Pretty Hate Machine: Lyrics -Head Like a Hole -Terrible Lie -Down In It -Sanctified -Something I Can Never Have -Kinda I Want To -Sin -That's What I Get -The Only Time -Ringfinger 01. 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 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 god money's not looking for the cure. god money's not concerned about 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 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. you know who you are back to the top 02. 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 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 seems 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 the promises, the promises and lies terrible lie you made me throw it all away. my morals left to decay. how 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 back to the top 03. Down In It kinda like a cloud i was up way up in the sky and i was feeling some feelings you wouldn't believe sometimes i can'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 and that dot was pulling me down i was up above it. now i'm down in it well shut up so what what does it matter now. i was swimming in the haze now i crawl on the ground. and everything i never liked about you is kind of seeping into me. 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. 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 all. i used to be somebody i'll cross my heart i'll 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. now i'm down in it back to the top 04. Sanctified it's still getting worse after everything 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 lips 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 dispell. as she walks me through the nicest parts of hell. i still dream of lips i never should have kissed. well she knows exactly what i can't resist 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 just caught up in another of her spells. she's turning me into someone else. every day i hope and pray that this will end. but when i can i do it all again 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 back to the top 05. Something I Can Never Have 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. come on tell me. 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. 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 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. 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. 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 think i know what you meant. that night on my bed. still picking at this scab. i wish you were dead. your sweat perry ellis. just stains on my sheets back to the top 06. Kinda I Want To i can't shake this feeling from my head. there's a devil sleeping in my bed. he's 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 thing. but kinda i want to. i'm not sure of what i should do. when everything 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 thing. but kinda i want to. 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) back to the top 07. Sin you gave me the reason. you gave 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 gave me the anger. you gave me the nerve. carry out your 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 back to the top 08. Thats 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 us 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 back to the top 09. 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 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 in you 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 in you but this is the only time i really feel alive. this is the only time i really feel alive i can't help thinking Christ never had it like this back to the top 10. 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. 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 leave me nailed here. 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 not sang, but printed: i'm so tired i cant get to sleep. and the squeaking of the bed is right in time with the song that's repeating in my head. i just want you to know "when i do it, i only think of you." back to the top