Lyrics to Mer De Noms, by A Perfect Circle



Nine Inch Nails
- Something I Can Never Have -

i still recall the taste of my 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 dont want to sleep anymore
come on tell me.
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.
make this all go away.
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
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.
make this all go away.
you make this all go away.
i just want something.
i just want something i can never have.
i just want something i can never have.





Nine Inch Nails
- The Perfect Drug -

i got my head but my head is unravelling
can't keep control, can't
keep track of where it's travelling
i got my heart but my heart is no good
and you're the only one that's understood
i come along, but i don't know
where you're taking me
i shouldn't go but you're
reaching, dragging, shaking me
turn off the sun, pull the stars from the sky
the more i give to you, the more i die
and i want you

you are the perfect drug,
the perfect drug, the perfect drug
you are the perfect drug, the
perfect drug, the perfect drug

you make me hard when I'm all
soft inside
i see the truth when I'm all
stupid-eyed
the arrow goes straight through my heart
without you everything just
falls apart
my blood wants to say hello to you
my fears want to get inside of you
my soul's so afraid to realize
every little word is a lack of me
and i want you

you are the perfect drug, the
perfect drug, the perfect drug

take me if you want
without you
without you everything falls apart
without you
It's not as much fun to pick up
the pieces





Nine Inch Nails
- Heresy -

he sewed his eyes shut because he is afraid to see
he tries to tell me what i put inside of me
he's got the answers to ease my curiosity
he dreamed a god up and called it christianity
your god is dead and no one cares
if there is a hell i will see you there
he flexed his muscles to keep his flock of sheep in line
he made a virus that would kill off all the swine
his perfect kingdom of killing, suffering and pain
demands devotion atrocities done in his name
your god is dead and no one cares
drowning in his own hypocrisy
and if there is a hell i will see you there
burning with your god in humility
will you die for this?





Nine Inch Nails
- I Do Not Want This -

i'm losing ground
you know how this world can beat you down
i'm made of clay
i fear i'm the only one who thinks this way

i'm always falling down the same hill
bamboo puncturing the skin
and nothing comes bleeding out of me
just like a waterfall i'm drowning in
2 feet below the surface i can still make out your wavy face
and if i could just reach you maybe i could leave this place

i do not want this
i do not want this
i do not want this
i do not want this
don't you tell me how i feel
don't you tell me how i feel
don't you tell me how i feel
you don't know just how i feel

i stay inside my bed
i have lived so many lives all in my head
don't tell me that you care
there really isn't anything, is there?

you would know, wouldn't you?
you extend your hand to those who suffer
to those who know what it really feel like
to those who've had a taste
like that means something
and oh so sick i am
and maybe i don't have a choice
and maybe that is all i have
and maybe this is a cry for help

i do not want this
i do not want this
i do not want this
i do not want this
don't you tell me how i feel
don't you tell me how i feel
don't you tell me how i feel
you don't know just how i feel

i want to know everything
i want to be everywhere
i want to fuck everyone in the world
i want to do something that matters





Nine Inch Nails
- Hurt -

i hurt myself today
to see if i still feel
i focus on the pain
the only thing that's real
the needle tears a hole
the old familiar sting
try to kill it all away
but i remember everything
what have i become?
my sweetest friend
everyone i know
goes away in the end
you could have it all
my empire of dirt
i will let you down
i will make you hurt
i wear my crown of shit
on my liar's chair
full of broken thoughts
i cannot repair
beneath the stain of time
the feeling disappears
you are someone else
i am still right here
what have i become?
my sweetest friend
everyone i know
goes away in the end
you could have it all
my empire of dirt
i will let you down
i will make you hurt
if i could start again
a million miles away
i would keep myself
i would find a way





Nine Inch Nails
- The Fragile -

she shines
in a world full of ugliness
she matters
when everything is meaningless

fragile
she doesn't see her beauty
she tries to get away
sometimes
it's just that nothing seems worth saving
i can't watch her slip away

i won't let you fall apart

she reads the minds of all the people that pass her by
hoping someone can see
if i could fix myself i'd -
but it's too late for me

i won't let you fall apart

we'll find the perfect place to go where we can run and hide
i'll build a wall and we can keep them on the other side
...but they keep waiting
...and picking...

it's something i have to do
i was there, too
before everything else
i was like you





Nine Inch Nails
- Even Deeper -

i woke up today
to find myself in the other place
with a trail of my footprints
from where i ran away
it seems everything i've heard
just might be true
and you know me
(well you think you do)
sometimes, i have everything-
yet i wish i felt something

do you know how far this has gone?
just how damaged have i become?
when i think i can overcome
it runs even deeper

and in a dream i'm a different me
with a perfect you
we fit perfectly
and for once in my life i feel complete-
and i still want to ruin it
afraid to look
as clear as day
this plan has long been underway
i hear them call
i cannot stay
the voice inviting me away

do you know how far this has gone?
just how damaged have i become?
when i think i can overcome
it runs even deeper
everything that matters is gone
all the hands of hope have withdrawn
could you try to help me hang on?
it runs...

i'm straight
i won't crack
on my way
and i can't turn back
i'm okay
i'm on track
on my way
and i can't turn back
i stayed
on this track
gone too far
and i can't come back
i stayed
on this track
lost my way
can't come back





Nine Inch Nails
- The Great Below -

staring at the sea
will she come?
is there hope for me?
after all is said and done
anything at any price
all of this for you
all the spoils of a wasted life
all of this for you

all the world has closed her eyes
tired faith all worn and thin
for all we could have done
and all that could have been

ocean pulls me close
her whispers in my ear
the destiny have chose
all becoming clear
the currents have their say
the time is drawing near
washes me away
makes me dissapear

i decend from grace
in arms of undertow
i will take my place
in the great below

i can still feel you
even so far away






Gary Numan
- Metal -

we're in the building where they make us grow
and i'm frightened by the liquid engineers
like you

my mallory heart is sure to fail
i could crawl around the floor just like i'm real
like you

the sound of metal
i want to be
you
i could learn to be a man
like you

plug me in and turn me on
oh everything is moving

i need my treatment
it's tomorrow they send me singing "i am an american"
do you?

picture this: if i should make the change
i love to pull the wires from the wall
did you?

and who are you
and how can i try
here inside i like metal
don't you?

all i know is no one dies
i'm still confusing love with need





David Bowie
- I'm Afraid Of Americans -

johnny's in america, low-tech's at the wheel
no one need anyone, they don't even just pretend
johnny's in america

i'm afraid of americans
i'm afraid of the world
i'm afraid i can't help it
i'm afraid i can't
johnny's in america

johnny wants a brain, johnny wants to suck on a coke
johnny wants a woman, johnny wants to think of a joke
johnny's in america

i'm afraid of americans
i'm afraid of the world
i'm afraid i can't help it
i'm afraid i can't
johnny's in america

johnny's in america, johnny looks up at the stars
johnny combs his hair and johnny wants pussy and cars
johnny's in america

i'm afraid of americans
i'm afraid of the world
i'm afraid i can't help it
i'm afraid i can't
johnny's in america

god is an american





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