head like a hole.
god money i'll do anything for you.
god money just tell me what you want me to.
god money nail me up against the wall.
god money don't want everything he wants it all.
no you can't take it.
no no you can't take it.
(no you can't take that away from me)
head like a hole.
black as your soul.
i'd rather die than give you control.
head like a hole.
black as your soul.
i'd rather die than give you control.
bow down before the one you serve
you're going to get what you deserve
god money's not loking for the cure.
god money's not concerned about the sick among the pure
god money let's go dancing on the backs of the bruised.
god money's not one to choose.
no you can't take it.
no no you can't take it.
no you can't take that away from me
head like a hole.
black as your soul.
i'd rather die than give you control.
head like a hole.
black as your soul.
i'd rather die than give you control
bow down before the one you serve.
you're going to get what you deserve.
you know who you are
production: flood . trent reznor
engineering: flood . kennan keating . keith leblanc . doug de angelis . ken quartarone
additional remix production: keith leblanc
mix: keith leblanc
terrible lie.
hey God, why are you doing this to me?
am i not living up to what i'm supposed to be?
why am i seething with this animosity?
hey God, i think you owe me a great big apology
terrible lie
hey God, i really don't know what you mean.
seems like salvation comes only in our dreams.
i feel my hatred grow all the more extreme.
hey God, can this world really be as sad as it seems
terrible lie
don't take it away from me.
i need someone to hold on to.
don't take it away from me.
i need someone to hold on to
hey God, there's nothing left for me to hide.
i lost my ignorance, security and pride.
i'm all alone in a world you must despise.
hey God, i believed the promises, the promises and lies
terrible lie
you made me throw it all away.
my morals left to decay.
how many you betray.
you've taken everything
terrible lie
my head is filled with disease.
my skin is begging you please.
i'm on my hands and knees.
i want so much to believe.
i need someone to hold on to.
i need someone to hold on to.
i need someone.
i need someone.
i need someone to hold on to.
i give you everything.
my sweet everything
hey God, i really don't know who i am.
in this world of piss
production: flood . trent reznor
engineering: flood . john fryer . doug de angelis
mix: john fryer . trent reznor
down in it.
kinda like a cloud i was up way up in the sky and i was feeling some feeling you wouldn't believe.
sometimes i can't believe them myself and i decided i was never coming down.
just then a tiny little dot caught my eye it was just about too small to see.
but i watched it way too long and that dot was pulling me down
i was up above it.
now i'm down in it
well shut up so what does it matter now.
i was swiming in the haze now i crawl on the ground.
and everything i never liked about you is kind of seeping into me.
try to laugh about it now but isn't it funny how everything works out.
("i guess the jokes on me," she said).
i was up above it.
now i'm down in it
i used to be so big and strong.
i used to know my right from wrong.
i used to never be afraid.
i used to be somebody.
i used to have something inside.
now just this hole that's open wide.
i used to want it all.
i used to be somebody
i'll cross my heart and hope to die but the needle's already in my eye.
and all the worlds weight is on my back and i don't even know why.
and what i used to think was me is just a fading memory.
i looked him right in the eye and said "goodbye."
i was up above it.
now i'm down in it
production: trent reznor . adrian sherwood . keith leblanc
engineering: trent reznor . adrian sherwood . keith leblanc . kennen keating
mix: adrian sherwood
sanctified.
it's still getting worse after everything i tried.
what if i found a way to wash it all aside.
what if she thouches with those fingertips.
as the words spill out like fire from her lips
if she says come inside i'll come inside for her.
if she says give it all i'll give everything to her
i am justified.
i am purified.
i am sanctified.
inside you
Heaven's just a rumor she'll dispel.
as she walks me through the nicest parts of helll.
i still dream of lips i never should have kissed.
well she knows exactly what i can't resist
if she says come inside i'll come inside for her.
if she says give it all i'll give everything to her
i am justified.
i am purified.
i am sanctified.
inside you
i'm just caught up in another of her spells.
she's turning me into someone else.
every day i hope and pray that this will end.
but when i can i do it all again
if she says come inside i'll come inside for her.
if she says give it all i'll give everything to her
i am justified.
i am purified.
i am sanctified.
inside you
as surely as the blade's course is run.
maybe my kingdom's finally come
production: trent reznor . john fryer
engineer / mix: john fryer
something i can never have.
i still recall the taste of my tears.
echoing your voice just like the ringing in my ears.
my favorite dreams of you still wash ashore.
scraping through my head 'till i don't want to sleep anymore
come on tell me.
make this all go away.
you make this all go away.
i'm down to just one thing and i'm starting to scare myself.
make this all go away.
you make this all go away.
i just want something.
i just want something i can never have
you always were the one to show me how.
back then i couldn't do the things that i can do now.
this thing is slowly taking me apart.
grey would be the color if i had a heart
i just want something i can never have
in this place it seems like such a shame.
though it all looks different now, i know it's the same.
everywhere i look you're all i see.
just a fading fucking reminder of who i used to be
come on tell me.
make this all go away.
you make this all go away.
i'm down to just one thing and i'm starting to scare myself.
make this all go away.
you make this all go away.
i just want something.
i just want something i can never have.
i just want something i can never have
think i know what you meant.
that night on my bed.
still picking at this scab.
i wish you were dead.
your sweat and perry ellis.
just stains on my sheets
production: trent reznor . john fryer
engineer / mix: john fryer
kinda i want to.
i can't shake this feeling from my head.
there's a devil sleeping in my bed.
he's watching you from across the way.
i cannot make this feeling go away
i know it's not the right thing.
and i know it's not the good thing.
but kinda i want to
i'm not sure of what i should do.
when everything i'm thinking of is you.
all of my excuses turn to lies.
maybe God will cover up his eyes
i know it's not the right thing.
and i know it's not the good thing.
but kinda i want to.
kinda i want to
maybe just for tonight.
we can pretend it's alright.
what's the price i pay.
i don't care what they say.
i want to.
i want to (i'll take my chance tonight)
production: trent reznor . john fryer
engineering: john fryer . keith leblanc . kennan keating . ken quartarone
mix: john fryer . trent reznor . keith leblanc
sin.
you give me the reason.
you give me control.
i gave you my Purity.
my Purity you stole.
did you think i wouldn't recognize this compromise.
am i just to stupid to realize.
stale incense old sweat and lies lies lies
it comes down to this.
your kiss.
your fist.
and your strain.
it get's under my skin.
within.
take in.
the extent of my sin
you give me the anger.
you give the nerve.
carry out the sentence.
i get what i deserve.
i'm just an effigy to be defaced.
to be disgraced.
your need for me has been replaced.
and if i can't have everything well then just give me a taste
it comes down to this.
your kiss.
your fist.
and your strain.
it get's under my skin.
within.
take in.
the extent of my sin
production: trent reznor . john fryer (remix by keith leblanc)
engineering: john fryer . keith leblanc . kennan keating . ken quartarone
mix: keith leblanc . trent reznor
that's what i get.
just when everything was making sense.
you took away all my self confidence.
now all that i've been hearing must be true.
i guess i'm not the only boy for you
but that's what i get
how could you turn us into this?.
after you just taught me how to kiss you.
i told you i'd never say goodbye.
now i'm slipping on the tears you made me cry
but that's what i get
why does it come as a surprise.
to think that i was so naive.
maybe didn't mean so much.
but it meant everything to me
production: john fryer
engineering: john fryer mix: john fryer
the only time.
i'm drunk.
and right now i'm so in love with you.
and i don't want to think too much about what we should or shouldn't do.
lay my hands on Heaven and the sun and the moon and the stars.
while the devil wants to fuck me in the back of his car.
nothing quite like the feel of something new
maybe i'm all messed up.
maybe i'm all messed up in you
but this is the only time i really feel alive.
this is the only time i really feel alive
i swear.
i just found everything i need.
the sweat in your eyes the blood in your veins are listening to me.
well i want to drink it up and swim in it until i drown.
my moral standing is lying down.
nothing quite like the feel of something new
maybe i'm all messed up.
maybe i'm all messed up in you
but this is the only time i really feel alive.
this is the only time i really feel alive
i can't help thinking Christ never had it like this
production: trent reznor . keith leblanc . john fryer
engineering: john fryer . keith leblanc . kennan keating . ken quartarone
mix: keith leblanc
ringfinger.
well you've got me working so hard lately.
working my hands until they bleed.
if i was twice the man i could be.
i'd still be half of what you need.
still you lead me and i follow.
anything you ask you know i'll do.
but this one ask of consecration is what i ask of you
ringfinger.
promise carved in stone.
deeper than the sea.
ringfinger , sever flesh and bone
and offer it to me
you just leave me nailed here.
hanging like Jesus on this cross.
i'll be dying for your sins and aiding to the cause
ringfinger.
promise carved in stone.
deeper than the sea.
ringfinger.
sever flesh and bone
and offer it to me
wrap my eyes in bandages.
confessions i see through.
i get everything i want.
when i get part of you
ringfinger.
promise carved in stone.
deeper than the sea.
ringfinger.
sever flesh and bone
and offer it to me.
ringfinger.
promise carved in stone.
deeper than the sea.
ringfinger.
devil's flesh and bone.
do something for me
i'm so tired i can't get to sleep.
and the squeaking of the bed is right in time with the song that's repeating in my head.
i just want you to know
"when i do it, i only think of you."
production: trent reznor . john fryer
engineering: john fryer
mix: john fryer . trent reznor
pinion:
instrumental
writen, performed and produced by trent reznor
wish:
this is the first day of my last days i built it up now i take it apart climbed up real high now fall down real far no need for me to stay the last thing left i just through it away i put my faith in god and my trust in you now there's nothing more fucked up i could do wish there was something real wish there was something true wish there was something real in the world full of you i'm the one without a soul i'm the one with this big fucking hole no new tale to tell twenty-six years on my way to hell gotta listen to your big time hard line bad luck fist fuck don't think you're having all the fun you know me i hate everyone wish there was something real wish there was something true wish there was something real in the world full of you i want to but i can't turn back but i want to
writen and performed by trent reznor
produced by flood and trent reznor
last:
gave up trying to figure it out my head got lost along to way worn out from giving it up my soul i pissed it all away still stings these shattered nerves pigs we get what pigs deserve i'm going all the way down i'm leaving today come come come on you've got to fill me up come come gotta let me inside of you come come come on you've got to fix me up come come gotta let me inside of you still feel it all slipping away but it doesn't matter anymore everybody's still slipping away but it doesn't matter any more look through these blackened eyes you'll see ten thousand lies my lips may promise but my heart is a whore come come come on you've got to fill me up come come gotta let me inside of you come come come on you've got to fix me up come come gotta let me get through to you this isn't meant to last this is for right now i know it's all getting away it comes to me as no surprise i know what's coming to me is never going to arrive fresh blood through tired skin new sweat to drown me in dress up this rotten carcass just to make it look alive come come come on you've got to fill me up come come gotta let me inside of you come come come on you've got to fix me up come come gotta let me get through to you this isn't meant to last this is for right now i wish i could put the blame on you i want you to make me i want you to take me i want you to break me then i want you to throw me away
writen and performed by trent reznor
produced by flood and trent reznor
help me i am in hell:
instrumental
writen, performed and produced by trent reznor
happiness in slavery:
slave screams he thinks he knows what he wants slave screams thinks he has something to say slave screams he hears but doesn't want to listen slave screams he's being beat into submission don't open your eyes you won't like what you see the devils of truth steal the souls of the free don't open your eyes take it from me i have found you can find happiness in slavery slave screams he spends his life learning conformity slave screams he claims he has his own identity slave screams he's going to cause to system to fall slave screams but he's glad to be chain to that wall don't open your eyes you won't like what you see the blind have been blessed with security don't open your eyes take it from me i have found you can find happiness in slavery i don't know what i am i don't know where i've been human junk just words and so much skin stick my hands though the cage of this endless routine just some flesh caught in this big broken machine
writen, performed and produced by trent reznor
gave up:
perfect little dream the kind that hurts the most forgot how it feels well almost no one to blame always the same open my eyes wake up in flames it took you to make me realize it took you to make me realize it took you to make me realize it took you to make me see the light smashed up my sanity smashed up integrity smashed up what i believed in smashed up what's left of me smashed up my everything smashed up all that was true gonna smash myself to pieces i don't know what else to do covered in hope and vaseline still cannot fix this broken machine watching the hole it used to be mine just watching it burn in my steady systematic decline of the trust i will betray give it to me i throw it away after everything i've done i hate myself for what i've become i tried i gave up throw it away
writen and performed by trent reznor
produced by flood and trent reznor
physical:
I wanna take you baby
I wanna take you out
I wanna wine and dine you
Oh I wanna twist and twist and shout
I want you hot in my arms
So soft on my bed
You get the key to my heart
Oh when you wear that sweet dress
But you're too physical physical to me
You're just too physical physical no to me
I want your rough house baby
I want this right in your ear
You let me feel your danger
I let you make this feeling clear here
I want the touch of your charms
The heat of your breath
I wanna say all those things
That would be better unsaid
No
But you're too physical physical to me
You're just too physical oh
You're too physical for me
You're too physical to me
You're really jus- just too- just
Too really fuck no
You're just too physical
You're just too physical
Too fucking physical
No no no no no no no
Oh you're too physical
Just too physical
Just too
performed and produced by:trent reznor
written by:adam ant
suck:
There is no god up in the sky tonight
No sign of heaven anywhere in sight
All that was true is left behind
Once I could see now I am blind
Don't want your dreams you try to sell
This disease I give to myself
How does it feel?
How does it feel?
She makes it sweeter than the sun
I get too tight I come undone
I bow my head to confess
The temple walls are made of flesh
Runs up my arms 'til I'm on track
Itches my skin right off of my back
I'll heal your wounds
I'll set you free
I'm Jesus Christ on Ecstacy
How does it feel?
How does it feel?
I am so dirty on the inside
I am so dirty on the inside
I am so dirty on the inside
I am so dirty on the inside
How does it feel?
How does it feel?
Suck
Suck
Suck
Suck
A thousand lips a thousand tongues
A thousand throats a thousand lungs
A thousand ways to make it true
I want to do terrible things to you
everything by:trent reznor
Fixed:
gave up
give it to me i throw it away
give it to me i throw it away
covered in hope and vaseline
still cannot fix this broken machine
watching the hole it used to be mine
just watching it burn in my steady systematic decline
of the trust i will betray
give it to me i throw it away
after everything i've done i hate myself for what i've become
give it to me i throw it away
give it to me i throw it away
throw it away
it took you to make me realize
it took you to make me realize
it took you to make me realize?
it took you to make me see the light
it took you to make me realize
it took you to make me realize
it took you to make me realize?
it took you to make me see the light
it took you to make me realize
it took you to make me realize
it took you to make me realize?
it took you to make me see the light
Written and performed by: Trent Reznor
Remixed by: Coil with Danny Hyde at Matrix (London)
throw this away
i want you to take me
i want you to take me
i want you to break me
and i want you throw me away
i want you to take me
i want you to take me
i want you to break me
and i want you throw me away
i want you to take me
i want you to take me
i want you to break me
and i want you throw me away
i want you to take me
i want you to take me
i want you to break me
and i want you throw me away
Written and performed by: Trent Reznor
Assembled by: Trent Reznor and Chris Vrenna with end portion created by Butch Vig
fist fuck
instrumental
Written and performed by: Trent Reznor
Remixed by: J.G. Thirlwell
screaming slave
instrumental
given birth by: t. reznor, c. vrenna, bill kennedy, sean beavan and martin brumbach with pain courtesy of bob flanagan
Mr. Self Destruct
i am the voice inside your head and i control you
i am the lover in your bed and i control you
i am the sex that you provide and i control you
i am the hate you try to hide and i control you
i take you where you want to go
i give you all you need to know
i drag you down i use you up
mr self destruct
i speak religion's message clear and i control you
i am denial guilt and fear and i control you
i am the prayers of the naive and i control you
i am the lie that you believe and i control you
i take you where you want to go
i give you all you need to know
i drag you down i use you up
mr self destruct
i am the needle in your vein and i control you
i am the high you can't sustain and i control you
i am the pusher i'm a whore and i control you
i am the need you have for more and i control you
i am the bullet in the gun and i control you
i am the truth from which you run and i control you
i am the silencing machine and i control you
i am the end of all your dreams and i control you
i take you where you want to go
i give you all you need to know
i drag you down i use you up
mr self destruct
production: flood and trent reznor mixing engineer: alan moulder texture generating guitars: adrian belew
Piggy
hey pig
yeah you
hey pig piggy pig pig pig
all of my fears came true
black and blue and broken bones you left me here i'm all alone
my little piggy needed something new
nothing can stop me now
i don't care anymore
nothing can stop me now
i just don't care
hey pig
nothing's turning out the way i planned
hey pig there's a lot of things i hoped you could help me understand
what am i supposed to do i lost my shit because of you
nothing can stop me now
i don't care anymore
nothing can stop me now
i just don't care
nothing can stop me now
you don't need me anymore
production: flood and trent reznor mixing engineer: alan moulder
Heresy
he sewed his eyes shut because he is afraid to see
he tries to tell me what i put inside of me
he's got the answers to ease my curiosity
he dreamed up a god and called it christianity
your god is dead and no one cares
if there is a hell i will see you there
he flexed his muscles to keep his flock of sheep in line
he made a virus that would kill off all the swine
his perfect kingdom of killing, suffering and pain
demands devotion atrocities done in his name
your god is dead and no one cares
drowning in his own hypocrisy
and if there is a hell i will see you there
burning with your god in humility
will you die for this?
production: trent reznor mixing engineer: alan moulder
March Of The Pigs
step right up
march
push
crawl right up on your knees
please
greed
feed
(no time to hesitate)
i want a little bit
i want a piece of it
i think he's losing it
i want to watch it come down
don't like the look of it
don't like the taste of it
don't like the smell of it
i want to watch it come down
all the pigs are all lined up
i give you all that you want
take the skin and peel it back
now doesn't that make you feel better?
shove it up inside surprise!
lies
stains like the blood on your teeth
bite
chew
suck away the tender parts
i want to break it up
i want to smash it up
i want to fuck it up
i want to watch it come down
maybe afraid of it
let's discredit it
let's pick away at it i want to watch it come down
now doesn't that make you feel better?
the pigs have won tonight
now they can all sleep soundly
and everything is all right
production: trent reznor mixing engineer: alan moulder
Closer
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 want to fuck you like an animal
i want to feel you from the inside
i want to 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 its' your sex i can smell
help me you make me perfect, help me become somebody else
i want to fuck you like an animal
i want to feel you from the inside
i want to fuck you like an animal
my whole existence is flawed
you get me closer to god
through every forest, above the trees
within my stomach, scraped off my knees
i drink the honey inside your hive
you are the reason i stay alive
production:trent reznor, john fryer engineer/mix:john fryer
Ruiner
you had all of them on your side, didn't you?
you believe in all your lies, didn't you?
the ruiner's got a lot to prove he's got nothing to lose and now he made you believe
the ruiner's your only friend well he's the living end to the cattle he deceives
the raping of the innocent you know the ruiner ruins everything he sees
now the only pure thing left in my fucking world is wearing your disease
how did you get so big?
how did you get so strong?
how did you get so hard?
how did you get so long?
you had to give them all a sign, didn't you?
you had to covet what was mine, didn't you?
the ruiner's a collector he's an infector serving his shit to his flies
maybe there will come a day when those that you keep blind will suddenly realize
maybe it's a part of me you took to a place i hoped it would never go
and maybe that fucked me up so much more than you'll ever know
how did you get so big?
how did you get so strong?
how did you get so hard?
how did you get so long?
what you gave to me
my perfect ring of scars
you know i can see what you really are
you didn't hurt me nothing can hurt me
you didn't hurt me nothing can stop me now
production: flood and trent reznor mixing engineer: alan moulder
The Becoming
i beat my machine it's a part of me it's inside of me
i'm stuck in this dream it's changing me i am becoming
the me that you know had some second thoughts
he's covered with scabs and he is broken and sore
the me that you know doesn't come around much
that part of me isn't here anymore
all pain disappears it's the nature of my circuitry
drowns out all i hear there's no escape from this my new consciousness
that me that you know used to have feelings
but the blood has stopped pumping and he's left to decay
the me that you know is now made up of wires
and even when i'm right with you i'm so far away
i can try to get away but i've strapped myself in
i can try to scratch away the sound in my ears
i can see it killing away all my bad parts
i don't want to listen but it's all too clear
hiding backwards inside of me i feel so unafraid
annie, hold a little tighter i might just slip away
it won't give up it wants me dead
goddamn this noise inside my head
production: flood and trent reznor mixing engineer: alan moulder ring mod guitar: adrian belew arp 2600: flood
I Do Not Want This
i'm losing ground
you know how this world can beat you down
i'm made of clay
i fear i'm the only one who thinks this way
i'm always falling down the same hill
bamboo puncturing this skin
and nothing comes bleeding out of me just like a waterfall i'm drowning in
2 feet below the surface i can still make out your wavy face
and if i could just reach you maybe i could leave this place
i do not want this
i do not want this
i do not want this
i do not want this
don't you tell me how i feel
don't you tell me how i feel
don't you tell me how i feel
you don't know just how i feel
i stay inside my bed
i have lived so many lives all in my head
don't tell me that you care
there really isn't anything, is there?
you would know, wouldn't you?
you extend your hand to those who suffer
to those who know what it really feels like
to those who've had a taste
like that means something
and oh so sick i am
and maybe i don't have a choice
and maybe that is all i have
and maybe this is a cry for help
i do not want this
i do not want this
i do not want this
i do not want this
don't you tell me how i feel
don't you tell me how i feel
don't you tell me how i feel
you don't know just how i feel
i want to know everything
i want to be everywhere
i want to fuck everyone in the world
i want to do something that matters
production: trent reznor mixing engineer: alan moulder drum performance: stephen perkins drum treatments: flood and trent reznor
Big Man With A Gun
i am a big man
(yes i am)
and i have a big gun
got me a big old dick and i
i like to have fun
held against your forehead
i'll make you suck it
maybe i'll put a hole in your head
you know, just for the fuck of it
i can reduce you if i want
i can devour
i'm hard as fucking steel, and i've got the power
i'm every inch a man, and i'll show you somehow
me and my fucking gun
nothing can stop me now
shoot shoot shoot shoot shoot
i'm going to cum all over you
me and my fucking gun
me and my fucking gun
production: trent reznor mixing engineers: bill kennedy, sean beavan additional guitars: danny lohner steakhouse: tommy lee
A Warm Place
instrumental
production: flood and trent reznor mixing engineer: alan moulder
Eraser
need you
dream you
find you
taste you
fuck you
use you
scar you
break you
lose me
hate me
smash me
erase me
production: flood and trent reznor mixing engineer: alan moulder
Reptile
she spread herself wide open to let the insects in
she leaves a trail of honey to show me where she's been
she has the blood of reptile just underneath her skin
seeds from a thousand others drip down from within
oh my beautiful liar
oh my precious whore
my disease my infection
i am so impure
devils speak of the ways in which she'll manifest
angels bleed from the tainted touch of my caress
need to contaminate to alleviate this loneliness
i now know the depths i reach are limitless
oh my beautiful liar
oh my precious whore
my disease my infection
i am so impure
production: flood and trent reznor mixing engineer: alan moulder
The Downward Spiral
he couldn't believe how easy it was
he put the gun into his face
bang!
(so much blood from such a tiny little hole)
problems have solutions
a lifetime of fucking things up fixed in one determined flash
everything's blue
in this world
the deepest shade of mushroom blue
all fuzzy
spilling out of my head
production: trent reznor mixing engineer: alan moulder drums: andy kubiszewski
Hurt
i hurt myself today
to see if i still feel
i focus on the pain
the only thing that's real
the needle tears a hole
the old familiar sting
try to kill it all away
but i remember everything
what have i become?
my sweetest friend
everyone i know
goes away in the end
you could have it all
my empire of dirt
i will let you down
i will make you hurt
i wear my crown of shit
on my liar's chair
full of broken thoughts
i cannot repair
beneath the stain of time
the feeling disappears
you are someone else
i am still right here
what have i become?
my sweetest friend
everyone i know
goes away in the end
you could have it all
my empire of dirt
i will let you down
i will make you hurt
if i could start again
a million miles away
i would keep myself
i would find a way
production and mix: trent reznor drums: chris vrenna
(left)
Somewhat Damaged
so impressed with all you do
tried so hard to be like you
flew to high and burnt the wing
lost my faith in everything
lick around divine debris
taste the wealth of hate in me
shedding skin succumb defeat
this machine is obsolete
made the choice to go away
drink the fountain of decay
tear a hole exqisite red
fuck the rest and stab it red
broken ruised forgotten sore
to fucked up to care anymore
poisoned to my rotten core
to fucked uo to care anymore
in off the side far away is a place where i hide where i stay i tried to ask i needed to all alone by myself where were you?
how could i ever think it's funny how everything thas swore it wouldn't change is different now just like you would always say we'll make it through then my head fell apart
and where were you?
how i could i ever think it's funny how everything you swore would never change is different now like you said you and me make it through didn't quite feel apart
where the fuck were you
THE DAY THE WHOLE WORLD WENT AWAY
I'D LISTEN TO THE WORDS HE'D SAY
BUT IN HIS VOICE I HEARD DECAY
THE PLASTIC FACE FORCED TO PORTRAY
ALL THE INSIDES LEFT COLD AND GRAY
THERE IS A PLACE THAT STILL REMAINS
IT EATS THE FEAR IT EATS THE PAIN
THE SWEETEST PRICE HE'LL HAVE TO PAY
THE DAY THE WHOLE WORLD WENT AWAY
NA NA NAH
NA NA NA ,NAH
NA NA NAH
NA NA NA, NAH
The Frail
THE WRETCHED
just a reflection
just a glimpse
just a litle reminder
of all the what abouts
and all the might have
could have beens
another day
some other way
but not another reason to continue
and now your one of us
the wretched
the hopes and prays
for better day
the far aways
forget it
it didn't turn out the way you wanted it to
it didn't turn out the way you wanted it ,did it?
it didn't turn out the way you wanted it to
it didn't turn out the way you wanted it to ,did it?
now you know
this is what it feels like
now you know
this is what it feels like
the clouds will part and the sky cracks opeand god himself wil reach his fucking arm through
JUST TO PUSH YOU DOWN JUST TO HOLD YOU DOWN
stuck in this hole with the shit and the piss
and it's hard to believe it could come down to this
back at the beginning
sinking
spinning
and in the end
we still pretend
the time we spend
not knowing when
you're finally free
and you could be
but it didn't turn out the way you wanted it
it didn't turn out quite the way you wanted it to
now you know this is what it feels like
now you know
this is what it feels like
you can try to stop it but it keeps on coming
you can try to stop it but
WE'RE IN THIS TOGETHER
i've become impossible
holding on to when
everything seemed to matter more
the two of us
all used and beaten up
watching fate as it flows down the path we
have chose
you and me we're in his together now
none of them can stop us now
we will make it through somehow
you and me
if the world should break in two
until the very end of me
until the very end of you
awake to the sound as the peel apart the skin
they pick and they pull
trying to get their fingers in
well they've got to kill what we found
well they've got to hate what hey fear
well they've got to make it go away
well they've got to make it dissapear
the farther i fall i'm beside you
as lost as i get i will find
the deeper the wound i'm inside you
for ever and ever i am a part of
you and me
we're in this together now
none of them can stop us now
we will make it through somehow
you and me
if the world should break in two
until thw vey end of me
untill the very end of you
all the we were is gone we have to hold on
all that we were is gone we have to hold on
when all our hope is gone we have to hold on
all that we were s gone but we can hold on
you and me
we're in this together now
none of them can stop us now
we will make i through somehow
we will make it through somehow
even after everything
you're the queen and i'm the king
nothing else means anything
TheFragile
she shines
in a world of uglyness
she matters
when everything is meaningless
fragile
she doesn't she her beauty
she tries to get away
sometimes
it's just that nothing seems worth saving
i can't watch her slip away
i won't let you you fall apart
she reads the minds of all the people as they pass her by hoping somone will see
if i could fix myself i'd-
but it's to late for me
i won't let you fall apart
we'll find the perfect place to go where we can run and hide
i'll build a wall and we can keep them on the other side
...but they keep waiting
....and picking....
it's something i have to do
i was there,too
before everything else
i was like you
Just Like You Imagined
even deeper
i woke up today
to find myself in the other place
with a trail of my footprints
from where i ran away
it seems everything i've heard
just might be true
and you know me
(well you think you do)
sometimes,i have everything-
yet i wish i felt something
do you know how far this has gone?
just how damaged have i become?
when i think i can't overcome
it runs ever deeper
and in a dream im a different me
with a perect you
we fit perfectly
and for once in my life feel complete
and i still want to ruin it
afraid to look
as clear as day
this plan has long been underway
i hear them call
i cannot stay
the voice iviting me away
do you know how far this has gone
just how damaged have i become?
when i think i can overcome
it runs even deeper
eveything that matters is gone
all the hands of hope have withdrawn
could you try to help me hangon?
it runs...
i'm straight
i won't crack
on my way
and i can't turn back
i'm ok
i'm on track
i'm on my way
and i can't turn back
i stayed
on this track
gone too far
and i can't come back
i stayed
on this track
lost my way
can't come back
no, you don't
smiling in their faces
while filling up the hole
so many dirty litle places
in your filthy litle worn out
broken down see trough souls
baby's got a problem
tries so hard to hide
got to keep it on the surface
teeth in the necks of everyone you know
you can keep on sucking until the blood won't flow
when it starts to hurt it only helps it grow
taking all you need
(but not this time)
no, you don't
and just for the record
just so you know
i did not beleive
that you could sink so low
you think can beat them
i know that you won't
you think you have everything
but no ,you dont
no, you don't
no , you don't
La Mer
AND WHEN THE DAY ARRIVES
I'LL BECOME THE SKY
AND I'LL BECOME THE SEA
AND THE SEA WILL COME TO KISS ME
FOR I AM GOING
HOME
NOTHING CAN STOP ME NOW
La Mer In French
Et quand le jour arrive Je deviendrai le ciel et je deviendrai la mer. Et le cometo de volonté de mer m'embrassent. Moi vais chercher, à la maison. Rien ne peut m'arrêter maintenant.
The Great Below
staring at the sea
will she come?is there hope for me
after all is said and done
anything at any price
all of this for for
all the spoils of a wasted life
all of this for you
all the world has closed her eyes
tired faith all torn and thin
for all that we could have been
ocean pulls me close and whispers in my ear
the distiny i've chose
all becoming clear
the currents have their say
the time is drawing near
washes me away
makes me disappear
i decend from grace
in arms of undertow
i will take my place
in the great below
i can still feel you
even so far way
(Right)
The way out is Through
ALL I'VE UNDERGONE
I WILL KEEP ON
UNDERNEATH IT ALL
WE FEEL SO SMALL
THE HEAVENS FALL
BUT WE STILL CRAWL
ALL I'VE UNDERGONE
I WILL KEEP ON
INTO THE VOID
TRIED TO SAVE MYSELF BUT MYSELF KEEPS SLIPPING AWAY
TALKING TO MYSELF ALL THE WAY TO THE STATION
PICTURES IN MY HEAD OF THE FINAL DESTINATION
ALL LINED UP
(ALL THE ONES THAT AREN'T ALLOWED TO STAY)
TRIED TO SAVE MYSELF BUT MYSELF KEEPS SLIPPING AWAY
TRIED TO SAVE A PLACE FROM THE CUTS AND SCRATCHES
TRIED TO OVERCOME MY COMPLICATIONS AND THE CATCHES
NOTHING EVER GROWS AND THE SUN DOENT SHINE ALL DAY
TRIED TO SAVE MYSELF BUT MYSELF KEEPS SLIPPING AWAY
TRIED TO SAVE MYSELF BUT MYSELF KEEPS SLIPPING AWAY
WHERE IS EVERYBODY?
did you happen to catch
or did it happen so fast
what you thought would always last
has past you by
is everything speeding up
or am i slowing down
just spinning around
and i dont know why
all the pieces don't fit
thought i didn't really give a shit
i never wanted to be like you
but for i aspire
i am really i liar
an i'm running out of things i can do
i'd like to stay
but everyday
everything pushes me away
if you could show
help me to know
how it's supposed to be
where did it go?
pleading and
needing and
bleeding and
feeding
exceeding
where is everybody?
trying and
lying
defying
denying
crying and
dying
where is everybody?
well okay enough
you've had your fun
but come on there has got to be someone
thats hasn't yet become
so numb
and succumb
and
god damn i am so tired of pretending
of wishing i was ending
when all i'm really doing is trying to hide
and keep it inside
and fill it with lies
open my eyes?
maybe i wish i could try
>
pleading and
needing and
bleeding and
feeding
exceeding
where is everybody?
trying and
lying
defying
denying
crying and
dying
where is everybody?
The Mark Has Been Made
PLEASE
this is how
it begins
PUSH IT AWAY BUT IT ALL COMES BACK AGAIN
ALL THE FLESH
ALL THE SKIN
THERE WAS A TIME WHEN IT USED TO MEAN JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING
JUST LIKE NOW
BREATHE,ECHOING THE SOUND
TIME STARTS SLOWING DOWN
SINK UNTIL I DROWN
(PLEASE)I DON'T EVER WANT TO MAKE IT STOP
AND IT KEEPS REPEATING
WILL YOU PLEASE COMPLETE ME?
NEVER BE ENOUGH
TO FILL ME UP
WATCH THE WHITE
TURN TO RED
IT FILLS UP THE HOLE BUT IT GROWS SOMEWHERE ELSE INSTEAD
ALL MY LIFE
YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH,BUT IT JUST LEFT ME DEAD
(WELL GUESS WHAT?)
THE WORLD IS OVER AND I RELIZED IT WAS ALL IN MY HEAD
NOW EVERYTHING IS CLEAR
I ERASE THE FEAR
I CAN DISAPPEAR
(PLEASE)I DON'T WANT IT TO EVER STOP
YOU CAN NEVER LEAVE ME
WILL YOU PLEASE COMPLETTER ME
NEVER BE ENOUGH
TO FILL ME UP
Starfuckers, inc.
my god sits in the back of the limousine
my god comes in a wrapper of cellophane
my god pouts of the cover of the magazine
my god's a shallow litle bitch trying to make the scene
i have arrived at this time you should beleive the hype
i listened to everyone now i know that everyone was right
i'll be there for you as long as it works for me
i play a game
it's call insincerity
star fuckers
starfuckers
starfuckers,inc.
starfuckers
i am every fucking thing and just a litle more
i sold my sole don't you dare call me a whore
and when i suck you up not a drop will go to waste
it's really not so bad once you get past the taste
>
star fuckers
starfuckers
starfuckers,inc.
starfuckers
all our pain how did we ever get by without you?
you're so vain
i bet you think this song is about you
don't you?
don't you?
don't you? don't you?
now i'm one of the chosen ones
now i belong to one of the beautiful ones
Complication
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO JOINING YOU FINALLY
as black as the night can get
everything is safer now
there's always a way to forget
once you learn to find a way how
in the blur of serenity
where did everything get lost?
te flowers of naivete
buried in a layer of frost
the smell of sunshine
i remember sometimes
though he had it all before they called his bluff
found out that his skin wasn't thick enough
wanted to back to how it was before
thought he lost everything then he lost a whole lot more
a fools devotion
swallowed up an empty space
the tears of regret
frozen to the side of his face
the smell of sunshine i remember sometimes
i've done all i can do
could i please come with you?
sweet smell of sunshine
i remember sometimes
(for clara)
the big come down
there is a game i play
try to make myself okay
try so hard make the pieces all fit
smash it apart
just for the fuck of it
bye bye oooh
got to get back to the bottom
bye bye oooh
the big come down isn't that what you wanted?
bye bye oooh
find a place with th failed and forgotton
bye bye ooh
there is no place i can go there is no way i can hide
it feel like it keeps coming from the inside
there is a hate the burns within
the most desperate place i have even been
try to get to where i'm from
the closer i get the worse it becomes
the closer i get the worse it becomes
the is not place i can go there is no place i can hide
it feels like it keeps coming from the inside
UNDERNEATH IT ALL
all i do
i can stil feel you
numb all through
i can still feel you
hear your call
underneath it all
kill my brain
yet you still remain
crucified after all i've died
you are still inside
all i do
i can still feel you
you remain
i am stained
ripe (with decay)
Burn
this world rejects me
this world threw me away
this world never gave me a chance
this world's gonna have to pay
i don't believe in your institutions
i did what you wanted me to
like cancer in the system
i've got a little suprise for you
something inside of me has opened up its eyes
why did you put it there did you not realize
this thing inside of me it screams the loudest sound
sometimes i think i could
burn
i look down there where you're standing
flock of sheep out on display
saw your lives burned up around you
i can take it all away
something inside of me has opened up its eyes
why did you put it there did you not realize
this thing inside of me it screams the loudest sound
sometimes i think i could
i'm gonna burn this whole world down
i never was a part of you burn
i am the agent i never was a part of you burn
i am corruption i never was a part of you burn
i am the angel i never was a part of you burn
of your destruction i never was a part of you burn
i am subversion i never was a part of you burn
secret desire i never was a part of you burn
i am your future i never was a part of you burn
swallow down all that fire
dead souls
Someone take these dreams away
That point me to another day
A duel of personalities
That stretch all true reality
They keep calling me
Keep on calling me
They keep calling me
Keep on calling me
When figures from the past stand tall
And mocking voices ring the hall
Imperialistic house of prayer
Conquistadores who took their share
They keep calling me
Keep on calling me
They keep calling me
Keep on calling me
Calling me, Calling me [x2]
They keep calling me
Keep on calling me
They keep calling me
Keep on calling me
get down, make love
by Freddie Mercury (Queen/News of the World, 1977)
covered by NIN/Sin single (Halo 4, track 3)
-How old were you when you first let a man make love to you? Next,
who was he? Next, how did you feel at the time? Next, how did you
feel afterward? What did you feel, what did you think, were you
pleased, frightened, ecstatic, disgusted? What did he say, what
words did you speak, that's what I want to know, now, tell me, now,
now, all of it, now,tell me, yes!
Get down, make love X3
You take my body-
I give you heat
You say you hungry-
I give you meat
I suck your mind-
You blow my head
Make love - inside your bed
Everybody-
Get down make love X4
Every time I get hot, you wanna cool down-
Every time I get high, you wanna go down-
You say it's enough, in fact it's too much-
Every time I wanna get down, get down, make love-
I can squeeze, you can shake me
I can feel, when you break me
Come on so heavy-then you take me-
You make love, you make love, you make love, you make love-
You can make - everybody
Get down, make love X2
Every time I get high, you wanna go down-
Every time I get hot you say you wanna cool down-
You say it's enough, in fact it's too much-
Every time I wanna get down, get down, get down make love-
Get down, make love X4 (over assorted moans)
Every time I get high, you wanna go down-
Every time I get hot you say you wanna cool down-
You say it's enough, in fact it's too much-
Every time I wanna get down, get down, get down make love-
Deep
blank stare
disrepair
there's a big black hole gonna eat me up someday
someday
fades away
like a memory - or a place that you'd rather be
some place
lost in space
itch in my head that's telling me somewhere
somewhere
out there anywhere I don't care get me out of here
if I could feel
all the pins and the pricks
if you were real
I could take what's apart and put it back together
this will come true
help me get through
into you
deep deep deep deep deep deep deep deep
all I can do
driving me through
into you
deep deep deep deep deep deep deep deep
one track
got you on your back
your skin speaks up but your lips couldn't say it
right now I know somehow
we could take the chance and we could make it
make it
right here make it all disappear
everything that we've been missing
missing
you make me feel
that there's a part of me
that I want to get back again
make this come true
help me get through
into you
deep deep deep deep deep deep deep deep
all I can do
pushing it through
into you
deep deep deep deep deep deep deep deep
all I can do
driving on through
into you
deep deep deep deep deep deep deep deep
you're slipping through
I'm coming to
into you
deep deep deep deep deep deep deep deep
we could become
two into one
leave this behind
over and done
everything new
I'm getting through
into you
The Perfect Drug
i've got my head but my head is unraveling
can't keep control can't keep track of where it's traveling
i got my heart but my heart is no good
when you're the only one that's understood
i come along but i don't know where you're taking me
i shouldn't go but you're reaching, dragging, shaking me
turn off the sun pull the stars from the sky
the more i give to you the more i die
and i want you
and i want you
and i want you
and i want you
you are the perfect drug…the perfect drug…the perfect drug
you are the perfect drug…the perfect drug…the perfect drug
you make me hard when i'm all soft inside
i see the truth when i'm all stupid eyed
your arrow goes straight through my heart
without you everything just falls apart
my blood wants to say hello to you
my fear is born again inside of you
my soul is so afraid to realize
how very little there is left of me
and i want you
and i want you
and i want you
and i want you
you are the perfect drug…the perfect drug…the perfect drug
you are the perfect drug…the perfect drug…the perfect drug
take me with you
take me with you
take me wiht you
take me wiht you
without you…without you everything falls apart
without you…it's not as much fun to pick up the pieces
without you…without you everything falls apart
without you…it's not as much fun to pick up the pieces
it's not as much fun to pick up the pieces
it's not as much fun to pick up the pieces
without you…without you everything falls apart
without you…it's not as much fun to pick up the pieces
