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Nine Inch Nails – Ringfinger Lyrics 12 years ago
It is a sample from the Jane's Addiction song "Had A Dad". And yes - that is exactly what it says! : )

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Nine Inch Nails – Ringfinger Lyrics 12 years ago
Okay, these lyrics are actually part of the version of the song that is called "Twist" and is from a bootleg called "Purest Feeling". I've not actually heard that version yet, but will now be hunting it down. However I did find these lyrics when I was looking for the actual lyrics for "Ringfinger".

Lyrics for "Twist":

Well you've got me working so hard lately
Working my hands until they bleed
If I was twice the man I could be
I'd still be half of what you need
Still you lead me and I follow
All of your back up to your chin
Over to the tip of your switchblade
As you pull it out and you stick it in

(Twist twist twist) it can go a little deeper
(Twist twist twist) I'm wearing these chains
(Twist twist twist) you make it hurt real good
(Twist twist twist) I love the pain

Well you just leave me nailed here
Hanging like Jesus on this cross
I'm just dying for your sins
And aiding to the cause

(Twist twist twist) it can go a little deeper
(Twist twist twist) I'm wearing these chains
(Twist twist twist) you make it hurt real good
(Twist twist twist) I love the pain

Wrap my soul in bandages
I'm tired of this war
Go ahead and cut me
I can't even feel it anymore

(Twist twist twist) it can go a little deeper
(Twist twist twist) I'm wearing these chains
(Twist twist twist) you make it hurt real good
(Twist twist twist) but I love, love the pain
(Twist twist twist) it can go a little deeper
(Twist twist twist) I'm wearing these chains
(Twist twist twist) make it hurt, make it hurt
(Twist twist twist) I love the pain
(Twist twist twist)

And for "Ringfinger":

Well you've got me working so hard lately
Working my hands until they bleed
If I was twice the man I could be
I'd still be half of what you need
Still you lead me and I follow
Anything you ask you know I'll do
But this one act of consecration is what I ask of you

Ringfinger
Promise carved in stone
Deeper than the sea
Ringfinger
Sever flesh and bone
And offer it to me

You just leave me nailed here
Hanging like Jesus on this cross
I'm just dying for your sins
And aiding to the cause

Ringfinger
Promise carved in stone
Deeper than the sea
Ringfinger
Sever flesh and bone
And offer it to me

Wrap my eyes in bandages
Confessions I see through
I get everything I want
When I get part of you

Ringfinger
Promise carved in stone
Deeper than the sea
Ringfinger
Sever flesh and bone
And offer it to me
Ringfinger
Promise carved in stone
Deeper than the sea
Ringfinger
Devil's flesh and bone
Do something for me

I'm so tired I can't get to sleep
And the squeaking of the bed is right in time with the song that's repeating in my head
I just want you to know

"When I do it, I only think of you"

Those last 4 lines are not actually in the song at all, but he listed them in the lyrics booklet for Pretty Hate Machine. So....quite obviously a very personal message meant for someone specific. At least in my opinion.
I did not officially correct the lyrics because the ones listed are kinda from 2 different versions of the song. I thought that anyone else who is huge on NIN would appreciate. And I will add that if you can find a live version of "Ringfinger", you will hear that instead of "This one act of consecration...." he says "This one act of masturbation is what I ask of you".

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Mazzy Star – Fade Into You Lyrics 12 years ago
I certainly can not explain the jujubes & magic trick there.....but in 2001 the first Hope Sandoval And The Warm Inventions album was released, Bavarian Fruit Bread. She was not saying "comb", she was saying "Colm", the drummer's name. Not the same drummer as was in Mazzy Star, this guy is from My Bloody Valentine. Not that it helps the mystery much, but thought I should point that part out once I realized it - even if only to add a tiny bit of sanity to that crazy story for others reading these posts.

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Tori Amos – Suede Lyrics 12 years ago
I must say that I now feel like a total dweeb because I honestly thought it said "everybody knows you CAN'T conjure anything by the dark of the moon". And I thought that because it was what made sense to me.....since conjuring is normally done at the full moon and the dark moon is reserved for banishing. However, I looked at the lyrics again in the CD insert and the "can" is correct. Which means she is speaking of dark or black magic. Good to know! Now I am wondering if I'm the only one that was so mistaken on that, even though I do see why I had it wrong.

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