Nine Inch Nails

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
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 that 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
how many you betray
you've taken everything
terrible lie
terrible lie
terrible lie
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
terrible lie
terrible lie
terrible lie
terrible lie
I give you everything
my sweet everything
hey god, I really don't know who I am
in this world of piss


2. 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 gets 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
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


3. 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


4. 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


5. The Frail


[instrumental]


6. The Wretched


just a reflection
just a glimpse
just a little reminder
of all the what abouts
and all the might have
could have been
another day
some other way
but not another reason to continue
and now you're one of us
the wretched
the hopes and prays
the better days
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, 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 open
and god himself will reach his fucking arm
through
just to push you down
just to hold you down
stuck in his 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 to
it didn't turn out quite the way you wanted it
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


7. Gave Up


perfect little dream the kind that hurts the most
gorgot 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


8. The Great Below


starring 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
tired 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 drawning near
washes me away
makes me disappear
i descend from grace
in arms of undertow
i will take my place
in the great below
i can still feel you
even so far away


9. The Mark Has Been Made


[instrumental]


10. 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...


11. 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?

[Chuchote]
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

[Chuchote]
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


12. 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 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 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


13. 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 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
you know who you are


14. The The World Went Away


I'd listen to the world he'd say
but his voice I heard decay
the plastic face forced to portray
and the insides left cold and gray
there is a place that still remains
it eats the fear it eats the pain
the sweatest 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


15. 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 I know that everyone was right
I'll be there for you as long as you work 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 out my soul but don't you dare call me a whore
and when I suck you off not a drop will go to the 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


16. 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 this 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