Melissa Dunphy

Commissioned for the University of New South Wales Med Revue, "American Booty."

The Nine Inch Nails song "Closer" from The Downward Spiral reimagined as a Renaissance madrigal, complete with "fa la la"s and "hey nonny non"s.

Closer
By Trent Reznor

You let me violate you
You let me desecrate you
You let me penetrate you
You let me complicate you

(Help me) I broke apart my insides
(Help me) I've got no soul to sell
(Help me) the only thing that works for me
Help me get away from myself

I wanna fuck you like an animal
I wanna feel you from the inside
I wanna fuck you like an animal
My whole existence is flawed
You get me closer to God

You can have my isolation
You can have the hate that it brings
You can have my absence of faith
You can have my everything

(Help me) tear down my reason
(Help me) it's your sex I can smell
(Help me) you make me perfect
Help me become somebody else

I wanna fuck you like an animal
I wanna feel you from the inside
I wanna fuck you like an animal
My whole existence is flawed
You get me closer to God

Visit the official The Closer Madrigal website.

Performances

• 01 Aug, 2000: UNSW Med Revue at UNSW, Sydney, Australia