From the album "Hesitation Marks" out now. Available for purchase at: http://store.nin.com or iTunes: http://ninein.ch/itunesdlx

Hesitation Marks

Various Methods of Escape

BLACK MAGIC

You.
I should’ve buried your name in silence.

Every time I hear your name,
It rips my chest like rusted blades.
I used to dream of you like light 
Now all I see is fucking plague.

Your voice was once a melody,
Now it’s just a nail inside my skull.
I gave you all, you gave me knives 
And made me love the pull.

YOU — burned my soul into ash!
YOU — wore your love like a mask!
YOU — left me hollow and vile!
I hope your mirror cracks when you smile.

You wore my scars like trophies,
Laughed as I drowned in my own grief.
I was a goddamn altar 
You were the priest of disbelief.

I carved your name into my spine 
Now I rip it out with flame.
Every kiss was cyanide,
Every “love you” was a game.

I gave you the sky…
You painted it black.
I gave you my pulse…
And you sold it for scraps.

You were my end before my start.
A serpent sleeping in my heart.

FUCK. YOUR. NAME.
FUCK. YOUR. FACE.
FUCK. THE. GHOST. I. CAN’T. ERASE.
YOU TOOK MY LOVE AND MADE IT DIRT.
NOW YOU’RE JUST A WOUND THAT FLIRTS.

YOU — burned my soul into ash!
YOU — wore your love like a mask!
YOU — left me hollow and vile!
I hope your mirror cracks when you smile.

I loved you once.
And now I hope you rot.

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Various Methods of Escape

Nine Inch Nails