Head Like A Hole

This song is about the control that money has over people and the pain and suffering associated with it. "God Money" is just that. Money has become a god unto itself (especially in capitalist societies, like the one in America). Trent Reznor is basically saying he'd rather die than give in to temptation.

Speaking with Kerrang! in 2005, Trent Reznor said the song is "pretty much about yelling at a beast without putting a face to it."

This first appeared on the debut Nine Inch Nails album, Pretty Hate Machine, in October 1989. In America, it was issued as a single in March 1990, then in the UK in September. The song got such a buzz in the UK that Guns N' Roses brought the group along as an opening act on their European tour in August and September 1991.