"Terrible Lie" — Nine Inch Nails
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
Her mind drifted through the worlds and away from her pain.
She flew back to a time when she could laugh.
She flew to a time when his eyes held no censure.
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
She had felt invulnerable.
She would face anything, anyone.
The power in her veins would bubble up, and blind any who stood against her.
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 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
Don't take
it
Don't
When the magic sputtered and died in her hands, she fell to her knees.
The life was yanked from her bones, through her skin.
Her frail body cracked and crumbled without the heat to keep her aloft.
She watched her companions struggle, poisoned, helpless.
She watched.
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
One cannot face battle without arrogance.
One cannot lead with fear.
When the offer came, a chance to hide from the burden,
She took it.
She took it.
She left them.
They died.
She died.
Terrible lie
You made
me throw it all away
My morals left to decay
How many you
betray
You've taken everything
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
One refused her call.
He did not. He came.
She wanted him to spit in her face.
He came.
I give
you everything
My sweet everything
She twisted in space.
She reached out to the past.
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)
She clung to the gossamer threads of memory.
She pleaded with the light to leave her alone.
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)
But she knew how to embrace pain, as well.
She revelled in the lightening that sheared through her body.
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)
Her muscles stretched and snapped, he back arched,
She screamed. She opened her eyes.
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)
She awoke and stared into the depths of his blue eyes
(I need someone to hold on to)