Nine Inch Nails

The Fragile

The Wretched

Just a reflection

Just a glimpse just a little reminder

Of all the what abouts

All the might have and could have beens

Another day some other way

But not another reason not 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 this 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 but it keeps on coming

You can try to stop but