Nine Inch Nails Lyrics

Song - 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 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

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 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 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

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

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

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
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
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
bow down before the one you serve
you're going to get what you deserve
[You know who you are]

Song - 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 [4x]

[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 [4x]

don't take it away from me, I need you to hold on to [3x]
don't take it away from me, I need someone to hold on to
don't tear it away from me, I need you to hold on to
don't tear it away from me, I need someone to hold on to
don't tear it away from me, I need you to hold on to
don't tear it, don't tear it, don't tear it, don't tear it, don't-

[Hey God,] there's nothing left for me to hide
I lost my ignorance, security and pride
I'm all alone in the world you must despise
[Hey God,] I believed your promises, your promises and lies!

terrible Lie [4x]

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

From right speaker
•I give you everything..
•my sweet everything..

From left speaker
•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

Song - 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
it was pulling me down

I was up above 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

shut up!
so 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 kinda seeping into me
try to laugh about it now but isn't it funny how everything works out
"I guess the joke's on me," she said

I was up above 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

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 whole that's open wide!
I used to want it all!
I used to be somebody..

I'll cross my heart I'll 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
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
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

rain rain go away come again some other day. [4x]

I was up above it
I was up above it
now I'm down in it ...

Song - Sanctified

it's still getting worse after everything I've 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...

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 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..

The following is barely audible at this point in the song. It's a clip from the movie Midnight Express
(Dear Mom and Dad, this is the hardest letter I've ever had to write. I'd hoped somehow to get out of this quickly so that you'd never have to know about it, but that just isn't possible now. I don't know what's going to happen, but what can I say to you? Will "I'm sorry" make a difference? Will it ease the pain? The shame you must be feeling? Forgive me. Please.)

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'll 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..

I am justified
I am purified
I am sanctified, inside you..

Song - 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
you 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
you 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

you 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
you make this all go away
you make this all go way

I just want something
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

come on tell me
you 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
you make this all go away
you make it all go way

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]

Song - 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 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

I know it's not the right thing
and I know it's not the good think
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]

Song - 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

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
well 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

Song - 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
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

but that's what I get
that's what I get
that's what I get
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

but that's what I get
that's what I get
that's what I get
that's what I get

Song - 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 [2x]
maybe I'm all messed up in you
maybe I'm all messed up [3x]
maybe I'm all messed up in you
maybe I'm all messed up
this is the only time I really feel alive [2x]

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 [2x]
maybe I'm all messed up in you
maybe I'm all messed up [3x]
maybe I'm all messed up in you
maybe I'm all messed up
this is the only time I really feel alive [2x]

[I can't help thinking Christ never had it like this]

Song - 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

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

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

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