Jan 25 - Right Where It Belongs

"Right Where It Belongs" is the thirteenth track off the album With Teeth or Halo 19. It is the last song on Halo 19 and could not be more fitting. With the piano at the end, it gives a beautiful finality to this album. I love how the NINWiki describes this song, "Heavily atmospheric, its opening ambiance transitions from the end of "Beside You In Time" into its first quiet musical elements, a bouncing bass line and guitar riff accompanying a piano lead and soon Reznor's melodic vocals. New melodies and changes join Reznor's choruses, but all of the layers seem muffled and distant throughout. The second verse is characterized by a unique sonic change only found in this NIN song: upon singing the last line of the verse, all the layers become much clearer, soon joined by a cheering crowd erupting as the second and final chorus begins. Reznor quietly and wordlessly accompanies the repeating final piano melody, which ends the song alone."

Heavily atmospheric. Lovey way to describe this song.

    See the animal in his cage that you built
    Are you sure what side you're on?
    Better not look him too closely in the eye
    Are you sure what side of the glass you are on?
    See the safety of the life you have built
    Everything where it belongs
    Feel the hollowness inside of your heart
    And it's all
    Right where it belongs
    
    What if everything around you
    Isn't quite as it seems
    What if all the world you think know
    Is an elaborate dream?
    And if you look at your reflection
    Is that all you want to be?
    What if you could look right through the cracks
    Would you find yourself—find yourself afraid to see?
    
    What if all the world's inside of your head
    Just creations of your own?
    Your devils and your gods all the living and the dead
    And you're really all alone
    You can live in this illusion
    You can choose to believe
    You keep looking but you can't find the woods
    While you’re hiding in the trees
    
    What if everything around you
    Isn't quite as it seems
    What if all the world you used to know
    Is an elaborate dream?
    And if you look at your reflection
    Is that all you want to be?
    What if you could look right through the cracks
    Would you find yourself—find yourself afraid to see?

Would you?