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Nine Inch Nails
Broken
1992
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1: Wish
2: Last
3: Happiness In Slavery
4: Gave Up
1: 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 threw 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 this 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 this world full of you
i want to but i can't turn back
but i want to
2: Last
gave up trying to figure out my head got lost along the 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 gotta fill me up
come come gotta let me inside of you
come come come on you're gotta 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 chipping away but it doesn't matter anymore
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 gotta fill me up
come come gotta let me inside of you
come come come on you're gotta 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 gotta fill me up
come come gotta let me inside of you
come come come on you're gotta 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
3: 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 the system to fall
slave screams but he's glad to be chained 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 thru the cage of this endless routine
just some flesh caught in this big broken machine
4: 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 my 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
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she reads the minds of all the people as they pass her by
hoping someone can see
if i could fix myseld i'd-
but it's too late for me
i wont 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 everyhting else
i was like you
7: Just Like You Imagined
instrumental
8: even deeper
i woke up today
to find myself in the other place
with a trail of 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 overcome
it runs even deeper
and in a dream i'm a different me
with a perfect you
we fit perfectly
and for once in my life i 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 inviting 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
everything that matters is gone
all the hands of hope have withdrawn
could you try to help me hang on?
it runs...
i straight
i won't crack
on my way
and i can't turn back
i'm okay
i'm on track
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
9: Pilgrimage
instrumental
10: No, You Don't
smiling in thier faces
while filling up the hole
so many dirty little places
in your filthy little worn out
broken down see through soul
baby's got a problem
tries so hard to hide
got to keep it on the surface
because everything else is dead on the other side
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 believe
that you could sink so low
you think that you can beat them
i know that you won't
you think you have everything
but no, you don't
no, you don't
no, you don't
no, you don't
no, you don't
11: 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
12: 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 you
all the spoils of a wasted life
all of this for you
all the world has closed her eyes
tried faith all worn and thin
for all we could have done
and all that could have been
ocean pulls me close
and whispers in my ear
the destiny i've chose
all becoming clear
the currents have their say
the time is drawing near
washes me away
makes me disappear
i descend from grace
in arms of undertow
i will take my place
in the geat below
i can still feel you
even so far away
13: The Way Out is Through
all i've undergone
i will keep on
underneath it all
we feel so small
the heavens fall
but still we crawl
all i've undergone
i will keep on
14: 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 one's that aren't allowed to stay)
tried to save myself but myself keeps slipping away
tried to save a place from the cuts and the scratches
tried to overcome the complications and the catches
nothing ever grows and the sun doesn't shine all day
tried to save myself but myself keeps slipping away
tried to save myself but myself keeps slipping away
15: Where is Everybody?
did you happen to catch
or did it happen so fast
what you thought would always last
has passed you by
is everything speeding up
or am i slowing down
just spinning around
and i don't know why
all the pieces don't fit
thought i didn't give a shit
i never wanted to be like you
but for all i aspire
i am really a liar
and i'm running out of things i can do
i'd like to stay
but every day
everything pushes me further away
if you couls show
help me to know
how it's supposed to be
where did it go?
pleading and
needing and
bleeding and
breeding 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 thare has to be someone
that 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
breeding and
feeding
exceeding
where is everybody?
trying and
lying
defying
denying
crying and
dying
where is everybody?
16: The Mark Has Been Made
instrumental
17: Please
this is how
it begins
push it away but it all comes back again
all the flesh
all the sin
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 realize it was all in my head
now everything is clear
i erase the fear
i can disappear
(please) i don't ever want to make it stop
you can never leave me
will you pleaseb complete me
never be enough
to fill me up
18: Starfuckers, Inc.
my god sits in the back of the limousine
my god comes in a wrapper of cellophane
my god pouts on the cover of the magazine
my god's a shallow little bitch trying to make the scene
i have arrived and this time you should believe 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 called insincerity
starfuckers
starfuckers
starfuckers, inc.
starfuckers
i am every fucking thing and just a little more
i sold my soul but don't you dare call me a whore
and when i suck you off not a drop will go to waste
it's really not so bad you know once you get past the taste, yeah
(asskisser)
starfuckers
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 belong i'm one of the chosen ones
now i belong i'm one of the beautiful ones
19: Complication
instrumental
20: 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?
the flowers of naivete
buried in a layer of frost
the smell of sunshine
i remember sometimes
thought he had it all before they called his bluff
found out that his skin just wasn't thick enough
wanted to go back to how it was before
thought he lost everything
then he lost a whole lot more
a fool's devotion
swallowed up in 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
21: The Big Come Down
there is a game i play
try to make myself okay
try so hard to 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 the failed and forgotten
bye bye oooh
isn't that really what you wanted now?
there is no place i can go there is no way i can hide
it feels like it keeps coming from the inside
there is a hate that burns within
the most desperate place i have ever been
try to get back to where i'm from
the closer i get the worse it becomes
the closer i get the worse it becomes
there is no place i can go there is no place i can hide
it feels like it keeps coming from the inside
22: Underneath it All
all i do
i can still 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
after all i've tried
you are still inside
all i do
i can still feel you
you remain
i am stained
23: Ripe (with decay)
instrumental
Pretty Hate Machine
1989
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1: Head Like A Hole
2: Terrible Lie
3: Down It All
4: Sanctified
5: Something I Can Never Have
6: Kinda I Want To
7: Sin
8: That's What I Get
9: The Only Time
10: Ringfinger
1: 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.
Bridge: no you can't take it
no you can't take it
no you can't take that away from me
no you can't take it
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.
Chorus: bow down before the one you serve.
you're going to get what you deserve.
bow down before the one you serve.
you're going to get what you deserve.
god money's not looking for the cure.
god money's not concerned with the sick amongst the pure.
god money let's go dancing on the backs of the bruised.
god money's not one to choose
Bridge
Chorus
Chorus
Bridge
Chorus
you know who you are.
2: 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
Bridge: terrible lie
terrible lie
terrible lie
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
Bridge
Chorus: 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 that promises, your promises and lies
Bridge
you made me throw it all away.
my morals left to decay.
how many you betray.
you've taken everything
Bridge
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.
Chorus
i give you everything.
my sweet everything
hey God, i really don't know who i am.
in this world of piss
3: Down It All
kinda like a cloud i was up way up in the sky and i was feeling some feelings
you wouldn't believe sometimes i don'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.
Chorus: i was up about it.
i was up above it.
now i'm down in it
i was up above it.
i was up above it.
now i'm down in it
well shut up so what what does it matter now. i was swimming 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)
Chorus
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 world's 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."
Chorus
4: Sanctified
it's still getting worse after everything i tried.
what if i found a way to wash it all aside.
what if she touches with those fingertips.
as the words spill out like fire from her lips.
Chorus: if she says come inside i'll come inside for her.
if she says five 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 hell.
i still dream of lips i never should have never kissed.
well she knows exactly what i can't resist
Chorus
i'm just caught up in another of her spells.
she's turning me into someone else.
everyday i hope and pray this will end.
but when i can i do it all again
Chorus
as surely as the blades course is run.
maybe my kingdom's finally come
5: 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.
Chorus: come on tell me.
make this all go away.
you make this all go away.
i'm down to just to thing.
and i'm starting to scare myself.
make this all go away.
you make this all go way.
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 is slowly take 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 same.
though it all looks different now,
i know it's still the same
everywhere i look you're all i see.
just a fading fucking reminder of who i used to be.
Chorus
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.
you sweet and perry ellis.
just stains on my sheets.
6: 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
Chorus: i know it's not the right thing.
and I know it's not the good think.
but kinda i want to
i'm not sure of what i should do.
when everything i'm think of is you.
all of my excuses turn to lies.
maybe God will cover up his eyes
Chorus
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)
7: 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 too stupid to realize.
stale incense old sweat and lies lies lies
Chorus: 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 me 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.
Chorus
8: 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.
Chorus: but that's what i get
that's what i get
that's what i get
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.
Chorus
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.
Chorus
9: 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.
Chorus: nothing quite like the feel of something new.
maybe i'm all messed up.
maybe i'm all messed up.
maybe i'm all messed up in you.
maybe i'm all messed up.
maybe i'm all messed up.
maybe i'm all messed up.
maybe i'm all messed up in you.
maybe i'm all messed up.
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.
Chorus to end
10: Ringfinger
well you've got me working so heard 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 act of consecration is what i ask of you
Chorus: ringfinger.
promise carved in stone.
deeper than the sea.
ringfinger.
sever flesh and bone
and offer it to me.
you just left me nailed here.
hanging like Jesus on the cross.
i'll be dying for your sins.
and aiding to the cause.
Chorus
wrap my eyes in bandages.
confessions i see through.
i get everything i want.
when i get part of you.
Chorus
ringfinger.
promise carved in stone.
deeper than the sea.
ringfinger.
devil's flesh and bone
do something for me.
Purest Feeling
Lars' Lyrics Ltd. in association with HeadBang Inc.
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1: Intro
2: Sanctified
3: Maybe Just Once
4: The Only Time
5: Kinda I Want To
6: That's What I Get
7: Purest Feeling
8: Ringfinger(Actually an unreleased earlier version entiltled as "Twist")
9: Down In It
1: Intro
2: Sanctified
it's still getting worse after everything i tried.
what if i found a way to wash it all aside.
what if she touches with those fingertips.
as the words spill out like fire from her lips.
Chorus: 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 hell.
i still dream of lips i never should have never kissed.
well she knows exactly what i can't resist
Chorus
i think we should get in the front right now,
get in the front right now!
doesn't that feel good?
now you're ready to go, get it.
now i want you to get in there and get the job done.
life is great!
life is terrific!
thank you God for another wonderful day!
i'm still caught up in another of her spells.
well she's turning me into someone else.
everyday i hope and pray this will end.
but when i can i do it all again
and 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 am purified.
i am terrified.
i am sanctified.
inside you
even when it's bowling shapes and see your life begin to change.
3: Maybe Just Once
i can't believe that what i feel is really happening to me.
make it hurt.
and point the finger at my insecurities.
well i guess i just don't understand about those complexities in your mind.
and i guess i just don't understand why this world seems so unkind.
Chorus: maybe. maybe just once. i get what's coming.
maybe. maybe just once. i get what's coming to me.
so once again the way you feel will never ever stay the same.
and i'm to blame.
i wonder just who made the rules up for this game.
well i guess i just don't understand about what you want and what you need.
and i guess i just don't understand about how it has to be.
Chorus
you sat down on this bed and you said
"Christ, what the hell do you think this place is?"
you know.
he just couldn't believe it!
and i said
"i don't know but it sure is something different"
so go ahead.
you say those thousand things you think you have to say.
look at me.
and tell me love's not such a hard word anyway.
well how can you count on me i thought you realized for sure.
and how can you just believe.
i thought i deserved just a little more.
Chorus
oh God.
oh what's coming to me.
4: 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.
Chorus: nothing quite like the feel of something new.
maybe i'm all messed up.
maybe i'm all messed up.
maybe i'm all messed up in you.
maybe i'm all messed up.
maybe i'm all messed up.
maybe i'm all messed up.
maybe i'm all messed up in you.
maybe i'm all messed up.
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 wrap it up and swim in it until i drown.
my moral standing is lying down.
Chorus
5: Kinda I Want To
i can't shake this feeling from my head.
there's a devil sleeping in my bed.
watching you from across the way.
i cannot make this feeling go away
Chorus: i know it's not the right thing.
and I know it's not the good think.
but kinda i want to.
i'm not sure of what i should do.
when every thought i'm thinking of is you.
all of my excuses turn to lies.
maybe God will cover up his eyes
Chorus
why does it have to be this way?
why does it have to be?
why does have to be this way?
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)
6: 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.
Chorus: but that's what i get
that's what i get
that's what i get
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.
i'm slipping on the tears you made me cry.
but that's what i get.
that's what i get.
that's what i get.
that's what i get.
for trusting you.
that's what i get.
why does it come as a surprise.
to think that i was so naive.
maybe didn't mean too much.
but it meant everything to me.
Chorus
7: Purest Feeling
purest feeling.
purest feeling.
well i think i'm gonna push it as far as it will go.
give in to desire.
only you will know.
so tell me all your secrets.
i'll stick it in your head.
i wish i could remember everything she said.
purest feeling.
purest feeling.
purest feeling.
purest feeling.
well she can be my savior with everything she does.
or some kind of punishment for people just like us.
i don't really believe she understands what's happening to me.
the sooner that she gets it the better it will be.
purest feeling.
purest feeling.
purest feeling.
purest feeling.
purest feeling.
i have got it figured out. (i should have known all along).
i can't live without her.
purest feeling.
i have got it figured out.
8: Ringfinger
(Actually an unreleased earlier version entiltled as "Twist")
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
all of your back up to your chin.
over to the tip of your switchblade as you pull it out and stick it in.
Chorus: (Twist,Twist,Twist) we can go a little deeper.
(Twist,Twist,Twist) i'm wearing these chains.
(Twist,Twist,Twist) you make it hurt real good.
(Twist,Twist,Twist) i love the pain.
well you just leave me nailed here.
hanging like Jesus on the cross.
i'm just dying for your sins.
and aiding to the cause.
Chorus
wrap my soul in bandages.
i'm tired of this war.
go ahead and cut me.
i can't even feel it anymore.
Chorus
9: Down In It
kinda like a cloud i was up way up in the sky.
and i was feeling some feelings you wouldn't believe.
sometimes i don'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.
that dot was pulling me down.
Chorus: i was up above it.
i was up above it.
i was up above it.
i was up above it.
now i'm down in it
shut up.
so what what does it matter now.
i was swimming in the hate now i crawl on the ground.
and everything i never liked about you is kind of seeping into me.
i try to laugh about it now but isn't it funny how everything works out.
i guess the jokes on me.
Chorus
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 it's open wide.
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 world's 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."
Chorus
rain rain go away.
come again some other day.
Chorus
na na na na na na na na.
The Downward Spiral
1994
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1: Mr. Self Destruct
2: Piggy
3: Heresy
4: March Of The Pigs
5: Closer
6: Ruiner
7: The Becoming
8: I Do Not Want This
9: Big Man With A Big Gun
10: A Warm Place
11: Eraser
12: Reptile
13: The Downward Spiral
14: Hurt
1: 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
<+ you let me do this to you [8x] i am an innocent [8x] >
i am the needle in your vein <- and i control you >
<+ i am an innocent >
i am the high you can't sustain <- and i control you >
<+ i am an innocent >
i am the pusher i'm a whore <- and i control you >
<+ i am an innocent >
i am the need you have for more <- and i control you >
<+ i am an innocent >
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
<+ [2x] >
2: 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
<+ 'cause> i don't care anymore
<+ nothing can stop me now
'cause i don't care
nothing can stop me now
'cause i don't care anymore >
nothing can stop me now
<+ cause> 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
<+ 'cause> i don't care anymore
<+ nothing can stop me now
'cause i don't care
nothing can stop me now
'cause i don't care anymore >
nothing can stop me now
<+ cause> i just don't care
nothing can stop me now
<+ nothing can stop me now [2x]
nothing can stop me
nothing can stop me now [3x]
nothing can stop me
[2x]
nothing can stop me now [7x]
nothing can stop >
<- you don't need me anymore >
3: 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 a god up and called it christianity
<- your> god is dead and no one cares
if there is a hell <- i will><+ i'll> 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
<+ if there is a hell i'll see you there
your god is dead and no one cares
if there is a hell i'll see you there >
<+ where are you god is dead [4x] >
<+ god is dead and no one cares
if there is a hell i'll see you there your god is dead
god is dead and no one cares
and no one cares> drowning in his own hypocrisy
and if there is a hell i will see you <+ see you>
there <+ you there>
<- burning with you god in humility
will you die for this? >
4: 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><+ it> make you feel better?
shove it up inside suprise! 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
<+ 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><+ it> make you feel better
the pigs have won tonight
<- now> they can all sleep soundly
and everything is all right
5: 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 existance 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 <+ you> 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 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 existance 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
6: Ruiner
you had all of them on your side. didn't you? <+ didn't you?>
you believed in all your lies. didn't you? <+ 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><+ it> get so hard?
how did it get so long?
you had to give them all a sign. didn't you? <+ (didn't you?) didn't you?>
you had to covet what was mine. didn't you? <+ (didn't you?) 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 it to a place i hoped it would never go
and maybe that fucked me up 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 it get so long?
<+ and> 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
<+ [5x]>
you didn't hurt me nothing can hurt me
you didn't hurt me nothing can stop
7: 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 the you know he had some second thoughts
he's covered with scabs he is broken and sore
the me that you know <+ he> doesn't come around much
that part of me isn't here anymore
all pain disappears it's the nature of <+ of> my circuitry
drowns out all i hear <- there's> no escape from this my new consciousness
the me that you know <+ he> 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 <+ of> my bad parts
i don't want to listen but it's all to 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
<+ and> goddamn this noise inside my head
<+ [8x]>
8: I Do Not Want This
i'm losing ground
<+ well> you know how this world can beat you down
<+ and> 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
<+ and> 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
<+ and> don't tell me that you care
there really isn't anything. <+ now> 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 have 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
<+ and> 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
<+ and [1,2,3]> i want to do something that matters
<+ [5x]>
9: Big Man With A Big Gun
<+ and> 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
<+ well> i'll make you suck it
maybe i'll put a hole in your head
you know. just for the fuck of it
<+ well> i can reduce you if i want
<+ well> 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 come all over you
<+ [4x]>
me and my fucking gun
me and my fucking gun
<+ [4x]>
10: A Warm Place
11: 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
<+ kill me [8x]>
12: Reptile
she spreads 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 <+ oh>
<+ give it>
devils speak of the way<-s> 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 <+ oh>
<+ oh>
<+ oh my beautiful liar
oh my precious whore
my disease my infection
i am so impure youre so glad I got a ??
oh my beautiful liar no [~18x]
oh my precious whore no, oooh, oh,
my disease my infection no [~18x]
i am so impure no, ah no, ah no, ah no >
13: The Downward Spiral
he couldn't believe how easy it was
he put the gun into his face
bang! <+ ah>
(so much blood for such a tiny little hole)
problems <+ do> have solutions <+ you know>
a lifetime of fucking things up fixed in one determined flash
everything's blue
<+ everything's blue> in this world
the deepest shade of mushroom blue
all fuzzy
spilling out of my head
14: 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 or 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
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