PRETTY HATE MACHINE

--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 you can't take that away from me

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 you can't take that away from me

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

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

--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 you to hold on to

don't take it away from me

i need you to hold on to

don't take it away from me

i need you to hold on to

don't take 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

don't tear it away from me

i need you to hold on to

don't tear 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 a world you must despise

hey God, i believed your promises, your promises and lies

terrible lie

(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 give you everything

my sweet everything

i give you everything (i need someone to hold on to. i need someone to hold on to)

my sweet everything (i need someone. i need someone. i need someone to hold on to)

i give you everything (i need someone to hold on to. i need someone to hold on to)

my sweet everything (i need someone to hold on to. i need someone to hold on)

i give you everything (i need someone to hold on to. i need someone to hold on to)

my sweet everything (i need someone. i need someone. i need someone to hold on to)

i give you everything (i need someone to hold on to. i need someone to hold on to)

my sweet everything (i need someone. i need someone. i need someone to hold on to)

(i need someone to hold on to)

--Down in it

Now i'm down in it

now i'm 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 don'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

it was pulling me down

i was up above it

now i'm down in it

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

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 (now i'm down in it)

i was up above it

now i'm down in it

i was up above it

now i'm down in it

i was up above it

rain rain go away come again some other day

i was up above it

now i'm down in it

i was up above it

now i'm down in it

--Sanctified

It's still getting worse after everything i've 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 (dance 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

"dear mom and dad, this is the hardest letter i've ever had to write.

i'd hoped somehow to get out of this quickly so that you'd never have to know about it,

but that just isn't possible now. i don't know what's going to happen, but what can i say to you?

will 'i'm sorry' make a difference? will it ease the pain? the shame you must be feeling... forgive me... please."

i'm just caught up in another of her spells

well, 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

and if she says come inside i'll come inside for her

and if she says give it all i'll give everything to her

i am justified

i am purified

i am sanctified

inside you

--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

you make this all go away

i'm down to just one thing

and i'm starting to scare myself

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

come on tell me

you make this all go away

i'm down to just one thing

and i'm starting to scare myself

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 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

you make this all go away

i'm down to just one thing

and i'm starting to scare myself

you make this all go away

you make it all go away

i just want something

i just want something i can never have

--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

kinda i want to

i'm not sure of what i should do

when every thought i'm thinking of is you

all of my excuses turn to lies

or maybe God will cover up his eyes

and i know it's not the right thing

and i know it's not the good thing

kinda i want to

somebody

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

--Sin

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

the extent of 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 disgraced

to be defaced

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 of my sin

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

well my sin

it comes down to this

your kiss

your fist

and your strain

it gets under my skin

within

take 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

that's what i get

how can 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

that's what i get

why's it come as a surprise

to think that i was so naive

maybe didn't mean that much

but it meant everything to me

--The only time

I'm drunk

and right now i am 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

maybe i'm all messed up

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 wrap 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

maybe i'm all messed up

this is the only time i really feel alive

maybe i'm all messed up in you

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

well you just leave me nailed here

hanging like Jesus on this cross

i'm just dying for your sins

and aiding to the cause

ringfinger

promise carved in stone

deeper than the sea

ringfinger

sever flesh and bone

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

it's deeper than the sea

ringfinger

sever flesh and bone

and offer it to me

ringfinger

a promise carved in stone

deeper than the sea

ringfinger

devil's flesh and bone

do something for me

ringfinger