Slipping Away - Nine Inch Nails

I'm trying hard to understand I'm trying hard to do the things it takes to be a man Life's slipping away from me It's not the way I thought it'd be Life's slipping away from me It's not the way I thought it'd be I'm trying hard to understand And to know just who I am I'm trying hard to get a break Or just to give a damn I'm trying hard to get away But I always seem to stay I'm trying hard to understand A fucking word you say Life's slipping away from me It's not the way I thought it'd be Life's slipping away from me It's not the way I thought it'd be (The way I thought it'd be) Somebody help me I'm in this mess and I'm slipping away Somebody help me I'm in this mess and I'm slipping away I'm trying hard to understand But I don't know if I can I'm trying hard to make the best Out of this mess I'm in Life's slipping away from me It's not the way I thought it'd be Life's slipping away from me It's not the way I thought it'd be Life's slipping away from me I can't hold on I can't believe it Life's slipping away from me It's not the way I thought it'd be Somebody help me I'm in this mess and I'm slipping away Somebody help me I'm in this mess and I'm slipping away I'm trying hard to understand

Guess it's just another dream That's slipping away Each time I fall asleep It seems I'm just drifting away Just as you have touched my heart Babe I wake and we're apart Yeah and it's slipping away Here comes just another day That's drifting away Every time I draw a breath It's dying away First the sun and then the moon One of them will be around soon Slipping away Slipping away Drifting away Slipping away Just as you have touched my heart I wake up babe and we're apart It seems we're slipping away Slipping away Slipping away All I want is ecstasy But I ain't getting much Just getting off on misery It seems I've lost my touch Well it's just another song But it's slipping away Well we didn't sing it long 'Cos it's fading away First the sun and then the moon One of them will be round soon Slipping away Slipping away Slipping away

I can feel your love slippin' away Drainin' from my heart, each and every day I can feel your love slippin' away Drainin' from my ha-ha-heart, each and every day People ask me, "How's your love affair?" I can only tell them lies When they ask me, "Where you are tonight?" I can only fantasize You may find somebody new You'll say "You love him", that's not true I can feel your love slippin' away Drainin' from my heart, each and every day I can feel your love slippin' away Drainin' from my ha-ha-heart, each and every day Everybody thinks we're so in love Things aren't always what they seem Even my best friend says, "We're so good" Just how wrong can a person be You may find somebody new You'll say "You love him", that's not true I can feel your love slippin' away Drainin' from my heart, each and every day I can feel your love slippin' away Drainin' from my ha-ha-heart, each and every day You may find somebody new You'll say "You love him", that's not true I can feel your love slippin' away Drainin' from my heart, each and every day I can feel your love slippin' away Drainin' from my ha-ha-heart, each and every day I can feel your love slippin' away Drainin' from my heart, each and every day I can feel your love slippin' away Drainin' from my ha-ha-heart, each and every day

I'm slippin' away In every way I can't stay awake (Understand) I'm slippin' away (And I don't know why?) But tryin' to make it through each day I'm fallin' apart now in every way I'm findin' it harder to get by There's a hole in my heart And I don't know why? Now I've come to realize I'm slippin' away

This is the first day Of my last days 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 Wish there was something real Wish there was something true Wish there was something real In this world full of you Wish there was something real Wish there was something true Wish there was something real In this world full of you This world full of you This world full of you This world full of

So impressed with all you do Tried so hard to be like you Flew too high and burnt the wing Lost my faith in everything Lick around divine debris Taste the wealth of hate in me Shedding skin succumb defeat This machine is obsolete Made the choice to go away Drink the fountain of decay Tear a hole exquisite red Fuck the rest and stab it dead Broken, bruised, forgotten, sore Too fucked up to care anymore Poison to my rotten core Too fucked up to care anymore Broken, bruised, forgotten, sore Too fucked up to care anymore Poison to my rotten core Too fucked up to care anymore In the back, off the side and far away Is a place, where I hide, where I stay Tried to say, tried to ask, I needed to All alone, by myself, where were you? How could I ever think it's funny how Everything you swore, it wouldn't change, is different now Just like you would always say, we'll make it through Then my head fell apart and where were you? How could I ever think it's funny how Everything you swore would never change is different now Like you said, you and me will make it through Didn't quite, fell apart, where the fuck were you?

Need you Dream you Find you Taste you Fuck you Use you Scar you Break you Lose me Hate me Smash me Erase me Kill me Kill me Kill me Kill me Kill me Kill me Kill me Kill me Kill me Kill me Kill me Kill me

She comes along, she gets inside She makes you better than anything you've tried It's in her kiss that's black as sea And it runs deeper than you dared to dream it could be With teeth With teeth With teeth With teeth Wave goodbye to what you were The rules have changed, the lines begin to blur She makes you hard, it comes on strong You finally found the place where you belong With teeth With teeth With teeth With teeth I cannot go through this again I cannot go through this again I cannot go through this again I cannot go through this again I cannot go through this again I cannot go through this again I cannot go through this again I cannot go through this again With teeth With teeth With teeth With teeth She will not let you go Keeps on and on She will not let you go Keeps on and on This time I'm not coming back She will not let you go This time I'm not coming back She will not let you go

Gave up trying to figure it out but my head got lost along the way Worn out from giving it up, but my soul I pissed it all away Do you feed these shattered nerves Pigs we get what pigs deserve I'm going all the way down, I'm leaving today Come, come, come on you've gotta fill me up Come, come, gotta let me inside of you Come, come, come on you've gotta fix me up Come, come, gotta let me inside you Still feel it all slipping away but it doesn't matter anymore Everybody's still stripping away but it doesn't matter anymore Look through these blackened eyes You'll see ten thousand lies My lips may promise but my heart is a whore Come, come, come on you've gotta fix me up Come, come, gotta let me inside of you Come, come, come on you've gotta fill me up Come, come, gotta let me get through to you This isn't meant to last This is for right now This isn't meant to last This is for right now This isn't meant to last This is for right now This isn't meant to last This is for right I know it's all getting away, and it comes to me as no surprise And I know what's coming to me is never going to arrive Fresh blood through tired skin New sweat to drown me in Dress up this rotten carcass just to make it look alive Come, come, come on you've gotta fill me up Come, come, gotta let me inside of you Come, come, come on you've gotta fix me up Come, come, gotta let me inside of you This isn't meant to last This is for right now This isn't meant to last This is for right now This isn't meant to last This is for right now This isn't meant to last This is for right now This isn't meant to last This is for right now This isn't meant to last This is for right now This isn't meant to last This is for right now This isn't meant to last This is for right I want you to take me I want you to break me Then I want you to throw me away I want you to make me I want you to take me I want you to break me Then I want you to throw me away I want you to make me I want you to take me I want you to break me Then I want you to throw me away I want you to make me I want you to take me I want you to break me Then I want you to throw me away