Down In It

Album: Pretty Hate Machine (1989)
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  • Kinda like a cloud I was up, way up in the sky
    And I was feeling some feelings you wouldn't believe
    Sometimes I don't believe them myself
    And I decided I was never coming down
    Just then a tiny little dot caught my eye
    It was just about too small to see
    But I watched it way too long
    It was pulling me down

    I was up above it
    I was up above it
    (Now I'm down in it)
    I was up above it
    I was up above it
    Now I'm down in it
    Shut up

    So what, what does it matter now?
    I was swimming in the haze now I crawl on the ground
    And everything I never liked about you
    Is kind of seeping into me
    I try to laugh about it now but isn't it funny how everything works out
    I guess the jokes on me, she said

    I was up above it
    I was up above it
    (Now I'm down in it)
    I was up above it
    I was up above it
    (Now I'm down in it)

    I used to be so big and strong
    I used to know my right from wrong
    I used to never be afraid
    I used to be somebody
    I used to have something inside
    Now just this hole it's open wide
    I used to want it all
    I used to be somebody

    I'll cross my heart, I'll hope to die
    But the needle's already in my eye
    And all the world's weight is on my back and I don't even know why
    What I used to think was me is just a fading memory
    I looked him right in the eye and said goodbye

    I was up above it
    I was up above it
    Now I'm down in it
    (Now I'm down in it)
    I was up above it
    I was up above it
    Now I'm down in it
    I was up above it
    I was up above it
    Now I'm down in it
    I was up above it

    Rain, rain go away
    Come again some other day
    Rain, rain go away
    Come again some other day
    Rain, rain go away
    Come again some other day
    Rain, rain go away
    Come again some other day

    I was up above it
    I was up above it
    Now I'm down in it
    I was up above it
    Now I'm down in it Writer/s: Trent Reznor
    Publisher: CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC
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