A post on http://www.ninWiki.com/ reveals another shard/wreckage combination for TheMailstrom.com.
http://www.themailstrom.com/spore_pQw2pP.htm
Saturday, March 31, 2007
Friday, March 30, 2007
-15 03.30
The liner notes (highlighting the letters r, s, w, t and b) and cd case (notches on the spine counted out and converted from numeric to alphabetical characters spelled cedocore) for the German Survivalism single revealed:
http://cedocore.com/rswtb
http://cedocore.com/rswtb
Thursday, March 29, 2007
-15 03.29
"The Greater Good (instrumental)" and "Survivalism (Tardusted)" leak to the internet due to receipt of shipment of the limited German "Survivalism" single.
Erik Smith, maintainer of symphonyofnoise.com, plays a joke that gets him banned (for a second or third time) from echoingthesound.org, by tacking on parts of an El-P track and two Apocalyptica tracks to his versions of the leaks.
Erik Smith, maintainer of symphonyofnoise.com, plays a joke that gets him banned (for a second or third time) from echoingthesound.org, by tacking on parts of an El-P track and two Apocalyptica tracks to his versions of the leaks.
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
-15 03.27
The following email is received somewhat mysteriously by some of the visitors to some of the Year Zero related websites:
Subj: YOU HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS UN-AMERICAN
Date: 3/27/2007 12:37:24 AM Eastern Standard Time
From: "Bureau of Morality - Year 0000 Search" DCS1000@thepriceoftreason.net
To: Person's Email Address
TRACE
INITIALIZE: DCS1000 v24.5.3
SEARCH
IDENTIFIED: http://www.iamtryingtobelieve.com
IDENTIFIED: http://www.anotherversionofthetruth.com
IDENTIFIED: http://www.artisresistance.com
ERROR: http://www.solutionsbackwardsinitiative.net/pilgrims
||||| date-time failure |||||
RESUME SEARCH
IDENTIFIED: (Person's email address)
END TRACE
--------------------
ATTENTION!
The Bureau of Morality has identified you as A CONSUMER OF DISSIDENT MATERIAL.
This is a one time warning. Any further attempts to view, consume, or distribute un-american content will result in the loss of citizenship increments and/or the imposition of fines, penalties, or imprisonment.
You have choices. Make the RIGHT ones.
For further information on making good choices, visit http://www.thepriceoftreason.net
--------------------
Bureau of Morality
One Nation Under God
This lead to http://www.thepriceoftreason.net/
An entry on The Price of Treason brought the discovery of Neil Czerno's http://www.opensourceresistance.net/
Sending an email to list@opensourceresistance.net prompted the following response:
Subj: RE: Subscribe
Date: 3/27/2007 1:00:29 AM Eastern Standard Time
From: "Open Source Resistance" list@opensourceresistance.net
To: Person's email address
Sent from the Internet (Details)
Thanks. You are now on the Open Source Resistance email list. I don’t sell, I don’t spam. If you want to get off, write back with "Unsubscribe" in the subject at any time.
Welcome. There are more of us than there are of Them. Let’s make that count for something.
Sending an email to submit@opensourceresistance.net prompted the following response:
Thanks! I mean that. Your particular piece may rock my world or leave me cold, but the fact that you put the time and energy into making it in the first place is what matters the most. That kind of effort is the thing that allows me to hope the future will be better than I fear.
I never know exactly when I’ll have time to review submissions, but I will try to get to it soon.
A matching pair of Mailstrom buttons is discovered from the Denver buttons:
venom -- Background from artisresistance.com -- Button 25 -- Denver
D3i8Na -- Background from artisresistance.com -- Button 26 -- Denver
http://www.themailstrom.com/venom_D3i8Na.htm
(Background text from The Naked and the Dead by Norman Mailer)
The Cleveland listening party got the following buttons:
regret
venom
widow
cleansing
jp411r
Yr4893
6k961G
3Mz3tU
E5ppvv
Nnqa49
D3i8Na
Revealing the following combinations:
http://www.themailstrom.com/sickle_Nnqa49.htm
http://www.themailstrom.com/widow_vC99iT.htm
http://themailstrom.com/needle_jP411R.htm
http://themailstrom.com/infarction_6k961g.htm
Emailing the posting address from the sickle page (PenetratorXL@consolidatedmailsystems.com) generated two auto responses depending on the subject. (By taking the first letter of the first word of each line of the page, it spells out Nerochip Extraction.)
Non "Nerochip Extraction" reply:
Sales of PENETRATOR XL have been discontinued pending litigation.Sales of PENETRATOR XL have been discontinued pending litigation.
"Nerochip Extraction" reply:
If this is one of Willie’s friends or clients, Willie is in prison. I guess it was just more important to him to look after you than it was to take care of me & anna-marie. I hope you think it was worth it. I’m still waiting for the Glorious Resistance to send me a box of diapers and some baby food and job that pays more than minimum wage. Oh—right. Those jobs are for people who AREN’T married to dissidents.
Subj: YOU HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS UN-AMERICAN
Date: 3/27/2007 12:37:24 AM Eastern Standard Time
From: "Bureau of Morality - Year 0000 Search" DCS1000@thepriceoftreason.net
To: Person's Email Address
TRACE
INITIALIZE: DCS1000 v24.5.3
SEARCH
IDENTIFIED: http://www.iamtryingtobelieve.com
IDENTIFIED: http://www.anotherversionofthetruth.com
IDENTIFIED: http://www.artisresistance.com
ERROR: http://www.solutionsbackwardsinitiative.net/pilgrims
||||| date-time failure |||||
RESUME SEARCH
IDENTIFIED: (Person's email address)
END TRACE
--------------------
ATTENTION!
The Bureau of Morality has identified you as A CONSUMER OF DISSIDENT MATERIAL.
This is a one time warning. Any further attempts to view, consume, or distribute un-american content will result in the loss of citizenship increments and/or the imposition of fines, penalties, or imprisonment.
You have choices. Make the RIGHT ones.
For further information on making good choices, visit http://www.thepriceoftreason.net
--------------------
Bureau of Morality
One Nation Under God
This lead to http://www.thepriceoftreason.net/
An entry on The Price of Treason brought the discovery of Neil Czerno's http://www.opensourceresistance.net/
Sending an email to list@opensourceresistance.net prompted the following response:
Subj: RE: Subscribe
Date: 3/27/2007 1:00:29 AM Eastern Standard Time
From: "Open Source Resistance" list@opensourceresistance.net
To: Person's email address
Sent from the Internet (Details)
Thanks. You are now on the Open Source Resistance email list. I don’t sell, I don’t spam. If you want to get off, write back with "Unsubscribe" in the subject at any time.
Welcome. There are more of us than there are of Them. Let’s make that count for something.
Sending an email to submit@opensourceresistance.net prompted the following response:
Thanks! I mean that. Your particular piece may rock my world or leave me cold, but the fact that you put the time and energy into making it in the first place is what matters the most. That kind of effort is the thing that allows me to hope the future will be better than I fear.
I never know exactly when I’ll have time to review submissions, but I will try to get to it soon.
A matching pair of Mailstrom buttons is discovered from the Denver buttons:
venom -- Background from artisresistance.com -- Button 25 -- Denver
D3i8Na -- Background from artisresistance.com -- Button 26 -- Denver
http://www.themailstrom.com/venom_D3i8Na.htm
(Background text from The Naked and the Dead by Norman Mailer)
The Cleveland listening party got the following buttons:
regret
venom
widow
cleansing
jp411r
Yr4893
6k961G
3Mz3tU
E5ppvv
Nnqa49
D3i8Na
Revealing the following combinations:
http://www.themailstrom.com/sickle_Nnqa49.htm
http://www.themailstrom.com/widow_vC99iT.htm
http://themailstrom.com/needle_jP411R.htm
http://themailstrom.com/infarction_6k961g.htm
Emailing the posting address from the sickle page (PenetratorXL@consolidatedmailsystems.com) generated two auto responses depending on the subject. (By taking the first letter of the first word of each line of the page, it spells out Nerochip Extraction.)
Non "Nerochip Extraction" reply:
Sales of PENETRATOR XL have been discontinued pending litigation.Sales of PENETRATOR XL have been discontinued pending litigation.
"Nerochip Extraction" reply:
If this is one of Willie’s friends or clients, Willie is in prison. I guess it was just more important to him to look after you than it was to take care of me & anna-marie. I hope you think it was worth it. I’m still waiting for the Glorious Resistance to send me a box of diapers and some baby food and job that pays more than minimum wage. Oh—right. Those jobs are for people who AREN’T married to dissidents.
Sunday, March 25, 2007
-15 03.25
30 second clips of the three tracks on the international Survivalism single become available to listen to on www.wom.de, an online music store, giving fans their first exposure to clips from "Survivalism (Tardusted)" and "The Greater Good (instrumental)".
A low quality recording of the Chicago Year Zero listening party is posted on MansonUSA.com's forum for a few hours and then removed and the posts are deleted. (A google cache search gives the links to the really bad recording as:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=HV5MUXXV NIN_Year_Zero_Promo_ONE.mp3 (The Interscope rep pleads that recording would be bad, introduces some DJ from Q101 and then they play the Collected v2 dvd, all recorded by this taper)
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=2TU5S37R NIN_YEAR_ZERO_PROMO_TWO.mp3 (The end of the Collected v2, Hyperpower! through Vessel)
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=OPOYUFU0 NIN_YEAR_ZERO_PROMO_THREE.mp3 (Me, I'm Not through Meet Your Master)
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=NWMQ7Y2L NIN_YEAR_ZERO_PROMO_FOUR.mp3 (The Greater Good through Zero-Sum))
A low quality recording of the Chicago Year Zero listening party is posted on MansonUSA.com's forum for a few hours and then removed and the posts are deleted. (A google cache search gives the links to the really bad recording as:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=HV5MUXXV NIN_Year_Zero_Promo_ONE.mp3 (The Interscope rep pleads that recording would be bad, introduces some DJ from Q101 and then they play the Collected v2 dvd, all recorded by this taper)
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=2TU5S37R NIN_YEAR_ZERO_PROMO_TWO.mp3 (The end of the Collected v2, Hyperpower! through Vessel)
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=OPOYUFU0 NIN_YEAR_ZERO_PROMO_THREE.mp3 (Me, I'm Not through Meet Your Master)
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=NWMQ7Y2L NIN_YEAR_ZERO_PROMO_FOUR.mp3 (The Greater Good through Zero-Sum))
Saturday, March 24, 2007
-15 03.24
The Survivalism digital single booklet is distributed via www.nin.com as a .pdf document.
A link to http://www.anotherversionofthetruth.com/ is found embedded into the file in a box around the word "revisionism".
By adding revisionism.htm to the link, a new page is discovered at http://www.anotherversionofthetruth.com/revisionism.htm.
The text in the background of this page is from A peoples history of the united states: 1492-present by howard zinn
A link to http://www.anotherversionofthetruth.com/ is found embedded into the file in a box around the word "revisionism".
By adding revisionism.htm to the link, a new page is discovered at http://www.anotherversionofthetruth.com/revisionism.htm.
The text in the background of this page is from A peoples history of the united states: 1492-present by howard zinn
Thursday, March 22, 2007
-15 03.22
Nine buttons were found at the Denver and Detroit Year Zero listening parties, revealing the following pages:
http://www.themailstrom.com/atropine_gH319x.htm
The text in the background is from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon
http://www.themailstrom.com/pliers_Ji3p09.htm
The text in the background is from "The Things They Carried" by Tim O' Brien
http://www.themailstrom.com/corrida_MKs742.htm
The text in the background is from "Equus" by Peter Shaffer
Blue AIR Flag on Purplish bg - MKs742
Red AIR Verbage - slander
Pig Cop - atropine
angel chick holding the chip - gH319x (thanks yortisme)
AVOTT Color - D3i8Na or D3l8Na
AVOTT B/W w/ AIR Flag - venom
Black AIR Flag on White bg - needle
Blue AIR Flag on White bg - Ji3p09
hand holding bottle from mural - corrida
Meanwhile, in Phoenix, AZ, at another Year Zero listening party, another four buttons were found:
White on Red ART: E5PPvv
Orange ART Flags: regret
Red on Black Art is Resistance: Yr4893
White on Black Art is Resistance: flense
These buttons brought out the following pages:
http://www.themailstrom.com/slander_Yr4893.htm
The text in the background is from Hiroshima by John Hersey
http://www.themailstrom.com/flense_E5PPvv.htm
It was discovered that the background images on the newer Mailstrom sites were named in L33t-speak, which revealed some of the background images of sites that haven't yet been found.
http://www.themailstrom.com/atropine_gH319x.htm
The text in the background is from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon
http://www.themailstrom.com/pliers_Ji3p09.htm
The text in the background is from "The Things They Carried" by Tim O' Brien
http://www.themailstrom.com/corrida_MKs742.htm
The text in the background is from "Equus" by Peter Shaffer
Blue AIR Flag on Purplish bg - MKs742
Red AIR Verbage - slander
Pig Cop - atropine
angel chick holding the chip - gH319x (thanks yortisme)
AVOTT Color - D3i8Na or D3l8Na
AVOTT B/W w/ AIR Flag - venom
Black AIR Flag on White bg - needle
Blue AIR Flag on White bg - Ji3p09
hand holding bottle from mural - corrida
Meanwhile, in Phoenix, AZ, at another Year Zero listening party, another four buttons were found:
White on Red ART: E5PPvv
Orange ART Flags: regret
Red on Black Art is Resistance: Yr4893
White on Black Art is Resistance: flense
These buttons brought out the following pages:
http://www.themailstrom.com/slander_Yr4893.htm
The text in the background is from Hiroshima by John Hersey
http://www.themailstrom.com/flense_E5PPvv.htm
It was discovered that the background images on the newer Mailstrom sites were named in L33t-speak, which revealed some of the background images of sites that haven't yet been found.
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
-15 03.21
The Operation Swamp 0000 billboard was taken down in London. Looks like they only rented it for a week.
At the Dallas Year Zero listening party, eight new buttons with wreckage/shard information were handed out. Three wreckage/shard combinations came out of it:
http://www.themailstrom.com/fratricide_774HZx.htm
The text in the background is from The Forever War by Joe Haldeman
http://www.themailstrom.com/wetwork_c276e4.htm
The text in the background is from A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
http://www.themailstrom.com/bitter_BGtg57.htm
The text in the background is from A Separate Peace by John Knowles
Black "Art is Resistance" on red background: "slander"
White AIR flag on red background: "BGtg57"
White AIR flag on blue background: "pliers"
White AIR flag-ish looking graphics on grey background: "774HZx"
Black AIR flag on red background: "c276E4"
artwork from billboard: "tP366K"
Grey AIR flag-ish looking graphics on white background: "wetwork"
Red AIR flag on black background: "fratricide"
Fairly accurate lyrics from the entire album were posted by a fan on echoingthesound.org.
I think its pretty obvious but you might want to avoid reading on if you don't like spoliers. Thanks to Hazekiah on the phant I could use what he had posted to compare with what I had (I had notes for every song but some we're really odd and obviously wrong), crossed the t's and dotted the i's (so to speak) and the end result was all the lyrics to nearly every song with a small margin of error and a few lines untranscribed.
01. Hyperpower!
[Instrumental]
02. The Beginning of the End
down on your knees, you'll be left behind
this is the beginning
watch what you think, they can read your mind
this is the beginning
i got my mark, see it in my eyes
this is the beginning
my reflection i don't recognize
this is the beginning
we think we climb so high
up all the backs we've condemned
we face our consequence
this is the beginning of the end
you wait your turn, you'll be last in line
this is the beginning
get out the way, cause i'm getting mine
this is the beginning
god helps the ones that can help themselves
this is the beginning
may be too late as far as i can tell
this is the beginning
we think we've come so far
on all our lies we depend
facing our consequence
this is the beginning of the end
03. Survivalism
I should have listened to her
so hard to keep control
we kept on eating but
our bloated belly's still not full
she gave us all she had but
we went and took some more
can't seem to shut her legs
our mother nature is a whore
I got my propaganda
I got revisionism
I got my violence in hi-def ultra-realism
all a part of this great nation
I got my fist
I got my plan
I got survivalism
hypnotic sound of sirens
echoing through the street
the cocking of the rifles
the marching of the feet
you see your world on fire
don't try to act surprised
we did just what you told us
lost our faith along the way and found ourselves believing your lies
all bruised and broken, bleeding
she asked to take my hand
I turned, just keep on walking
but you'd do the same thing
under circumstance I'm sure you'll understand
you got your pacifism
I got survivalism
04. The Good Soldier
gunfire in the street
where we used to meet
echoes that are beat
when the bass goes 'bomb'
right over my head
step over the dead
remember what you said
y'know a part of my old life
is just a waking dream
well i know what you mean
but that ain't how it seems right here, right now
how can this be real?
i can hardly feel
anymore
i am trying to see
i am trying to believe
this is not where i should be
i am trying to believe
blood hardens in the sand
cold metal in my hand
hope you understand the way that things are gonna be
there's nowhere left to hide
cause god is on our side
i keep telling myself
i am trying to see
i am trying to believe
this is not where i should be
i am trying to believe
05. Vessel
i let you put it in my mouth
i let it get under my skin
i let you put it in my veins
i let you take me from within
they tell us what we can and cannot do
thinking is what i have this heard for
well, i put you inside of me
but none of that matters anymore
oh my god, can it go any faster
oh my god, i don't think i can last here
I am you and you are me
we will never be alone
I have finally found my place in everything
I have finally found my home
we can leave all the past behind
I can see right through the whole facade
I'm becoming something else
I am turning into God
oh my god, can it go any faster
oh my god, i don't think i can last here
06. Me, I'm Not
well it's happening
never planned on this
you've got something I need
kind of dangerous
and I'm losing control
I'm not used to this
what you want from me
I'm not used to this
I can't shut it off
this thing I've begun
and it's hard to tell
just where it's coming from
and it's hard to see
what I'm capable of
and it's hard to believe
just, what I've become
hey, can we stop
me, I'm not
I can swallow it down
keep it all inside
I define myself
by how well I hide
I feel it coming apart
well, at least I tried
I can win this war
by knowing not to fight
if I take it all back
someway, somehow
if I knew back then
what I know right now
hey can we stop
me, I'm not
07. Capital G
i pushed a button and elected you to office
and he pushed a button and it dropped the bomb
you push the button and can watch it all on the television
those motherfuckers didn't last too long
i'm sick of hearing about the haves and the have-nots
have some personal accountability
the biggest problem with the way that we've been doing things is
the more we let you have the less that i'll be keeping for me
well i used to stand for something
now on my hands and knees
traded in my god for this one
and he signs his name with a capital G
don't give a shit about the temprature in Guatemela
don't really see what all the fuss is about
ain't gonna worry about no future generations
i'm sure somebody gonna figure it out
don't try to tell me how some power can corrupt a person
you haven't had enough to know it's like
you're only angry cause you wish you were in my position
now nod your head because you know that i'm right
well i used to stand for something
but forgot what that could be
there's a lot of me inside you
maybe you're afraid to see
i used to stand for something
now on my hands and kness
traded in my god for this one
and he signs his name with a capital G
08. My Violent Heart
you and I, we may look the same
but we are very far apart
here's bullet-holes where my compassion used to be
and there is violence in my heart
into fire you can send us
from the fire we return
you can label us a consequence
of how much you have to learn
you can try but you'll never understand
this is something you will never understand
can you hear it now?
hear it coming now
can you hear it now?
on hands and knees
we crawl
you cannot stop us all
our bones, our skin
we will not let you win
you have set something in motion
much greater than you've ever known
standing there in all your grand naivety
about to reap what you have sown
time will feed upon your weaknesses
and soon you'll lose the will to care
when you return to the place that you call home
we will be there
on hands and knees
we crawl
you cannot stop us all
our blood will stay
we will not go away
on hands and knees
we crawl
you can not stop us all
our blood our ways
will never leave this place
we crawl
09. The Warning
some say it was a warning
some say it was a sign
i was standing right there
when it came down from the sky
they were expecting us
we felt it from inside
said it was up to us
up to us to decide
you've become a virus
that's eaten up its host
we've been watching you with all our eyes
and what you seem to value most
'i don't want your attention', so you used to say
your greed, self-importance and your elegance
wish it all way
may be a crime
we've come to intervene
you can change your ways --- place
and we will wipe this place clean
your time is tick-tick-ticking away
10. God Given
10. God Given
hey man, please don't make a sound
take a look around, can't you see what's right in front of you
have a little taste, no more time to waste
you don't wanna get left behind cause it's all coming down right now
how hard is it to see
put your faith in me
cause you wouldn't want to be nailed
to the wrong piece of wood
you should get where you belong
everything you know is wrong
c'mon sing along everybody now
god given
and they gave us sight
and you'll see the light
and it burned so bright
now you know we're right
---
and the work we've done
we've just begun
we're the chosen one
hey, step into the light
how can this be right?
I'm in front of you
Now ask me to ---
This you cannot win
With the color of your skin
You won't be getting into the Promised Land
It's just another case
Still don't know your place
Step aside, look away, wipe that look of your face
--- defiance
--- raining from the sky
c'mon sing along everybody now
god given
and they gave us sight
and you'll see the light
and it burned so bright
now you know we're right
---
and the work we've done
we've just begun
we're the chosen one
11. Meet Your Master
right now a big decision
violence as polished steel (?)
this is something different
don't know how big this feels
no time for asking questions
no time for wondering
we've had enough of you now
you've heard everything
you want to play a new game
you put on this blindfold
you do what we tell you
you do as you're told
used to be the leader
now comes the time to serve
maybe we'll show some mercy
maybe you'll get what you deserve
countdown to the end, but make it go faster
--- this is your disaster
countdown to the end, but make it go faster
come on down, my friend
it's time to meet your master
you've left quite a mess here under your stewardship
you thought you figured it out but you'll find your place in this
you think its so convincing, you think you see the truth
give us so many things, now who's got time for you
countdown to the end, but make it go faster
--- this is your disaster
countdown to the end, but make it go faster
come on down, my friend
it's time to meet your master
Come on down
12. The Greater Good
breathe us in slowly
13. The Great Destroyer
say your name
try to speak as clearly as you can
even though everything gets written down
Nod you head
just in case they could be watching
--- with their satellites
i hope they cannot see
the limitless potential
living inside of me
to them I'm everything
I hope they cannot see
I am the great destroyer
turn it up, listen to the shit they pump into your head
filling it with apathy
hold your breath, wait until you know the time is right
on time
the end is near
i hope they cannot see
the limitless potential
living inside of me
to them I'm everything
I hope they cannot see
I am the great destroyer
14. Another Version Of The Truth
[Instrumental]
15. In This Twilight
watch the sun as it crawls across a final time
and it feels like, like it was a friend
it is watching us,and the world we set on fire
do you wonder if it feels the same?
and the sky is filled with light
can you see it?
all the black is really white
if you believe it
as your time is running out
let me take away your doubt
you can find a better a place
in this twilight
dust to dust, ashes in your hair remind me
what it feels like, and I won't feel again
night descends, could I have been a better person
if I could only do it all again
and the sky is filled with light
can you see it?
all the black is really white
if you believe it
and the longing that you feel
you know none of this is real
you will find a better place
in this twilight
16. Zero-Sum
God have mercy on our souls
God have mercy on our dirty little hearts
We just wanted to know what it was like
All we are worth is zeros and ones
---
Lyrically Trent's best effort yet imo.
Trent responded under his pseudonym "Teitan": Nice try, spoilers. Not entirely correct.
At the Dallas Year Zero listening party, eight new buttons with wreckage/shard information were handed out. Three wreckage/shard combinations came out of it:
http://www.themailstrom.com/fratricide_774HZx.htm
The text in the background is from The Forever War by Joe Haldeman
http://www.themailstrom.com/wetwork_c276e4.htm
The text in the background is from A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
http://www.themailstrom.com/bitter_BGtg57.htm
The text in the background is from A Separate Peace by John Knowles
Black "Art is Resistance" on red background: "slander"
White AIR flag on red background: "BGtg57"
White AIR flag on blue background: "pliers"
White AIR flag-ish looking graphics on grey background: "774HZx"
Black AIR flag on red background: "c276E4"
artwork from billboard: "tP366K"
Grey AIR flag-ish looking graphics on white background: "wetwork"
Red AIR flag on black background: "fratricide"
Fairly accurate lyrics from the entire album were posted by a fan on echoingthesound.org.
I think its pretty obvious but you might want to avoid reading on if you don't like spoliers. Thanks to Hazekiah on the phant I could use what he had posted to compare with what I had (I had notes for every song but some we're really odd and obviously wrong), crossed the t's and dotted the i's (so to speak) and the end result was all the lyrics to nearly every song with a small margin of error and a few lines untranscribed.
01. Hyperpower!
[Instrumental]
02. The Beginning of the End
down on your knees, you'll be left behind
this is the beginning
watch what you think, they can read your mind
this is the beginning
i got my mark, see it in my eyes
this is the beginning
my reflection i don't recognize
this is the beginning
we think we climb so high
up all the backs we've condemned
we face our consequence
this is the beginning of the end
you wait your turn, you'll be last in line
this is the beginning
get out the way, cause i'm getting mine
this is the beginning
god helps the ones that can help themselves
this is the beginning
may be too late as far as i can tell
this is the beginning
we think we've come so far
on all our lies we depend
facing our consequence
this is the beginning of the end
03. Survivalism
I should have listened to her
so hard to keep control
we kept on eating but
our bloated belly's still not full
she gave us all she had but
we went and took some more
can't seem to shut her legs
our mother nature is a whore
I got my propaganda
I got revisionism
I got my violence in hi-def ultra-realism
all a part of this great nation
I got my fist
I got my plan
I got survivalism
hypnotic sound of sirens
echoing through the street
the cocking of the rifles
the marching of the feet
you see your world on fire
don't try to act surprised
we did just what you told us
lost our faith along the way and found ourselves believing your lies
all bruised and broken, bleeding
she asked to take my hand
I turned, just keep on walking
but you'd do the same thing
under circumstance I'm sure you'll understand
you got your pacifism
I got survivalism
04. The Good Soldier
gunfire in the street
where we used to meet
echoes that are beat
when the bass goes 'bomb'
right over my head
step over the dead
remember what you said
y'know a part of my old life
is just a waking dream
well i know what you mean
but that ain't how it seems right here, right now
how can this be real?
i can hardly feel
anymore
i am trying to see
i am trying to believe
this is not where i should be
i am trying to believe
blood hardens in the sand
cold metal in my hand
hope you understand the way that things are gonna be
there's nowhere left to hide
cause god is on our side
i keep telling myself
i am trying to see
i am trying to believe
this is not where i should be
i am trying to believe
05. Vessel
i let you put it in my mouth
i let it get under my skin
i let you put it in my veins
i let you take me from within
they tell us what we can and cannot do
thinking is what i have this heard for
well, i put you inside of me
but none of that matters anymore
oh my god, can it go any faster
oh my god, i don't think i can last here
I am you and you are me
we will never be alone
I have finally found my place in everything
I have finally found my home
we can leave all the past behind
I can see right through the whole facade
I'm becoming something else
I am turning into God
oh my god, can it go any faster
oh my god, i don't think i can last here
06. Me, I'm Not
well it's happening
never planned on this
you've got something I need
kind of dangerous
and I'm losing control
I'm not used to this
what you want from me
I'm not used to this
I can't shut it off
this thing I've begun
and it's hard to tell
just where it's coming from
and it's hard to see
what I'm capable of
and it's hard to believe
just, what I've become
hey, can we stop
me, I'm not
I can swallow it down
keep it all inside
I define myself
by how well I hide
I feel it coming apart
well, at least I tried
I can win this war
by knowing not to fight
if I take it all back
someway, somehow
if I knew back then
what I know right now
hey can we stop
me, I'm not
07. Capital G
i pushed a button and elected you to office
and he pushed a button and it dropped the bomb
you push the button and can watch it all on the television
those motherfuckers didn't last too long
i'm sick of hearing about the haves and the have-nots
have some personal accountability
the biggest problem with the way that we've been doing things is
the more we let you have the less that i'll be keeping for me
well i used to stand for something
now on my hands and knees
traded in my god for this one
and he signs his name with a capital G
don't give a shit about the temprature in Guatemela
don't really see what all the fuss is about
ain't gonna worry about no future generations
i'm sure somebody gonna figure it out
don't try to tell me how some power can corrupt a person
you haven't had enough to know it's like
you're only angry cause you wish you were in my position
now nod your head because you know that i'm right
well i used to stand for something
but forgot what that could be
there's a lot of me inside you
maybe you're afraid to see
i used to stand for something
now on my hands and kness
traded in my god for this one
and he signs his name with a capital G
08. My Violent Heart
you and I, we may look the same
but we are very far apart
here's bullet-holes where my compassion used to be
and there is violence in my heart
into fire you can send us
from the fire we return
you can label us a consequence
of how much you have to learn
you can try but you'll never understand
this is something you will never understand
can you hear it now?
hear it coming now
can you hear it now?
on hands and knees
we crawl
you cannot stop us all
our bones, our skin
we will not let you win
you have set something in motion
much greater than you've ever known
standing there in all your grand naivety
about to reap what you have sown
time will feed upon your weaknesses
and soon you'll lose the will to care
when you return to the place that you call home
we will be there
on hands and knees
we crawl
you cannot stop us all
our blood will stay
we will not go away
on hands and knees
we crawl
you can not stop us all
our blood our ways
will never leave this place
we crawl
09. The Warning
some say it was a warning
some say it was a sign
i was standing right there
when it came down from the sky
they were expecting us
we felt it from inside
said it was up to us
up to us to decide
you've become a virus
that's eaten up its host
we've been watching you with all our eyes
and what you seem to value most
'i don't want your attention', so you used to say
your greed, self-importance and your elegance
wish it all way
may be a crime
we've come to intervene
you can change your ways --- place
and we will wipe this place clean
your time is tick-tick-ticking away
10. God Given
10. God Given
hey man, please don't make a sound
take a look around, can't you see what's right in front of you
have a little taste, no more time to waste
you don't wanna get left behind cause it's all coming down right now
how hard is it to see
put your faith in me
cause you wouldn't want to be nailed
to the wrong piece of wood
you should get where you belong
everything you know is wrong
c'mon sing along everybody now
god given
and they gave us sight
and you'll see the light
and it burned so bright
now you know we're right
---
and the work we've done
we've just begun
we're the chosen one
hey, step into the light
how can this be right?
I'm in front of you
Now ask me to ---
This you cannot win
With the color of your skin
You won't be getting into the Promised Land
It's just another case
Still don't know your place
Step aside, look away, wipe that look of your face
--- defiance
--- raining from the sky
c'mon sing along everybody now
god given
and they gave us sight
and you'll see the light
and it burned so bright
now you know we're right
---
and the work we've done
we've just begun
we're the chosen one
11. Meet Your Master
right now a big decision
violence as polished steel (?)
this is something different
don't know how big this feels
no time for asking questions
no time for wondering
we've had enough of you now
you've heard everything
you want to play a new game
you put on this blindfold
you do what we tell you
you do as you're told
used to be the leader
now comes the time to serve
maybe we'll show some mercy
maybe you'll get what you deserve
countdown to the end, but make it go faster
--- this is your disaster
countdown to the end, but make it go faster
come on down, my friend
it's time to meet your master
you've left quite a mess here under your stewardship
you thought you figured it out but you'll find your place in this
you think its so convincing, you think you see the truth
give us so many things, now who's got time for you
countdown to the end, but make it go faster
--- this is your disaster
countdown to the end, but make it go faster
come on down, my friend
it's time to meet your master
Come on down
12. The Greater Good
breathe us in slowly
13. The Great Destroyer
say your name
try to speak as clearly as you can
even though everything gets written down
Nod you head
just in case they could be watching
--- with their satellites
i hope they cannot see
the limitless potential
living inside of me
to them I'm everything
I hope they cannot see
I am the great destroyer
turn it up, listen to the shit they pump into your head
filling it with apathy
hold your breath, wait until you know the time is right
on time
the end is near
i hope they cannot see
the limitless potential
living inside of me
to them I'm everything
I hope they cannot see
I am the great destroyer
14. Another Version Of The Truth
[Instrumental]
15. In This Twilight
watch the sun as it crawls across a final time
and it feels like, like it was a friend
it is watching us,and the world we set on fire
do you wonder if it feels the same?
and the sky is filled with light
can you see it?
all the black is really white
if you believe it
as your time is running out
let me take away your doubt
you can find a better a place
in this twilight
dust to dust, ashes in your hair remind me
what it feels like, and I won't feel again
night descends, could I have been a better person
if I could only do it all again
and the sky is filled with light
can you see it?
all the black is really white
if you believe it
and the longing that you feel
you know none of this is real
you will find a better place
in this twilight
16. Zero-Sum
God have mercy on our souls
God have mercy on our dirty little hearts
We just wanted to know what it was like
All we are worth is zeros and ones
---
Lyrically Trent's best effort yet imo.
Trent responded under his pseudonym "Teitan": Nice try, spoilers. Not entirely correct.
Sunday, March 18, 2007
-15 03.18
Two buttons were found at the Year Zero listening party in Chicago, IL.
scythe in angels hand in upper right hand corner of billboard w/flag: wretched
face of same angel w/flag: Ypq2QQ
which lead to: http://www.themailstrom.com/wretched_Ypq2QQ.htm
The text in the background of the wretched_Ypq2QQ page is from Thoreau's essay, Civil Disobedience.
scythe in angels hand in upper right hand corner of billboard w/flag: wretched
face of same angel w/flag: Ypq2QQ
which lead to: http://www.themailstrom.com/wretched_Ypq2QQ.htm
The text in the background of the wretched_Ypq2QQ page is from Thoreau's essay, Civil Disobedience.
Thursday, March 15, 2007
-15 03.15
"Survivalism Our End Trip.aiff" was decoded (the title was a clue to "Put in Order" using Garageband). It said "Case Number 6455da04" and lead to: http://judsonogram.net/personnel/gantry/casefiles/6455da04/
A button was found at the Year Zero listening party in Los Angeles, CA:
AIR Flag, red on white: infarction
Three buttons were found at the Year Zero listening party in San Diego, CA:
AIR flag from billboard: AD44Us
AIR flag from billboard: Tumbrel
AIR flag, white on black: vC99iT
The combination of Tumbrel/AD44Us lead to another wreckage/shard page:
http://www.themailstrom.com/tumbrel_ad44us.htm
The text in the background of the tumbrel_ad44us page is from Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man.
A button was found at the Year Zero listening party in Los Angeles, CA:
AIR Flag, red on white: infarction
Three buttons were found at the Year Zero listening party in San Diego, CA:
AIR flag from billboard: AD44Us
AIR flag from billboard: Tumbrel
AIR flag, white on black: vC99iT
The combination of Tumbrel/AD44Us lead to another wreckage/shard page:
http://www.themailstrom.com/tumbrel_ad44us.htm
The text in the background of the tumbrel_ad44us page is from Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man.
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
-15 03.14
Three buttons are found at the Year Zero listening party in New York, NY:
YOU HAVE A VOICE: spore
YOU WILL BE HEARD: bitter
Cop Baton (from billboard): blE34c or b1E34c or biE34c
YOU HAVE A VOICE: spore
YOU WILL BE HEARD: bitter
Cop Baton (from billboard): blE34c or b1E34c or biE34c
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
-15 03.13
Survivalism is released in garageband format at http://www.nin.com/current/
A file that doesn't show up in the garageband default track, "Survivalism Our End Trip.aiff" is investigated as a lead in the game.
A photo of Trent Reznor walking past the Operation Swamp 0000 billboard is posted to http://www.nin.com/current/
Four buttons are distributed to fans at the Year Zero listening party in Minneapolis, MN. Each has a small amount of text written on the side, which are discovered to be parts of wreckage/shard combinations. Of the four buttons, two connect to reveal a second wreckage/shard combination:
Wreckage: gasoline Shard: uuu891
which lead to: http://www.themailstrom.com/gasoline_uuu891.htm
The background text on the gasoline_uuu891 page is from Nickel and Dimed On (Not) Getting By in America (Barbara Ehrenreich).
The other two buttons found:
Speak Truth: 1682fg
White Art is Resistance flag on green background: sickle
A file that doesn't show up in the garageband default track, "Survivalism Our End Trip.aiff" is investigated as a lead in the game.
A photo of Trent Reznor walking past the Operation Swamp 0000 billboard is posted to http://www.nin.com/current/
Four buttons are distributed to fans at the Year Zero listening party in Minneapolis, MN. Each has a small amount of text written on the side, which are discovered to be parts of wreckage/shard combinations. Of the four buttons, two connect to reveal a second wreckage/shard combination:
Wreckage: gasoline Shard: uuu891
which lead to: http://www.themailstrom.com/gasoline_uuu891.htm
The background text on the gasoline_uuu891 page is from Nickel and Dimed On (Not) Getting By in America (Barbara Ehrenreich).
The other two buttons found:
Speak Truth: 1682fg
White Art is Resistance flag on green background: sickle
Sunday, March 11, 2007
-15 03.11
A new yellow Art is Resistance flyer appeared at the concert in London, England. On the flyer was a location to visit:
EC1 Kingsland Road and Old Street: Under the Bridge
The location housed a billboard, which in addition to lots of imagery and even some Art is Resistance flag symbols, lead to:
http://www.operationswamp0000.net/
A mention of Operation Chip Sweep on the Operation Swamp 0000 site lead to:
http://www.operationchipsweep.net/
Fans attending the first Year Zero listening party in Salt Lake City, Utah received numbered lithographs if they pre-ordered the album. The lithograph included faint text reading "The Mailstrom" in the upper right hand corner, which lead to:
http://www.themailstrom.net/
Clicking on "The Mailstrom" supplied the first wreckage/shard combination: Wreckage: gallows Shard: Y3RG7J
which lead to: http://www.themailstrom.com/gallows_Y3RG7J.htm
EC1 Kingsland Road and Old Street: Under the Bridge
The location housed a billboard, which in addition to lots of imagery and even some Art is Resistance flag symbols, lead to:
http://www.operationswamp0000.net/
A mention of Operation Chip Sweep on the Operation Swamp 0000 site lead to:
http://www.operationchipsweep.net/
Fans attending the first Year Zero listening party in Salt Lake City, Utah received numbered lithographs if they pre-ordered the album. The lithograph included faint text reading "The Mailstrom" in the upper right hand corner, which lead to:
http://www.themailstrom.net/
Clicking on "The Mailstrom" supplied the first wreckage/shard combination: Wreckage: gallows Shard: Y3RG7J
which lead to: http://www.themailstrom.com/gallows_Y3RG7J.htm
Thursday, March 8, 2007
Wednesday, March 7, 2007
-15 03.07
Blocks appear next to Survivalism on http://yearzero.nin.com/
USB flashdrives (around a dozen) are handed out to fans in the Spiral line at the London, England nin concert. These each contain a low quality and high quality quicktime .mov of the official Survivalism video.
The Survivalism video has letters at random intervals in the timecode running at the bottom left hand corner of the screen, these are used to spell out: THE_TURNED_TO which in connection to the bible passage featured on the door to nine inch nails' apartment in the video lead to:
http://www.thewaterturnedtoblood.net/
A password box was found on this site under the hand of god. Entering the password: Ephesians 6:12 (found in a bible verse quoted by "John of Boston" on http://www.judsonogram.net (http://www.judsonogram.net/personnel/gantry/casefiles/4382bx12/addendum.htm) reveals:
http://www.thewaterturnedtoblood.net/bridge.htm
By doing a google search for Judson Ogram Correctional Facility, the following website was found:
http://www.judsonogram.net/
The staff page includes a login box.
User: Preston Gantry (from badge in the staff section of judsonogram.net
Case number: 4382BX12 (from inmate number on thewaterturnedtoblood.net
Password: francesca (capital letters from thewaterturnedtoblood.net text above bridge)
A google search for Cedocore, a drug company found listed in Susan Zewicky's bio on the staff page at judsonogram.net revealed the following website:
http://www.cedocore.com/
USB flashdrives (around a dozen) are handed out to fans in the Spiral line at the London, England nin concert. These each contain a low quality and high quality quicktime .mov of the official Survivalism video.
The Survivalism video has letters at random intervals in the timecode running at the bottom left hand corner of the screen, these are used to spell out: THE_TURNED_TO which in connection to the bible passage featured on the door to nine inch nails' apartment in the video lead to:
http://www.thewaterturnedtoblood.net/
A password box was found on this site under the hand of god. Entering the password: Ephesians 6:12 (found in a bible verse quoted by "John of Boston" on http://www.judsonogram.net (http://www.judsonogram.net/personnel/gantry/casefiles/4382bx12/addendum.htm) reveals:
http://www.thewaterturnedtoblood.net/bridge.htm
By doing a google search for Judson Ogram Correctional Facility, the following website was found:
http://www.judsonogram.net/
The staff page includes a login box.
User: Preston Gantry (from badge in the staff section of judsonogram.net
Case number: 4382BX12 (from inmate number on thewaterturnedtoblood.net
Password: francesca (capital letters from thewaterturnedtoblood.net text above bridge)
A google search for Cedocore, a drug company found listed in Susan Zewicky's bio on the staff page at judsonogram.net revealed the following website:
http://www.cedocore.com/
Friday, March 2, 2007
-15 03.02
Jed The Fish played "The Beginning of the End" as KROQ's "Catch of the Day".
Year Zero listening parties are announced in cities across the United States.
http://yearzero.nin.com/listen/
Year Zero listening parties are announced in cities across the United States.
http://yearzero.nin.com/listen/
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