Nine Inch Nails Album

Hy-per-pow-er

down on your knees, you'll be left behind
this is the beginning
watch what you think, they can read your mind
this is the beginning
i got my mark, see it in my eyes
this is the beginning
my reflection i don't recognize
this is the beginning

we think we climb so high
all up the backs we've condemned
we face our consequence
this is the beginning of the end

you wait your turn, you'll be last in line
this is the beginning
get out the way, cause i'm getting mine
this is the beginning
god helps the ones that can help themselves
this is the beginning
may be too late as far as i can tell
this is the beginning

we think we've come so far
on all our lies we depend
we face our consequence
this is the beginning of the end

I should have listened to her
So hard to keep control
We kept on eating but
Our bloated belly's still not full
She gave us all she had but
We went and took some more
Can't seem to shut her legs
Our mother nature is a whore

(chorus:)
I got my propaganda
I got revisionism
I got my violence
In hi-def ultra-realism
All a part of this great nation
I got my fist
I got my plan
I got survivalism

Hypnotic sound of sirens
Echoing through the street
The cocking of the rifles
The marching of the feet
You see your world on fire
Don't try to act surprised
We did just what you told us
Lost our faith along the way and found ourselves believing your lies

(chorus)

(cut-up speech)

All bruised and broken, bleeding
She asked to take my hand
I turned, just keep on walking
But you'd do the same thing in the circumstance
I'm sure you'll understand

(chorus)

You got your pacifism - I got survivalism (repeat)

Gunfire in the street
Where we used to meet
Echoes that are beat
When the bass goes 'bomb'
Right over my head
Step over the dead
Remember what you said

Y'know a part of my old life
Is just a waking dream
Well I know what you mean
But that ain't how it seems right here, right now

How can this be real?
I can barely feel
Anymore

I am trying to see
I am trying to believe
This is not where I should be
I am trying to believe

Blood hardens in the sand
Cold metal in my hand
Hope you understand the way that things are gonna be
There's nowhere left to hide
Cause god is on our side
I keep telling myself

I am trying to see
I am trying to believe
This is not where I should be
I am trying to believe

I let you put it in my mouth
I let it get under my skin
I let you pump it through my veins
I let you take me from within

They tell us what we can and cannot do
Same thing we've heard a hundred times before
Well, I put you inside of me
But none of that matters anymore

Oh my god, can it go any faster
Oh my god, I don't think I can last here

I am you and you are me
We will never be alone
I have finally found my place in everything
I have finally found my home

Well, I can leave all the past behind
I can see right through the whole facade
I'm becoming something else
I am turning into God

Oh my god, can it go any faster

Well it's happening
Never planned on this
You've got something I need
Kind of dangerous
And I'm losing control
I'm not used to this
What you want from me
I'm not used to this

I can't shut it off
This thing I've begun
And it's hard to tell
Just where it's coming from
And it's hard to see
What I'm capable of
And it's hard to believe
Just, what I've become

Hey, can't stop
Me, I'm not
Hey, can't stop
Me, I'm not
Hey, can't stop
Me, I'm not
Hey, can't stop
Me, I'm not

I can swallow it down
Keep it all inside
I define myself
By how well I hide
I feel it coming apart
Well, at least I tried

I can win this war
By knowing not to fight
If I take it all back
Someway, somehow
If I knew back then
What I know right now

Hey can't stop
Me, I'm not
Hey can't stop
Me, I'm not
Hey, can't stop
Me, I'm not
Hey, can't stop
Me, I'm not

I pushed the button and elected him to office and
He pushed the button and he dropped the bomb
You pushed the button and could watch it on the television
Those motherfuckers didn't last too long

I'm sick of hearing about the have and have not's
Have some personal accountability
The biggest problem with the way that we are doing things is
The more we let you have the less that I'll be keeping for me

Well I use to stand for something
Well I'm on my hands and knees
Turning in my god for this one
and he signs his name with a capital G

Don't give a shit about the temperature in Guatemala
Don't really see what all the fuss is about
Ain't gonna worry about no future generations
And I'm sure somebody's gonna figure it out

Don't try to tell me that some power can corrupt a person
You hadn't had enough to know what its like
Your only angry cause you wish you were in my position
Now nod your head cause you know that I'm right..alright!

Well I use to stand for something
But forgot what that could be
Theres a lot of me inside you
Maybe your afraid to see

Well I use to stand for something
Well I'm on my hands and knees
Turning in my god for this one
and he signs his name with a capital G

You and I, we may look the same,
But we are very far apart
There's bullet holes where my compassion used to be
And there is violence in my heart

Into fire you can send us,
From the fire we return.
You can label us a consequence
Of how much you have to learn.

You can try, but you'll never understand
This is something you will never understand
Can you hear it now
Hear it coming now
Can you hear it now

On hands and knees, we crawl
You cannot stop us all
Our bones, our skin
We will not let you win

You have set something in motion
Much greater than you've ever known
Standing there in all your grand naiveté
About to reap what you have sown

Time will feed upon your weaknesses
Soon you'll lose the will to care
When you return to the place that you call home
We will be there, we will be there

On hands and knees, we crawl
You can not stop us all
Our blood will stain
We will not go away

On hands and knees, we crawl
You can not stop us all
Our blood, our ways*
Will never leave this place

We crawl
We crawl
We crawl
We crawl

Some say it was a warning
Some say it was a sign
I was standing right there
When it came down from the sky
The way it spoke to us
You felt it from inside
Said it was up to us
Up to us to decide

You've become a virus
That has eaten up its host
We've been watching you with all of our eyes
And what you seem to value most

So much potential
Or so we used to say
Your greed, self importance, and your arrogance
You piss it all away

We heard a cry
We've come to intervene
You will change your ways and you will make amends
Or we will wipe this place clean

Your time is tick-tick-ticking away

Hey man, please don't make a sound
Take a look around
Can't you see what's right in front of you
Have a little taste
No more time to waste
You don't wanna get left behind cause it's all coming down right now

How hard is it to see
Put your faith in me
I sure wouldn't want to be praying
To the wrong piece of wood
You should get where you belong
Everything you know is wrong
Come on, sing along, everybody now

God given

And He gives us sight
And we'll see the light
And it burns so bright
Now we know we're right
It is kingdom come
And Thy will be done
We have just begun
We're the chosen ones

(We would never tell you anything that wasn't absolutely true
That hadn't come right from his mouth and he was made to tell you)

Wait, step into the light
How can this be right
I'm afraid we're gonna ask you to leave
Guess you cannot win
With the color of your skin
You won't be getting into the Promised Land
This is just another case
You people still don't know your place
Step aside, out the way, wipe that look off your face
'Cause we are the divine
Separated from the swine
Come on, sing along, everybody now

God given

And He gives us sight
And we'll see the light
And it burns so bright
Now we know we're right
It is kingdom come (and the Father and the Holy Son)
And Thy will be done
We have just begun
We're the chosen ones

(We would never tell you anything that wasn't absolutely true
That hadn't come right from his mouth and he was made to tell you)

Right now a big decision
Violence as polished steel
This is something different
Don't know how big this feels
No time for asking questions
No time for wondering
We've had enough of you now
You've heard everything

You want to play a new game
You put on this blindfold
You do what we tell you
You do as you're told
Used to be the leader
Now comes the time to serve
Maybe we'll show some mercy
Maybe you'll get what you deserve

Countdown to the end, but make it go faster
This is your disaster
Countdown to the end, but make it go faster
Come on down, my friend
It's time to meet your master

You've left quite a mess here under your stewardship
You thought you figured it out but you'll find your place in this
You think its so convincing, you think you see the truth
Give us so many things, now who's got time for you

Countdown to the end, but make it go faster
This is your disaster
Countdown to the end, but make it go faster
Come on down, my friend
It's time to meet your master

Come on down

Breathe... us in
Breathe... slowly
Breathe... us in
Slowly...

Everything you do,
Everywhere you go,
Anything we want
Anything

Persuasion (slowly)
Coercion (slowly)
Selection (breathe)
Assimilation (us in)

Breathe... us in
Slowly...
Slowly...

Say your name
Try to speak as clearly as you can
Even though everything gets written down
Nod you head
Just in case they could be watching
With their shining satellites

I hope they cannot see
The limitless potential
Living inside of me
To murder everything
I hope they cannot see
I am the great destroyer

Turn it up, listen to the shit they pump into your head
Filling it with apathy
Hold your breath, wait until you know the time is right
On time
The end is near

I hope they cannot see
The limitless potential
Living inside of me
To murder everything
I hope they cannot see
I am the great destroyer

[No lyrics]

Watch the sun,
As it crawls across a final time
And it feels like,
Like it was a friend.
It is watching us,
And the world we set on fire
Do you wonder,
If it feels the same?

And the sky is filled with light
Can you see it?
All the black is really white
If you believe it
As your time is running out
Let me take away your doubt
You can find a better a place
In this twilight

Dust to dust,
Ashes in your hair remind me
What it feels like
And I won't feel again
Night descends
Could I have been a better person
If I could only do it all again

And the sky is filled with light
Can you see it?
All the black is really white
If you believe it
And the longing that you feel
You know none of this real
You can find a better a place
In this twilight

They're starting to open up the sky
They're starting to reach down through
And it feels like we're living in that split second of a car crash
And time is slowing down
And if we only had a little more time
And this time is all there is
Do you remember the time we?
And all the times we?
And should have?
And were going to?
I know
And i know you remember how i could justify it all
And we knew better in our hearts we knew better
And we told ourselves that it didn't matter,
We chose to continue and none of that matters anymore
In the hour of our twilight
And soon it will be all said and done
And we will all be back together as one
And we will continue at all

Shame on us.
Doomed from the start
May god have mercy on our dirty little hearts.
Shame on us for all we have done
And all we ever were, just zeros and ones.

And you never get away
And you never get to take the easy way
And all of this is a consequence
Brought on by our own hand
If you believe in that sort of thng
And did you ever really find
When you closed your eyes
Any place that was still
And at peace
And i guess i just wanted to tell you as the lights start to fade
That you are the reason that i am not afraid
And i guess i just wanted to mention as the heavens will fall
We will be together soon if we will be anything at all.

Shame on us.
Doomed from the start
May god have mercy on our dirty little hearts.
Shame on us for all we have done
And all we ever were, just zeros and ones.