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Aug 11th 2020!⃝It's about realizing that a lot of the pain and despair that consumes him is self-made. It doesn't come from an outside source, it's not a tragic tale of the world pushing him down, there is no antagonist to his story besides himself.
"There is no you," (all the "You's" he has vented his frustrations upon in past album,) "There is only me." (Taking responsibility that he is the creator of his misfortune.)
"I just made you up to hurt myself," is admission to this. He projected all his pain onto entities, so he could seethe in it, instead of moving on.
With Teeth is the rehabilitation album for NIN, and the end result of all the previous albums. It's the destination of their journey, where Trent comes to term with his truths, and finds a somber acceptance to them.
