*** Nine Inch Nails - "And All That Could Have Been" ***


"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!
terrible lie! (ooooh!)
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 fucking seems?!

terrible lie!
terrible lie!
terrible lie!
terrible lie!

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
please - 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 away from me
i need someone to hold-
on to
to on to hold
don't tear it
please - don't tear it
please - don't take it
don't take 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 this fucking world you must despise
hey god!
i believed your promises, your promises and lies!

terrible lie!
terrible lie!
terrible lie!
terrible lie!
oh
terrible lie!

you made me throw it all away
my morals left to decay (terrible lie!)
how many you betray
you've taken everything (terrible lie!)
my head is filled with disease
my skin is begging you please (terrible lie!)
i'm on my hands and knees
i want so much to believe
i want so much to believe you
you fucking promised me!

oh, goddamn it!

you promised me
yes, you did!
you promised me
wow!
wow!
wow!
you fucking promised me!

(oooh)


"SIN"


you give me the reason
you give me control
i gave you my purity
and 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 to my sin!

you give me the anger
you give me the nerve
carry out my sentence
will i get what i deserve?
i'm just an effigy to be defaced
to be disgraced
well, 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 gets under my skin!
within!
take in!
the extent to my sin!
wow!

yow!

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!
for my sin!
it comes down to this!
your kiss!
your fist!
and your strain!
it's fuckin' under my skin!
within!
take in!
the extent of my sin!
wow!


"MARCH OF THE PIGS"


all to you fuckin' pigs!
march!

step right up! march! push!
crawl right up on your knees!
please! greed! feed! (no time to hesitate)

i wanna little bit
i wanna piece of it
i think he's losing it
i wanna 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 wanna 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?
oh

shove it up inside! surprise! lies!
stains like the blood on your teeth!
bite! chew! suck! (away the tender parts)

i wanna smash it up
i wanna break it up
i wanna fuck it up
i wanna watch it come down
maybe afraid of it
let's discredit it
let's fuck away with it
i wanna watch it come down

ha ha ha ha ha ha
call to that fucking girl

all the pigs are all lined up
i give you all that you want
take the skin and peel it back
now doesn't it make you feel better?
the pigs have won tonight
now they can all sleep soundly
and everything is all right
oh

all the pigs are all lined up
all the pigs
all the pigs are all lined up
all the pigs
yeah! yeah!

all the pigs are all lined up!
all the pigs!
wow! wow!

all the pigs are all lined up!
every little fucking pig!

pig
pig

hey pigs
hey
fucking


"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,
cos i don't care anymore
nothing can stop me now,
cos i just don't care
nothing can stop me now,
cos i don't care anymore
nothing can stop me now,
cos i just don't care
yeah

hey pig!
nothing's turning out the way i planned!
hey motherfucking pig!
there's a lot of things that i hoped you could help me understand
oow
oow ow
oow
what am i supposed to do i lost my shit because of you

nothing can stop me now,
cos i don't care anymore
nothing can stop me now,
cos i just don't care
nothing can stop me now,
cos i don't care anymore
nothing can stop me now,
cos i just don't care anymore
aaa

nothing can stop me now
nothing can stop me now
nothing can stop me now
nothing can stop me
nothing can stop me now
nothing can stop me now!
nothing can stop me now!
nothing can stop me!
nothing can stop me now!
nothing can stop me now!
nothing can stop me now!
nothing can stop me!
nothing can stop me now!
nothing can stop me now!


"THE FRAIL"


(instrumentalny)


"THE WRETCHED"


just a reflection
just a glimpse
just a little reminder
of all the what abouts
and all the might have
could- could-
could have beens
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!
oow!

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 this hole with the shit and the piss
and it's hard to believe it could come down to this
back at the beginning (uuu)
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 (...now)
it didn't turn out quite the way that you wanted it

now you know!
this is what it feels like!
now you know!
this is what it feels like!

ooooh
ooooh
ooooh!

there is a place
that back in my mind
ooh
i used [try to change ?]
yaw!

now you know!
this is what it feels like
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 it

you can try to stop it but it keeps on coming
you can try to stop it but it keeps on coming
you can try to stop it but it keeps on coming
you can-
you can try
but it keeps on coming
but it keeps on coming
you can try

catch it


"GAVE UP"


perfect little dream
the kind that hurts the most
forgot how it feels!
well all almost
no one to blame
always the same
open my eyes
wake up
wake up
wake up
wake up
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,
cos 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!

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,
cos i don't know what else to do!

i tried
i gave up
i tried
i gave up
i tried
i gave up
well i tried
i gave up
i tried
i gave up
i tried
i gave up
well i tried
well i tried
well i tried
and i gave up!

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,
cos i don't know what else to do!...

throw it away!
throw it away!
throw it away!

throw it away!
throw it away!


"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
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
is all becoming clear
the currents have their say
the time is drawing near
it washes me away
it makes me disappear

as 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
i can still feel you
even so far away
i can still feel you
even so far away
i can still feel you
even so far away
even so far away
even so far away
far away
even so far away
even so far away

even so far


"THE MARK HAS BEEN MADE"


(instrumentalny)


"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
no!

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 come back
i want to but i can't come back
i want to but i can't come back
i want to but i can't come back
i want to but i can't come back
but i want to!

wish there was something real
wish there was something true
wish there was something real
in this world full of you
you! you!
wish there was something real
wish there was something true
wish there was something real
in this world full
this world full of you
this world full of you
this world full


"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 my back
i'll heal your wounds
i'll set you free
i'm jesus fuck on ecstasy

how does it feel?!
how does it feel?!
oow!

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
i am so
ow
ooow!

how does it feel?!
how does it feel?!

suck!
suck!
suck!
suck!
suck!
suck!
suck!


"CLOSER"


you let me violate you
you let me desecrate you
you let me penetrate you
you let me complicate you
oh

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 wanna fuck you like an animal
i wanna feel you from the inside
i wanna 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 to 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 wanna fuck you like an animal
i wanna feel you from the inside
i wanna fuck you like an animal!
my whole existence is flawed
you get me closer to god!

you get me closer
to god!
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


"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 of 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
you can't fuckin' 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 of money is not looking for the cure
god money's not concerned with 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
you can't take it
no you can't take it
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

yeah
yeah
yeah
yeah

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
what you deserve!

bow down before the one you serve
you're going to get what you deserve (ow ow)
bow down before the one you serve (ow ow)
you're going to get what you deserve... (ow ow)
yeah! yeah!
bow down before the one you serve

[let go! ?]


"THE DAY THE WORLD WENT AWAY"


i'd listen to the words he'd say
but in his voice i heard decay
the plastic face forced to portray
all the insides left cold and gray
there is a place that still remains
it eats the fear it eats the pain
the sweetest price he'll have to pay
the day the whole world went away

uuuh...
na na nah
na na nah
na na na, nah
na na nah
na na na, nah...
uuuh...

yooow!


"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 the game
fucking insincerity

starfuckers!
starfuckers!
starfuckers incorporated!
starfuckers!

i am every fucking thing and just a little more
i sold my soul but don't you dare call me the 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 incorporated!
starfuckers!
starfuckers!
starfuckers!
starfuckers incorporated!
starfuckers!

oooohow

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?
don't you?
don't you?
don't you?
don't you?
fuck me

don't you?!
don't you?!
don't you?!
don't you?!
don't you?!
don't you?!
(starfuckers!)

now i belong i'm one of the chosen ones
now i belong i'm one of the beautiful ones!

starfuckers!

(starfuckers!
starfuckers incorporated!
starfuckers!)

starfuckers!
starfuckers!
starfuckers incorporated!
starfuckers!

ooooow!


"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'd know
goes away in the end

and you could have it all
my empire of dirts
i will let you down
i will make you hurt

i wear this crown of shit
upon my liar's chair
full of broken thoughts
i cannot repair
beneath the stains of time
the feeling disappears
you are someone else
i am still
right
here

what have i become?
my sweetest friend
everyone i'd know
goes away in the end

and 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

thank you!
[thanks ?]

by NOTHINGER [np. "And All That Could Have Been" NIN ;)))))))]

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