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"Love Is Not Enough" is the fifth track on With Teeth. It was the first song Trent Reznor wrote for that album. It is sometimes referred to by its acronym LINE, though this may be confused with "The Line Begins to Blur." There is speculation that the title of the song comes from dialog in episode 27 (aka "The Path To The Black Lodge") of Twin Peaks. According to the US Copyright Office, the song had a working title of "The Clamp".
Beginning with a simple drum loop as the synthesizer's delay effect from the end of "The Hand That Feeds" fades away, a tom and bass drum pattern in a different drum loop soon enter on top. A loud, distorted verse bassline and vocals soon enter. A distorted guitar riff enters halfway through this verse, which then opens up into the chorus with more prominent guitars. Reznor's vocals in the choruses mark one of the first occasions he would add extra-lyrical "words," specifically "hey," in between the lyrics, a technique he would go on to use quite often in many songs on ensuing tours. A bridge featuring loud melodic guitar follows the second chorus, which resolves into a quieter denouement with repeated high register wordless background vocals. The song soon ends as suddenly as it began.
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