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01. Head Like A Hole

Music & lyrics by Nine Inch Nails
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 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

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

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.

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

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.

Yyou know who you are...

02. Terrible Lie

Music & lyrics by Nine Inch Nails
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
Terrible lie
Terrible lie
Terrible lie

Hey God
I really don't know what you mean.
Seems like salvation come 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
Terrible lie
Terrible lie
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 your promises, your promises and lies.

Terrible lie
Terrible lie
Terrible lie
Terrible lie

You made me throw it all away.
My morals left to decay.
Now 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...

03. Down In It

Music & lyrics by Nine Inch Nails
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 down.

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, she said.

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

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.
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."

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

Rain rain go away.
Rain rain go away.
Rain rain go away.
Come again some other day.

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

Na na na na na na na na.

04. Sanctified

Music & lyrics by Nine Inch Nails
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?

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

Heaven's just a rumor she'll dispel.
As she walks me through the nicest parts of hell (bitch).
I still dream of lips I never should have kissed.
Well she knows exactly what I can't resist

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'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

As surely as the blade's course is run.
Maybe my kingdom's finally come.

05. Something I Can Never Have

Music & lyrics by Nine Inch Nails
I still recall the taste of your 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.

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 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.

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 away.
I just want something.
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 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 this all go away.
I just want something.
I just want something I can never have

I just want something I can never have...

06. Kinda I Want To

Music & lyrics by Nine Inch Nails
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

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

I know it's not the right thing.
And I know it's not the good think.
But kinda i want to.

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)...

07. Sin

Music & lyrics by Nine Inch Nails
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 my sentence.
While I get what I deserve.
I'm just an effigy to be disgraced.
To be defaced.
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...

08. That's What I Get

Music & lyrics by Nine Inch Nails
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 me 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 that 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

09. The Only Time

Music & lyrics by Nine Inch Nails
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.
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.

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.

10. Ringfinger

Music & lyrics by Nine Inch Nails
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...