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01. Less Than

Music & lyrics by Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
Focus?
We didn't even notice
We awake in a place we can barely recognize yeah hypnosis
And you can justify it all your back was up against the wall again
(Shut up)
Silence
Add a little violence
And offend and pretend and defend and demand my compliance
And you can always justify the missile trails across the sky again
So what are you waiting for? You got what you asked for
Did it fix what was wrong with you?
Are you less than?
Go and look what you gone done
Welcome oblivion
Did it fix what was wrong with you?
Are you less than?
Needful
Too many fucking people
You'll have to take care of yourselves you know I've got my hands full
And you can always justify the missile trails across the sky again
So what are you waiting for? You got what you asked for
Did it fix what was wrong with you?
Are you less than?
Go and look what you gone done
Come on welcome oblivion
Did it fix what was wrong inside?
Are you less than?

02. The Lovers

Music & lyrics by Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
[Part one]
(I can hear you breathing)
I've slipped out of time again
Leaving all of you behind
And I'm free
To return to the place where I already am
And have always been
If I just really looked and allowed myself to see
Coliseum calling
With its night that could last forever
Breathing moments
The confusion is seducing me
Warm perfect flowing
Wide his eyes, summer, hypnotize
They see inside of me
Hot / swollen skin / want me / take me perfect
Embrace black and bloody
Rotten and perfect
The center has moved on
And all that's left is free
Finally
Finally
Everyone seems to be asleep but me
Into the arms of the lovers
You can take me
Take me
Take all that's left
I am free
Finally
Combined and perfect finally

[Part two]
Oh I see you floating there
How could I ever hope to forget
Always rearranging
These words are a lie, a mirror,
Reflecting in a mirror of a lie
A light shines, still, always
Shadows in every word
Beneath black eaves
Please don't leave me here
I could stop it
Maybe I could stop it if I wanted to
But I'm not the one driving anymore
I know who I am
But I know who I am, right?
Into the arms of the lovers
You can take me
Take me
Take all that's left
I am free
Finally
Combined and perfect finally

03. This Isn't The Place

Music & lyrics by Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
And if you see my friend
I thought I would again
A single thin straight line
I thought we had more time
Carry me
Carry me home

04. Not Anymore

Music & lyrics by Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
Surprise
I must have let it get in
Started to turn into somebody else
Yeah I found myself believing
Time
My feet are nailed to the floor
I always thought we would get there somehow
(Still could remember what we're in this for)
I always thought there'd be
More
Well not anymore
Well not anymore
Well not anymore
Mouth taped shut
Crippled and frozen with fear
That maybe happens to somebody else
No that doesn't happen round here
I won't forget I know who I am
No matter what I know who I am
And what I'm doing this for
More
Well not anymore
Well not anymore
Well not anymore
And I can't seem to wake up

05. The Background World

Music & lyrics by Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
You left me here what am I supposed to do?
I never dared to look inside just like you told me to
I'm going into you again and I know you saw it too
I'm going to keep myself awake I know what's coming
I feel it reaching through there is no moving past there is no better place
There is no future point in time we will not get away the world is bleeding out
It folds itself in two behind the background world is always bleeding through
Are you sure this is what you want?
As hard as you try not to see it