moments during their show, thanks to share this !

B Mac

9y↑2

This version is killer! Can't stop listening to it!

gravit8ed

I love that creeping synth line, it puts this track into 2013 context so well, along with the singers.

fking brilliant live. I saw the fist stop in St. Paul and it was superb.

Brenda Rodriguez

gravit8ed soso

Clarke M

7y↑13

Oh wow... I didn't know this existed. My favourite NiN song with my favourite bass player. This is amazing.

Jozsef Kele

7y↑180

Now they just need to reinterpret "Ringfinger" and "That's What I Get" with whoever this bassist is.

Elijah Hennig

Ringfinger would be SWEEET with this lineup!

Ricardo D. Ochoa

2y↑3

The bass player is Pino Palladino

Crystal Elko

5y↑7

RINGFINGER IS WITHOUT A DOUBT MY FAVE NIN song!!! I am & have always been a huge techno fanatic, & randomly over the yrs I've searched different DJ sets for a good techno mix of ringfinger, I'm very surprised there are not more DJ's using that song Because of its techno origin

Jeff Schneider

6y↑11

YES! Ringfinger is still one of my all time favs

Prophet

6y↑18

+Jozsef Kele HOLY FUCK! Did we just become best friends?!?1 I fucking agree so hard. The Ringfinger ending reinterpreted and reconstructed would be so fucking amazing. And That's what I get with more layers of awesome holy fuck man

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Lyndsay Raine

This version is God tier. I wish they would release it. Had the honor of seeing it live a few days ago ❤️

gold python

2y↑7

Loving Pino's bass on this: Irresistible groove, delicate little fill notes in between the main phrases, the occasional ringing harmonic, and oh, that fretless glide and sound. I can only think of one other bass player I'd love to hear do this but sadly that can't happen: Jaco would have done a wonderful version of this, too, I think.

Jerome Sweet

Ive been lucky enough to see trent live twice. He really is 100% into his gigs. Really memorable moments of my life. Just fantastic.

Cleve Crudgington

Can't believe I'm only discovering this for the first time now. This is so great. Kind of reminds me of some of Depeche Mode's live versions of songs where they'd rearrange them a bit to give them a more modern feel.

Aces Kings & Queens

8y↑18

Before this tour I was saying that I hoped NIN would venture more into funky territory. This certainly delivered on that, haha.

Carl Dawkins

3y↑360

I am:
A.) Justified
B.) Purified
C.) Sanctified
D.) All of the above

Gage Reed

45w

Yes!!

Pablo Stancanelli

GG L o v e s g o r i l l a z & m j

we had

@Patrifier I'll get two of this. Outplayed.

Patrifier

2y↑12

E: All of the above inside you.

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NEON TRASH PRODUCTIONS

22w

Damn! This is one Hell of a version of “Sanctified.” Great song from an amazing Industrial / New Wave album!

NEntv58

You really have assembled one of the great bands ever. Each member works perfectly. And you introduced new names to some of us. Thank you.

Osterity . TV

9y↑4

This was a mindblowing performance from copy of a all the way to hurt. I've never been able to watch a concert fully through completely entertained on video like I did last night with this set.

csilt

22w↑1

I still think that PHM is his best album. Its the most realized and complete and has so many interesting intersections of melody, rhythm and raw emotion. The production is dated but the art is in there when there was still something left to sell.. SOUL

Jane Elise

This is so incredible. Like Kevin, still gives me the chills over two years later.

W M

2y↑1

This feels like it was done on another alien planet, especially how the back ground singers glide in through the smoke... gorgeousness.

Jason Brown

9y↑5

This whole concert is awesome. I'm an old guy who grew up with NIN and I still love Trent.

Blake

This is definitely my favorite off of Pretty Hate Machine. So powerful especially the bass line

Chloe C

8y↑40

Trent is insane. I can't even stand it. Everything he does is so amazing!

Ziggy Pop

Those dance moves are literally hypnotic

Mary Sullivan

4y↑2

NIN is one of the only bands that I seek out the live versions over the album recordings

FireboltZer0

1y↑3

Anyone else had this song on repeat?

Miff Morris

Incredible!! version of sanctified! What an atmosphere! The textures and depth of the electronics and the bass, combined with the stunning backing vocals leads to one hell of a sexy track! Thank you, Trent Reznor ~X~

cfl941

8y↑51

i wish this song was 10mins long then i wouldnt need to hit replay so many times

christos571

Saw them in Seattle a few weeks ago. Pino is definitely an unusual choice for the band, but an incredible bassist. Brought some great new life into the old material for sure.

UrbanMonkey55

I never really paid attention to this track back in my NIN regular listening phase days, but this is awesome beyond words.

Laurel Cutland

I've been addicted to this version ever since I heard it, I really wish I had seen it in person. Every part of it is perfection, from the bass to the vocals to the synths. The electricity! Once again I feel like I need to go take a shower, phew...Thanks for getting me all hot and bothered for 25 years T Rez...

Jason Salter

I love this live version. It was awesome when I saw them in Phoenix.

TheTerriblePuddle

Much more groovy bass play than the studio version.
It's nice when artists improve their work.

Felix Salazar

1y↑3

Still coming back here after many years. Still surprised to see Robin, Ilan and Josh on synths. I just realized that in this version, everything is electronic, except for the voices and Pino's bass

Maureen Wagg

8y↑2

Definitely one of the best performers

Marcio Cardoso

5y↑10

Pino Palladino is the man, probably the most versatile fretless bass player in music alive.

Mickey Romeo

5y↑3

love how they mix sunspots into this. brilliant.

Daniel González

This is magic! Pino is a legend, and the sunspots synth fits perfectly

Rob C

The intro is so good. Also the synth building up

Rob Palmieri

What an incredible version of this song! I'm a bass player, so I'm partial to that! way funky! Awesomeness!

Kevin Barry

5y↑1

Love Jeordie, but Pino kills it here!

MickVon6

I love this track ❤️

JezebelV

36w↑1

This version needs to be recorded. Back up vocals really enrichen the original version.

Missy R

That bass line is sooo funky! Love it. Pino is amazing.

Krissy9588

8y↑13

i saw them live last month and they did this song was fucking amazing

Patrick Prochazka

8y↑4

I saw them in Vienna awesome as usual and they filmed "Cause Vienna is the place to film the groud" that's what Trent said/heard.
And you should've seen my 19year old little brother headbanging to this Song i almost cryed is that weird?

Tony Cullen

What a performance!!!! Outstanding..

Dave the appliance guy

love this version !

Meg McGath

AMAZING! And the way he just holds onto "youuuuuu...." Love this guy.

Fábio Pedrazzi

Cara, essa música é de 89... em 2050 ela ainda soará moderna...

posh1311

What an amazing song! So deep!

•_

1y↑6

I wish Trent would go back and remix PHM and DS with this style of music. Wish the backup singers wouldn't have overpowered trents voice but all together beautiful performance.

bassjajco

9y↑23

amazing bass line ... Pino is an awesome magician ...

Swamp Hawk

5y↑1

This is my favorite version of Sanctified. So effin' awesome.

Fertility Queen

2y↑1

This version was done very well

The Phoenician Fulgrim

Amazing live performance, i like it better than the original.

The Dirtiest Girl In The World

1y↑5

Fuck I hadn't heard this version before 😍😍

Minerva

9y↑2

I have been waiting for this to be posted on YouTube for what seems like forever!! Bone chilling live.

Goremonger2

8y↑2

I'm playing this version and the normal version at the same time. Double sanctified, it's brilliant.

cr34tur3f34tur3

8y↑4

When I saw this tour in Denver in November, I remember this song starting and scraching my head trying to figure what it was. When it dawned on me that this was Sanctified, I was blown away.

I love PHM, but this version is way better than the original in my opinion.

Wonder what he'd do to Closer....

Dankest Bonglord

7y↑53

I fucking hate it when bands change the way a song sounds for live performances... except in this case. It fucking rocks. I wish it was like this when I saw them one year ago today.

Music Library

Live versions are always better when the performers are actually talented. Case and point here.

Jack Marchetti

5y↑1

Pretty much we hate when they change it and fuck it up but love it when they change it and make it great.

Nicanor Benitez

+Dankest Bonglord i agree, the original version is a testament of the 90's, but i'm glad with what trent did with this

America Real

7y↑3

+Dankest Bonglord NIN... LIVE Versions... Kick the shit out of the "recorded" versions 9 times out of 10. FUCKING INCREDIBLE!

Jeff Schneider

7y↑2

+Dankest Bonglord I couldn't agree more man. This version is bad ass.

Gibrán Ramírez Muñoz

9y↑3

Amazing bass and performance

alexj0101

5y↑1

Amazing performance.

D.P plaster master

This song takes me back to my childhood hearing Dad play this on the old pioneer super tuner in the car when I was little

Dylan Howard

5y↑1

Leave it to Pino Palladino's fret-less bass to add new depth to an already great song. Awesome! I just don't get tired of this.

Stem Factory

This is a really cool live performance.

chakrakhan

4y↑1

Man, they really breathed new life into this one.

Andy A

36w↑1

Pino on bass and those amazing background vocalists really took this song somewhere else!! Trent is a fucking genius!!

S.S.S

48w↑1

Like a slow burning candle shining through the darkness which overshadows the entirety of this eerie piece. Blending elements of Techno with more traditional Rock rhythms, "Sanctified" rides a pulsating electrobeat as an elegant bassline latches on to it's energy & matches it beat for beat. Trent Reznor spins a tale of a destructive relationship which climaxes with a chilling segueway into the self destructive "Something I Can Never Have".