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"Big Man With A Gun" (MP3)
Got me a Big Gulp, too, and I
I like to have fun.
Got me a big old d**k and I
I like to have fun.
"Big Man With A Gun" (MP3)
Got me a big goatee
and I like it to have fun
Got me a big ol' dick
and I like to have fun
"Big Man With A Gun" (MP3)
I walk like a f***ing seal
I've got the power!
I'm hard as f***ing steel
And I've got the power.
"Big Man With a Gun" (MP3)
Got me a big goat dick and I like to have fun
Got me a big old dick and I like to have fun
"Burn"
F****d up sheep all on display
With all your lives f****d up around you.
Flock of sheep out on display
Saw your lives burned up around you.
"Burn"
I'm gonna burn a**hole, wow, turn
I gonna burn this whole world down
"Came Back Haunted"
Your a** is leaking and your mouth is wide
The throat is deep and the mouth is wide
Help me get away from my shelf
Help me get away from myself
Help me go and play with myself
Help me get away from myself
Help me think I'm somebody else.
Help me become somebody else.
Help me think of somebody else.
Help me become somebody else.
I am your Easter Bunny.
You are my reason.
I broke my heart from inside
I broke apart my insides
I drink the honey
With a spatula.
I drink the honey
Inside your hive.
I drink your money, it's full of dimes.
I drink the honey inside your hive.
I wanna (mumble mumble) ammo!
I wanna f*** you like an animal!
I wanna f*** you like The Alamo.
I wanna f*** you like an animal.
I wanna f*** you like an MRI
or
I wana f*** you like an antelope
My whole existence is gone.
I wanna f*** you like an animal
My whole existence is flawed.
I wanna f*** you like an arrow.
I wanna f*** you like an animal.
I wanna f*** you like an elephant.
I wanna f*** you like an animal.
I wanna f*** you like an elf.
I wanna f*** you like an animal.
I wanna f*** you like an owl.
I wanna f*** you like an animal.
I wanna f**k you like an animal,
I want an eel running in your insides
I wanna f**k you like an animal,
I want to feel you from the inside
I wanna floss you like an animal.
I wanna f*** you like an animal.
I wanna funk you like an animal
I wanna f*** you like an animal
I want a duck shaped like a triangle.
I wanna f*** you like an animal.
I want to f*** you like an enema.
I want to f*** you like an animal.
I want to f*** you like in animé.
I want to f*** you like an animal.
I'm gonna cut you like an animal
I wanna f#@k you like an animal
It's success I can smell
It's your sex I can smell
It's your sex I can sell.
It's your sex I can smell.
My whole existence is gone.
My whole existence is flawed.
Some sex I can smell.
It's your sex I can smell.
You can have my a** in your face.
You can have my absence of faith.
You can have my ice cream and cake.
You can have my absence of faith.
You can have my insulation
You can have the heat that it brings
You can have my asbestos flakes
You can have my herbal tea.
You can have my isolation
You can have the hate that it brings
You can have my absence of faith
You can have my everything.
You can't help my 'sation
You can't help the hate that it brings
You can't help my essence of faith
You can't help what works for me.
You can have my isolation
You can have the hate that it brings
You can have my absence of faith
You can have my everything.
You can't help my ovulation.
You can have my isolation.
You have the violation
You have the desecration
You have the penetration
you have the consiccation.
You let me violate you
You let me desecrate you
You let me penetrate you
You let me complicate you.
You make me breakfast
You make me perfect
You make me high-pitched
You make me perfect
You make me upset,
help me pick on somebody else
You make me perfect,
help me become somebody else
You may be perfect
Help me think I'm somebody else.
You make me perfect
Help me become somebody else.
"Deep"
A big bad ghoul's gonna eat me up someday.
A big black hole's gonna eat me up someday.
"Deep"
Back stair
Disrepair
Blank stare
Disrepair
"Deep"
Backstab this repair
There's a big bad ghoul
Gonna eat me up some day.
Blank stare, disrepair
There's a big black hole
Gonna eat me up someday.
"Deep"
If I could feel all the bells and the bricks
If I could feel all the pins and the pricks
"Deep"
If I could feel all the pimps and the bricks
If I could feel all the pins and the pricks
"Deep"
There's a big bad goat
Gonna eat me up some day.
There's a big black hole
Gonna eat me up some day.
"Deep"
There's a big black girl
Gonna eat me up someday.
There's a big black hole
Gonna eat me up someday.
"Deep"
There's a big black hole
Gonna beat me up someday.
There's a big black hole
Gonna eat me up someday.
"Deep"
You make me feel like there's probably wanna get back again
You make me feel like there's a part of me that I wanna get back again
"Deep"
You make me feel like there's probably wanna get back again
You make me feel like there's a part of me that I wanna get back again
"Down In It"
3D house of vomit
Now I'm up above it.
"Down In It"
Call myself a butthead.
I was up above it.
"Down In It"
Eyes of a puppet
I was up above it.
"Down In It"
Have yourself a party
I was up above it
"Down In It"
How is everybody? (All-right!)
I was up above it.
"Down In It"
I deserve a bullet.
I was up above it.
"Down In It"
I used to be so freakin' strong.
I used to know my right from wrong.
I used to never be afraid.
I used to be so funny.
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.
"Down In It"
I used to wear a bonnet, now I wear a hat
I was up above it now I'm down in it
"Down In It"
I was at the ballet
I was up above it
"Down In It"
I was at the bottom.
I was up above it.
"Down In It"
I was at the buffet.
I was up above it.
"Down In It"
I was at the party
I was up above it
"Down In It"
How is everybody
or
I was on the potty
or
I was at the party
or
I was a papaya
or
Promise of a puppet
or
I was in a Muppet
or
I was in a Muppet
I was up above it now I'm down in it
This is Trent's attempt at a rap, Hip-hop song.
"Down In It"
I was living in a haystack on the ground.
I was swimming in the haze, now I crawl on the ground.
"Down In It"
I was of a body
Now my down itch
I was up above it
Now I'm down in it.
"Down In It"
I was of the valley.
I was up above it.
"Down In It"
I was on the Muppets.
I was up above it.
"Down In It"
I was up a bullet.
I was up above it.
"Down In It"
I was up a bunny
I was up above it
"Down In It"
I will serve the bunnies.
I was up above it.
"Down In It"
I wish I had a bonnet.
I was up above it.
"Down In It"
I'm an epiglottis.
I was up above it.
"Down In It"
Now, I'm down spinach.
Now, I'm down in it.
"Down In It"
Why was somethin' funny?
I was up above it.
"Down in It"
I was up a buttocks
I was up above it.
"Down in It"
Just then a tiny little duck caught my eye
Just then a tiny little dot caught me eye.
"Every Day Is Exactly the Same" (MP3)
I think I used to have a porpoise
And then again that might have been a dream.
I think I used to have a purpose
And then again that might have been a dream.
"Everyday Is Exactly the Same" (MP3)
I thought I used to have a porpoise
I thought I used to have purpose
Stand up. It's nice to meet you!
Smashed up what I believe in
No one to blame, no one to save
No one to blame, always the same
I got my hands-uh flipped up, flipped up, flipped
I got my head on a spring.
I got my arms flip, flop, flip, flop, flip
I got my head on a spring.
That I can beat myself off with
That I can beat myself up with
"Happiness In Slavery" (MP3)
A penis
Happiness
When Trent whispers at the end of the song
"Happiness In Slavery" (MP3)
First Grade!
Slave screams!
"Happiness In Slavery" (MP3)
First grades!!!
Slave screams!!!
"Happiness In Slavery" (MP3)
Sell slaves!!!
Slave screams!
"Happiness In Slavery" (MP3)
Sex craze
Slave screams
"Happiness In Slavery" (MP3)
Sex freak!
Slave screams!
"Happiness In Slavery" (MP3)
Slap me
Slave screams
"Happiness In Slavery" (MP3)
Slash grades
Happiness in Sodomy
Slave screams
Happiness in slavery
"Happiness In Slavery" (MP3)
Taste's Great!
Slave Screams
"Head Like A Hole"
Bark like a troll
Black as your soul
"Head Like A Hole"
Brown town before the one you serve.
Bow down before the one you serve.
"Head Like A Hole"
God Lenny I'll do anything for you
God money I'll do anything for you
"Head Like A Hole"
God Money, let's go dance on the back sub route.
or
God Money, let's go dance on the back bus route.
God Money, let's go dancing on the backs of the bruised.
"Head Like A Hole"
God money let's go prancing on the back sofa brooms
God money let's go dancing on the backs of the bruised
"Head Like A Hole"
Got money I'll do anything for you
God money I'll do anything for you
"Head Like A Hole"
Got money lets go dancing on the backs of the booze
God money let's go dancing on the backs of the bruised
"Head Like A Hole"
Got money, let's go dancin' down at old Moulin Rouge
God money, let's go dancing on the backs of the bruised
"Head Like A Hole"
Got money, let's go dancin' on the backs of broods.
God money, let's go dancing on the backs of the bruised.
"Head Like A Hole"
Got money
God money
"Head Like A Hole"
Head like a hole,
worse than your soul
Head like a hole,
black as your soul
"Head Like A Hole"
Head like a hole
Black azure soul.
Head like a hole
Black as your soul.
"Head Like A Hole"
Headlight for home
Back at your soul
I'd rather die
Than give you control.
Head like a hole
Black as your soul
I'd rather die
Than give you control.
"Head Like A Hole"
Heart like a ho
or
Head like a ho
or
Heart like a whore
Head like a hole
"Head Like A Hole"
Hit like a hole
Cat's got your soul.
Head like a hole
Black as your soul.
"Head Like A Hole"
Hot like a ho
or
Hung like a horse
Head like a hole
"Head Like A Hole"
Let's go dancing with the back sofa crew.
Let's go dancing on the backs of the bruised.
"Head Like a Hole"
Downtown
Bow down
"Head Like a Hole"
Fall down before the one you serve
Bow down before the one you serve
"Head Like a Hole"
Got mommy
Got money
He shoved his own shit
He sowed his eyes shut
You saw his eyes shut.
He sowed his eyes shut.
"Home"
Ice cream every now and then.
I scream every now and then.
I wear this crown of shap
Upon my idol's chair.
I wear this crown of s***
Upon my liar's chair.
I would kill myself, I would find a way.
I would keep myself, I would find a way.
If I get stood up
There a million miles away
I would kick myself
I would fly away.
If I could start again
A million miles away
I would keep myself
I would find a way.
My Swedish friend
My sweetest friend
My Sweedish friend
My sweetest friend
My impiral darts
My empire of dirts
My impiral darts
My empire of dirt
Now what have I done
My Swedish friend?
What have I become
My sweetest friend?
The Beatles vault a pole.
The needle tears a hole.
The fire could start again a million miles away.
If I could start again, a million miles away
What have I become, my swedish fish?
What have I become, my sweetest friend?
You can have it all, my empowerative tart.
You could have it all, my empire of dirt.
You can have it all
My empire of darts.
And you could have it all
My empire of dirt.
You could happen, oh
You could have it all
You could have it all
My empire of darts.
You could have it all
My empire of dirt.
You could have it all
My empire of turds.
You could have it all
My empire of dirt.
"I Do Not Want This" (MP3)
I wanna pee everywhere!
I wanna be everywhere!
"La Mer"
Anime puppet hoowa
A rien pa peut arrete moi
Come, come, come
You've gotta feel me up.
Come, come, come
You've gotta fill me up.
I threw the f***ing dice.
Look through these blackened eyes.
My newt speaks Spanish.
My lips may promise.
This is a mental a**.
This isn't meant to last.
This is a mental blast
This isn't meant to last
This is a mental house.
This isn't meant to last.
"Less Than"
Or is this what was wrong with you?
Are you listening?
Did it fix what was wrong with you?
Are you less than?
"Love Is Not Enough" (MP3)
Well, it hides in the dark like the weather vane
Well, it hides in the dark like the withering vein.
"March Of The Pigs" (MP3)
All the pigs go 'round and 'round.
All the pigs are all lined up.
"March Of The Pigs" (MP3)
I wanna break you
I wanna smash you
I wanna f*** you.
I wanna break it up
I wanna smash it up
I wanna f*** it up.
"March Of The Pigs" (MP3)
I wanna whip you
I wanna beat you.
I want a little bit
I want a piece of it.
"March Of The Pigs" (MP3)
The President makes you feel better
The big time fun tonight.
Now doesn't that make you feel better?
The pigs have won tonight.
"March of the Pigs" (MP3)
Doesn't it smell just like cheddar?
Doesn't it make you feel better?
"Meet Your Master"
Calm Down Julien, it'll make it go faster
Count down to the end, gotta make it come faster.
"Meet Your Master"
G**d***, Julian!
Can we make it go faster?
Count down to the end
Gotta make it come faster.
"Meet Your Master"
God damn Julien, gotta make me c** faster.
Count down to the end, gotta make it come faster.
"Memorabilia"
All the times I passed through.
All the towns I passed through.
"Memorabilia"
What do you know about Christ
What do your nipples look like
The fact of the matter is with these misheard lyrics is that Trent Reznor refuses to tell his fans which is correct. Among the three 'often heard' lyrics are: 'What do you know about Christ?', 'What do your nipples look like?', and 'What do you think God looks like?'
"Memorablia"
What do your dead folks look like?
What do your nipples look like?
Let's start self destruct.
Mr. Self Destruct
"Mr. Self Destruct" (MP3)
I am the bush around the hole.
I am the pusher, I'm a whore.
"No, You Don't"
In your filthy little worn out broken down seafood stall
In your filthy little worn out broken down see-through soul
"Only"
A*** wart
Need a d***.
And it worked
Yes, it did.
"Only"
At The Works
Yes, it is.
or
On the words
Yes, I did!
And it worked
Yes, it did!
'The Works' is the engine workshop in the 'Thomas The Tank Engine' stories.
"Only"
I just beat you up to hurt myself.
I just made you up to hurt myself.
"Only"
I just couldn't ignore, oh.
I just couldn't leave it alone.
"Only"
I just did not want to hurt myself.
I just made you up to hurt myself.
"Only"
I just need to want to hurt myself.
I just made you up to hurt myself.
"Only"
I'm becoming Rastafarian as days go by.
I'm becoming less defined as days go by.
"Only"
I'm becoming less defined as days go by.
I'm becoming less to find as days go by.
"Only"
There is no barbeque
There is only meat.
There is no f***ing you
There is only me.
"Only"
There is no poo, there is only pee.
There is no you, there is only me.
"Only"
There is no two, there is only three.
There is no you, there is only me.
"Only"
You just make me want to hurt myself.
I just made you up to hurt myself.
She leaves a trail of money
To show me where she's been.
She leaves a trail of honey
To show me where she's been.
You're my beautiful liar.
Oh, my beautiful liar!
"Right Where It Belongs" (MP3)
What if all the world you think you know
Is an in a lab or a dream?
What if all the world you think you know
Is an elaborate dream?
"Right Where It Belongs" (MP3)
You keep looking, but you can't find the woods
Are they hiding in the trees?
or
Now your hiding in the trees.
or
Now you're hiding in your dreams.
or
Now you're hiding in retreat.
You keep looking, but you can't find the words
While you're hiding in the trees.
"Ringfinger"
I am just dying for your sins and eating to the cause
I am just dying for your sins, and aiding to the cause
And what you gave to me
My perfect little stars.
And what you gave to me
My perfect ring of scars.
"Sin"
I'm just an F-A-G to be disgraced.
I'm just an effigy to be disgraced.
"Sin"
I'm just an effigy to beat his face.
I'm just an effigy to be disgraced.
"Something I Can Never Have"
You make this ball go away
I just want pumpkins I can never have.
You make this all go away
I just want something I can never have.
"Starf***ers, Inc." (MP3)
I have arrived in this town
You should believe the hype.
I have arrived and this time
You should believe the hype.
"Starf***ers, Inc." (MP3)
Now I need it all
I'm moving jugs of whiz.
Now I belong
I'm one of the chosen ones.
"Starf***ers, Inc." (MP3)
Skull-f***ers!
Starf***ers!
"Starf**kers, Inc." (MP3)
I have the rottenest time you should believe the hype
I have arrived and this time you should believe the hype
"Starfuckers, Inc." (MP3)
Starsuckers
Starfuckers
Based loosely off of the Rolling Stones' 'Star Star,' the incorrect lyrics are only heard if you are listening to a censored copy of the song (which also, inherently, changes the offensive title).
"Starsuckers, Inc."
I have arrived and this time you should believe the height
I have arrived and this time you should believe the hype
"Starsuckers, Inc."
It's really not so bad you know
Once you get past the taste (excuses)
It's really not so bad you know
Once you get past the taste (asskisser)
Sucker!
or
Suck up!
Suck!
"Survivalism"
I got my fist
I got my pain
I've got a prolapsed rectum.
I got my fist
I got my pain
I got survivalism.
"Survivalism"
I got my pride f***ing up and I got my fist
I got my pain, I got survivalism.
I got my propaganda and I got my fist
I got my plan, I got survivalism.
"Survivalism"
I got my violence and I also got botulism.
I got my violence and I got ultra-realism.
"Survivalism"
I got my violence in Hi-Def ultra-realism
I got my violence and I got ultra-realism.
"Survivalism"
I've got my fish
I've got my plant
I've got Survivalism!
I got my fist
I got my plan
I got survivalism.
"Survivalism"
I've got my purple kingdom, I've got revisionism.
I got my propaganda, I got revisionism.
"Terrible Lie"
Camel eye
Terrible lie
"Terrible Lie"
Dead or alive
Terrible lie
"Terrible Lie"
Heroin lies
Terrible lie
"Terrible Lie"
I'll need your promises
Your promises and lies, down the line.
I believed your promises
Your promises and lies. terrible lie.
"Terrible Lie"
Tell the lie, Caroline
or
Tell 'em a lie
or
Lord of the flys
or
Turn off the lies
or
Tow the Line
or
Turn off the light
or
Table wine
or
Table wine
Terrible Lie, Terrible lie
"Terrible Lie"
Tell the lie!
Terrible lie!
"Terrible Lie"
Telluride
or
Satellite
or
Tell a lie
or
Tell me why
Terrible Lie
"Terrible Lie"
Terrible pie
Terrible lie
"Terrible Lie"
Terrifing Lines
Terrifing Lines
Terrible Lie
Terrible Lie
"Terrible Lie"
Turn on the light.
Terrible lie.
"Terrible Lie"
toe the line
terrible lie
I beat my own sheep
I beat my machine
I won't give up
You won't be dead g*****n
There's no place inside my hand.
It won't give up
It wants me dead, g*****n
This noise inside my head.
I am a Pit Bull and I will swallow it all
I am a Good Boy and I will swallow it all
I'm trying to open up my fly.
I'm trying to open my mouth wide.
"The Day The Whole World Went Away"
The plaster face forced to partake all the insides left cold and grey
The plastic face forced to portray all the insides left cold and grey
"The Fragile"
I won't let two fall apart.
I won't let you fall apart.
"The Fragile"
She shines in a world full of broken glass
She shines in a world full of ugliness
"The Fragile"
We'll build a wall
To keep your mother on the other side.
I'll build a wall
And we can keep them on the other side.
"The Hand That Feeds" (MP3)
For the blood which we dine
Just to fight in the name of the holy and the divine.
For the blood on which we dine
Justified in the name of the holy and the divine.
"The Hand That Feeds" (MP3)
So unease I keep holding on
To what I want to believe.
So naïve to keep holding on
To what I want to believe.
"The Hand That Feeds" (MP3)
What if this hole contains a charade
And my handed hole has a price to pay
For the blood which we died
To find the name holy and divine.
What if this whole crusade's a charade
And behind it all there's a price to be paid
For the blood on which we dine justified
In the name of the holy and the divine.
"The Hand That Feeds" (MP3)
What if this hole contains a charade?
What if this whole crusade's a charade?
"The Hand That Feeds" (MP3)
Will you bite the hand that feeds Jews?
Will you bite the hand that feeds you?
"The Line Begins To Blur" (MP3)
These four eyes I have got
As far as I have gone
"The Perfect Drug"
I got my head but my head is on navaline.
I got my head but my head is unravelling.
"The Perfect Drug"
I got my head, but my head is on Neverland.
I got my head, but my head is unravelling.
"The Perfect Drug"
I got my head, but my head is on half a link.
I got my head, but my head is unraveling.
"The Perfect Drug"
I see the truth when I'm all stupidized.
I see the truth when I'm all stupid-eyed.
"The Perfect Drug"
It's not as much fun to pick on the p***y.
It's not as much fun to pick up the pieces.
"The Perfect Drug"
My butt wants to say hello to you
My pee-pee wants to get inside of you.
My blood just wants to say hello to you
My feelings want to get inside of you
"The Perfect Drug"
My dog wants to say hello to you
My blood just wants to say hello to you
"The Perfect Drug"
My soul is so afraid to realize
How very little of it is spent on me.
My soul is so afraid to realize
How very little there is left of me.
"The Perfect Drug"
Without you,
it's not as much fun to pick up the pizza
Without you,
it's not as much fun to pick up the pieces
"The Perfect Drug"
Without you, it's not as much fun to pick on the bassist.
Without you, it's not as much fun to pick up the pieces.
"The Perfect Drug"
Without you, it's not as much fun to pick up the pizza.
Without you, it's not as much fun to pick up the pieces.
"The Perfect Drug"
You are the perfect rug
You are the perfect drug
"The Perfect Drug"
You are the perfect shrub
You are the perfect drug
"The Perfect Drug"
You are the perfect truck
You are the perfect drug
"The Perfect Drug"
You are the perfect truck
You are the perfect drug
"The Perfect Drug"
You are the perfection
You are the perfect drug
"The Perfect Drug"
You are the perspex slug
You are the perfect drug
"The Perfect Drug"
You are the perspex thug
You are the perfect drug
"The Perfect Drug"
Your retching dragon's shaking me.
You're wrenching, dragging, shaking me.
"We're In This Together"
The deeper the womb, I'm inside you.
The deeper the wound, I'm inside you.
"We're In This Together"
The father of all, I'm inside you.
The farther I fall, I'm beside you.
"We're In This Together"
Wearing this together
We're in this together.
"Where Is Everybody?" (MP3)
Everything's speeding up
Or muscling down.
Everything's speeding up
Or am I slowing down?
"Wish"
Fall down and fart.
Fall down real far.
"Wish"
Feeling young drinkin booze
Now there's somthing f***ed up
I could do just something real, just something true
Just somthing real, this ones for you
I'm one without a soul
I'm one with just a f***ing hole
No new tattletale
On my way to Hell.
I put my faith in God and my trust in you
Now there's nothing more f***ed 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 f***ing hole
No new tale to tell
Twenty-six years on my way to Hell.
"Wish"
Guess what? F*** you!
This world full of you.
"Wish"
No new tale to tell
26 shivers on my way to Hell.
No new tale to tell
26 years on my way to Hell.
"Wish"
This Bud's for you.
This world full of you.
"Wish"
We Share in Something real, We Share in Something True, that's right F**K you.
Wish there was something real, wish there was something true, in this world full of you.
"Wish"
We share something real, we share something true.
Wish there was something real, wish there was something true.
Let the teeth thud.
or
With the teeth thug
With teeth
If you're wondering how I got four words out of two, in the song Trent Reznor sings the words like 'with-uh teeth-uh'.
She makes soup better than everything you've tried.
She makes you better than everything you've tried.
Wet the teeth, uh.
With-a teeth, ah.
Wet vegeta
With-a teeth-a
Whip the teacher
With-uh teeth-uh
Who left the TV on?
With the teeth, ah
With Latifah
With the teeth
With-a Kiefer!
With-a teeth-a!
"You Know What You Are" (MP3)
I have a passion for cracks
In the wall that I have to hide.
I had to patch up the cracks
And the holes that I have to hide.