Nine Inch Nails

Performed 21 times
First time: November 5, 2013
Last time: December 8, 2018

no... no, i'm not sick, i... just got a very funny feeling.
never felt anything like this before.
[what kind of feeling?]
it's like i didn't belong here. like if i was to let myself go,
i'd...
[you'd what?]
like i'd disappear

Performed 148 times
First time: March 23, 2005
Last time: May 24, 2007

you are not one of them you belong with us

you're only fooling yourself
go on get back to where you belong
you are not one of them
you belong with us you're only fooling yourself
come back where you belong back

to nowhere back to nothing
back to that lonely place inside your head
come back where you belong
you're so fucking stupid and pathetic
look what you're trying to do
we will never let you go
that was a lie you must have wanted to believe
you didn't really believe that did you?
well it runs too deep it runs too deep my friend
better start to look at things through different eyes

don't you fucking know what you are?

go on get back get back get back to where you belong

Performed 37 times
First time: March 23, 2005
Last time: September 10, 2009

i pick things up
i am a collector
and things, well things
they tend to accumulate
i have this net
it drags behind me
and it picks up feelings
for me to feed upon

there are times, plenty of times
i wish i could let it go
but they start to breathe
and they start to grow inside me
there are times, plenty of times
i wish i could let it go
but they start to make me think
things i don't want to know

i'm trying to fit it all inside
i'm trying to open my mouth wide
i'm trying not to choke and
swallow it all
swallow it all
swallow it all
swallow it all

i am the plague
i am the swarm
all your hurt sticks on me
and i keep it warm
they make me stay
they won't let me leave
there are so god damned many of them
it gets hard to breathe

i'm trying to fit it all inside
i'm trying to open my mouth wide
i'm trying not to choke inside
i am a good boy and i will
swallow it all
swallow it all
swallow it all
swallow it all

every last one
every last one
every last one
every last one

• The Hand That Feeds 10" Picture Vinyl
• The Hand That Feeds (March 28, 2005)
• The Hand That Feeds 9"
• The Hand That Feeds 12" (The Photex Releases)
• The Hand That Feeds (Limited Edition Digipack)

Performed 578 times
First time: March 23, 2005
Last time: September 19, 2025

The Hand That Feeds:
The Hand That Feeds (Limited Edition Digipack):
The Hand That Feeds (DVD Single):
The Hand That Feeds 9":
The Hand That Feeds 12" (The Photex Releases):
The Hand That Feeds 12" (DFA Mixes):
Only (CD Maxi Europe):
Only 9" (UK):
Every Day Is Exactly The Same:
Every Day Is Exactly The Same (Japanese Edition):

you're keeping in step
in the line
got your chin held high and you feel just fine
because you do
what you're told
but inside your heart it is black and it's hollow
and it's cold

just how deep do you believe?
will you bite the hand that feeds?
will you chew until it bleeds?
can you get up off your knees?
are you brave enough to see
do you want to change it?

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

just how deep do you believe?
will you bite the hand that feeds?
will you chew until it bleeds?
can you get up off your knees?
are you brave enough to see?
do you want to change it?

so naïve
to keep holding on to what i want to believe
and i can see
but i keep
holding on and on and on and on

will you bite the hand that feeds you or will you stay down on your knees?

Performed 90 times
First time: March 23, 2005
Last time: June 17, 2022

Only (CD Maxi Europe):
Only (UK DVD Single):
Every Day Is Exactly The Same (Japanese Edition):

the more that we take
the paler we get
i can't remember what it is
we try to forget
the tile on the floor
so cold it can sting
in your eyes is a place
worth remembering
for you to go and take this
to smash it apart
i've gone all this fucking way
to wind up back at
back at the start

hey the closer we think we are
well it only got us so far
now you got anything left to show?
no, no, i didn't think so
hey, the sooner we realize
we cover ourselves with lies
but underneath we're not so tough
and love is not enough

it hides in the dark
like the withering vein
we didn't give it a mouth
so it cannot complain
it never really had a chance
we'd never really make it through
and to think i believed
i believed i could get better with you

hey the closer we think we are
well it only got us so far
now you got anything left to show?
no, no, i didn't think so
hey, the sooner we realize
we cover ourselves with lies
but underneath we're not so tough
and love is not enough

• Every Day Is Exactly The Same (EU 3 Track)
• Every Day Is Exactly The Same (April 04, 2006)
• Every Day Is Exactly The Same (Japanese Edition)
• Every Day Is Exactly The Same (US 1 Track)

Performed 48 times
First time: May 4, 2005
Last time: August 26, 2025

Every Day Is Exactly The Same:
Every Day Is Exactly The Same (Japanese Edition):
Every Day Is Exactly The Same (EU 3 Track):

i believe i can see the future
because i repeat the same routine
i think i used to have a purpose
and then again that might have been a dream
i think i used to have a voice
now i never make a sound
i just do what i've been told
i really don't want them to come around
oh no

every day is exactly the same
there is no love here and there is no pain
every day is exactly the same

i can feel their eyes are watching
in case i lose myself again
sometimes i think i'm happy here
sometimes i still pretend
i can't remember how this all got started
but i can tell you —exactly— how it will end

every day is exactly the same
every day is exactly the same
there is no love here and there is no pain
every day is exactly the same

i'm writing on a little piece of paper
i'm hoping someday you might find
i'll hide it behind something
they don't look behind
i am still inside here
a little bit comes bleeding through
i wish this could have been any other way
i just don't know what else i can do

every day is exactly the same

Performed 48 times
First time: March 23, 2005
Last time: February 26, 2007

she comes along
she gets inside
she makes you better than
anything you've tried
it's in her kiss
the blackest sea
it runs deeper than you
dare to dream it could be

with teeth
she's holding on
with teeth

wave goodbye
to what you were
the rules have changed
the lines begin to blur
she makes you hard
it comes on strong
you've finally found
the place where you belong

with teeth
she is the greatest lie of all

i can not go through this again

with teeth
she is the greatest lie of all

she will not let you go
keeps holding on

this time i'm not coming back

• Only (CD Maxi Europe)
• Only (UK DVD Single)
• Only 9" (UK)

Performed 291 times
First time: September 19, 2005
Last time: September 2, 2022

Only (CD Maxi Europe):
Only (UK DVD Single):
Only 12" (US):
Every Day Is Exactly The Same:
Every Day Is Exactly The Same (Japanese Edition):

i'm becoming less defined
as days go by
fading away
(well you might say)
i'm losing focus
kind of drifting into the abstract
in terms of how i see myself
sometimes i think i can see right through myself

less concerned about fitting into the world
your world, that is
because it doesn't really matter
anymore
none of this really matters anymore

yes i am alone
but then again i always was
as far back as i can tell
i think maybe it's because
because you were never real to begin with
i just made you up
to hurt myself
and it worked
yes it did

there is no you
there is only me
there is no fucking you
there is only me
only

[pt. 2]
well the tiniest little dot caught my eye
and it turned out to be a scab
and i had this funny feeling
like i just knew it's something bad
i just couldn't leave alone
and i kept picking at that scab
like it was a doorway trying to seal itself shut
but i climbed through

and now i'm somewhere i am not supposed to be
and i can see things i know i really shouldn't see
now i know why
and now i know why
things aren't as pretty
on the inside

there is no fucking you
there is only me
only

Performed 19 times
First time: March 25, 2005
Last time: August 18, 2008

getting a little erratic here
and i don't know who to trust
i guess they got a way of reading my mind
i guess i got to adjust
i got my arms that flip flop flip flop flip
i got my head on a spring
well i thought i got you on my side
i haven't got fucking anything

i'm just a face in the crowd
nothing to worry about
not even trying to stand out
i'm getting smaller and smaller and smaller
and i have nothing to say
it's all been taken away
i just behave and obey
i'm afraid i am starting to fade away

i kind of see through the cracks
when i press up to the wall
i'm not looking to stand up real high
i'd be happy to crawl
i think i'm losing my grip
but i can still make a fist
you know i still got my one good arm
that i can beat—i can beat myself up with

i'm just a face in the crowd
nothing to worry about
not even trying to stand out
i'm getting smaller and smaller and smaller
and i have nothing to say
it's all been taken away
i just behave and obey
i'm afraid i am starting to fade away

hey and for what it is worth
i really used to believe
that maybe there's some great thing
that we could achieve
and now i can't tell the difference
or know what to feel
between what i've been trying so hard to see
and what appears to be real

my world is getting smaller every day
hey hey hey hey
and that's ok

Performed 3 times
First time: June 21, 2022
Last time: September 15, 2022

sunspots cast a glare in my eyes
sometimes i forget i'm alive
i feel it coming and i've got to get out of its way
i hear it calling and i come cause i can't disobey
i should not listen and i shouldn't believe but i do
yes i do

she turns me on
she makes it real
i have to apologize
for the way i feel

my life it seems has taken a turn
why in the name of god would i ever want to return?
peel off our skin we're gonna burn what we were to the ground
fuck in the fire and we'll spread all the ashes around
i want to kill away the rest of what's left and i do
yes i do

she turns me on
she makes it real
i have to apologize
for the way i feel
and nothing can stop me now
and there is nothing to fear
and everything i'd ever want
is inside of here

now i just stare into the sun
and i see everything i've done
i think i could have been someone
but i can't stop what has begun
when everything is said and done
and there is no place left to run
i think i used to be someone
now i just stare into the sun

Performed 151 times
First time: March 23, 2005
Last time: September 7, 2022

there are things that i said i would never do
there are fears that i cannot believe have come true
for my soul is too sick and too little and too late
and my self i have grown too weary to hate

the more i stay in here
the more it's not so clear
the more i stay in here
the more i disappear
as far as i have gone
i knew what side i'm on
but now i'm not so sure
the line begins to blur

is there somebody on top of me?
i don't know, i don't know
isn't anybody stopping me?
i don't know, i don't know
well i'm trying to hold my breath
just how far down can i go?
i don't know, i don't know
i don’t know

as i lie here and stare
the fabric starts to tear
it's far beyond repair
and i don't really care
as far as i have gone
i knew what side i'm on
but now i'm not so sure
the line begins to blur

Performed 102 times
First time: March 23, 2005
Last time: June 1, 2014

i am all alone this time around
sometimes on the side i hear a sound
places parallel i know it's you
feel the little pieces bleeding through
this goes on
and on
and on

now that i've decided not to stay
i can feel me start to fade away
everything is back where it belongs
i will be beside you before long
this goes on
and on
and on

we will never die
beside you in time

Performed 93 times
First time: September 19, 2005
Last time: September 19, 2025

see me dancing on the stage that i built
spotlight on me shining strong
feel such happiness inside of my heart
and it's all right here, right here in my song

see my crew dancing around me
hear the audience’s screams
feel like i could jump right to the sky
and just lose myself
lose myself inside a dream

i got all these songs inside of my head
just creations of my own
the rhythm in the song as i'm sleeping in my bed
it's got me dancing on my feet

see my crew dancing around me
hear the audience’s screams
feel like this whole world i love to know
is an elaborate dream
and when i look at my reflection
but it's all i wanted to be
feel like i could jump right to the sky
and just lose myself
lose myself inside a dream

• The Hand That Feeds 10" Picture Vinyl

Performed 69 times
First time: March 23, 2005
Last time: September 3, 2022

everything is catching up with me
i awake to find i'm not at all where i should be
and it feels i'm getting to the end
and it's hard to figure out what's real and what's pretend

to break from what we're tied to
god knows how much i've tried to
and i am still inside you
and i am still inside you

i escape every now and then
and to think i find myself back here again and again
i used to know who i was until you came along
i return to the only place i've ever felt that i belong

to break from what we're tied to
god knows how much i've tried to
and i am still inside you
and i am still inside you

Performed 3 times
First time: May 8, 2009
Last time: August 29, 2009