Pretty Hate Machine Lyrics

head like a hole
god money i'll do anything for you, god money just tell me what you want me togod money nail me up against the wall, god money don't want everything he wants it allno you can't take it, no you can't take itno you can't take that away from meno 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 controlhead 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 chooseyou know who you are
terrible lie
hey god why are you doing this to meam i not living up to what i'm supposed to bewhy am i seething with this animosityhey god i think you owe me a great big apology
terrible lie (x4)
hey god i really don't know what you meanseems 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 (x4)
don't take it away from me, i need someone to hold on to (x7)dont't take, don't take, don't take it, don't take it, dont!hey god there's nothing left for me to hide(echo)i lost my ignorance, security and pridei'm all alone in this world you must despise hey god i believed your promises, your promises and lies
terrible lie (x4)
you make me throw it all away, my morals left to decayhow many you betray, you've taken everything terrible liemy head is filled with diseasemy skin is begging you pleasei'm on my hands and kneesi want so much to believe
down in it
kinda like a cloud i was up, way up in the skyand i was feeling some feelings you wouldn't believe sometimes i don't believe them myself and i decided i was never coming downjust then a tiny little dot caught my eyeit was just about too small to seebut i watched it way too longit was pulling me down i was up above it, i was up above it, now i'm down in itshut up so what, what does it matter nowi was swimming in the haze, now i crawl on the ground and everything i never liked about you, is kind of seeping into metry 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 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 that's open wide i used to want it alli used to be somebodyi'll cross my heart, i'll hope to diebut the needle's already in my eyeand all the world's weight is on my backand i don't even know whywhat i used to think was me is just a fading memoryi looked him right in the eye and said goodbye i was up above, i was up above it, now i'm down in it
sanctified
it's still getting worse after everthing i 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 lipsif she says come inside i'll come inside for herif 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 helli still dream of lips i never should have kissedwell she knows exactly what i can't resist if she says come inside i'll come inside for herif she says give it all i'll give everything to heri am justified i am purifiedi am sanctifiedinside youi'm just caught up in another of her spells well she's turning me into someoneelse every day i hope and pray that this will endbut when i can i'd do it all againif she says come inside i'll come inside for heif she says give it all i'll give everything to her i am justifiedi am purified i am sanctifiedinside you
something i can never have
i still recall the taste of your tears echoing your voice just like the ringing in my earsmy favorite dreams of you still wash ashorescraping through my head til i don't want to sleep anymore come on tell meyou make this all go awayyou make this all go away i'm down to just one thing and i'm starting to scare myselfyou make this all go awayyou make this all go awayi just want something i just want something i can never have you always were the one to show me howback then i couldn't do the things that i can do nowthis thing is slowly taking me apartgrey would be the color if i had a heartcome on tell meyou make this all go awayyou make this all go awayi'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 now it's still the sameeverywhere i look you're all i seejust a fading f#cking reminder of who i used to become on tell meyou make this all go awayyou make this all go awayi'm down to just one thing and i'm starting to scare myself you make this all go awayyou make this all go awayi just want somethingi just want something i can never have
kinda i want to
i can't shake this feeling from my headthere's a devil sleeping in my bedhe's watching you from across the wayi cannot make this feeling go awayi know it's not the right thingand i know it's not the good thingbut kinda i want to i'm not sure of what i should do when everything i'm thinking of is youall of my excuses turn to liesmaybe god will cover up his eyesi know it's not the right thingand i know it's not the good thingbut 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
sin
you give me the reason, you give me control i gave you my purity my purity you stoledid 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 fistand your strain, it get's under my skin, withintake in, the extent of my sinyou give me the angeryou give me the nervecarry out my sentencewell i get what i deservei'm just an effigy to be defacedto be disgracedyour need for me has been replacedand if i can't have everything well then just give me a taste it comes down to this, your kiss, your fistand your strain, it get's under my skin, withintake in, the extent of my sin
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 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 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
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 want 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 but 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 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 maybe i'm all messed up maybe i'm all messed up in you maybe i'm all messed up but this is the only time i really feel alive this is the only time i really feel alive
ringfinger
well you've got me working so hard 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 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 leave me nailed here hanging like jesus on this 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