Something I Can Never Have Lyrics
[Verse 1]
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 'til I don't wanna sleep anymore
[Chorus]
You 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
You make this all go away, you make this all go away
I just want something
I just want something I can never have
[Verse 2]
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 and tell me!
[Chorus]
You 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
You make this all go away, you make this all go away
I just want something
I just want 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 'til I don't wanna sleep anymore
[Chorus]
You 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
You make this all go away, you make this all go away
I just want something
I just want something I can never have
[Verse 2]
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 and tell me!
[Chorus]
You 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
You make this all go away, you make this all go away
I just want something
I just want something I can never have
[Verse 3]
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 and tell me!
[Chorus]
You 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
You make this all go away, you make it all go away
I just want something
I just want something I can never have
I just want something I can never have
[Hidden Lyrics]
Think I know what you meant, that night on my bed, still picking at this scab, I wish you were dead, your sweat and perry ellis, just stains on my sheets
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 and tell me!
[Chorus]
You 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
You make this all go away, you make it all go away
I just want something
I just want something I can never have
I just want something I can never have
[Hidden Lyrics]
Think I know what you meant, that night on my bed, still picking at this scab, I wish you were dead, your sweat and perry ellis, just stains on my sheets
About
Genius Annotation
“Something I Can Never Have” is the fifth track on Nine Inch Nails' 1989 debut album, Pretty Hate Machine. It’s a song about lost love and missed chances. An extended and edited version was used in the movie soundtrack for Natural Born Killers, which was produced by Trent Reznor. This OST version also samples dialogue and sound effects from the movie.
A stripped-down version was released in the 2002 studio album Still from the double-album And All That Could Have Been (aka Halo 17), featuring Trent Reznor on piano and former NIN-drummer Jerome Dillon on guitar.
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October 20, 1989
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