This is a sequel to 2001's "Reckless Abandon", and features the band looking back on their clumsy youth fondly.
Smiling in their faces
While filling up the hole
So many dirty little places
In your filthy little, worn out
Broken down see through soul
Baby's got a problem
Tries so hard to hide
Got to keep it on the surface
Because everything else is dead on the other side
Teeth in the necks of everyone you know
You can keep on sucking 'til the blood won't flow
When it starts to hurt it only helps it grow
Taking all you need (but not this time)
No, you don't
And just for the record
Just so you know
I did not believe
That you could sink so low
You think that you can beat them
I know that you won't
You think you have everything
But no, you don't
No, you don't
No, you don't
No, you don't
No, you don't
No, you don't
No, you don't
No, you don't
No, you don't
While filling up the hole
So many dirty little places
In your filthy little, worn out
Broken down see through soul
Baby's got a problem
Tries so hard to hide
Got to keep it on the surface
Because everything else is dead on the other side
Teeth in the necks of everyone you know
You can keep on sucking 'til the blood won't flow
When it starts to hurt it only helps it grow
Taking all you need (but not this time)
No, you don't
And just for the record
Just so you know
I did not believe
That you could sink so low
You think that you can beat them
I know that you won't
You think you have everything
But no, you don't
No, you don't
No, you don't
No, you don't
No, you don't
No, you don't
No, you don't
No, you don't
No, you don't
Lyrics submitted by thewhitepony33
No, You Don't Lyrics as written by Trent Reznor
Lyrics © CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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I love this song.It sounds so angry!But now,after listening to The Fragile, I think I finally get it all now.
The Downward Spiral had a story to it that was relatively easy to follow. The Fragile has a storyline too, but it's a little harder to get. And I think I finally figured it out.
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