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| album =''[[Pretty Hate Machine]]''
| length =5:55
| versions =Something I Can Never Have <br> Something I Can Never Have (''[[Still]]Natural Born Killers Soundtrack'') <br> Something I Can Never Have (''Natural Born Killers Soundtrack[[Closure]]'') <br> Something I Can Never Have (''[[ClosureStill]]'') <br> Something I Can Never Have (''[[Beside You In Time (halo)|Beside You In Time]]'') <br> Something I Can Never Have (''Bridge'' Version)
| live =[["Pretty Hate Machine" Promotional Tour]] through [[Performance 2007]]
}} '''"Something I Can Never Have"''' is the fifth track on the 1989 release ''[[Pretty Hate Machine]].'' It's a song about lost love and missed chances, though the true story about the song isn't widely (or at all) known. It is the first chronological song in which [[Trent Reznor]] plays a piano and in which he uses the word "fuck" ("fading fucking reminder").
===Song Credits===
After Reznor sings "just a fading fucking reminder," strange "bell-ringing" sound effects are heard in the background (which are more audible on the 5.1 surround tracks).
===Something I Can Never Have (''[[Bridge School Benefit|Bridge]] Version''Version)===
The second song on the album, like all the songs from this particular performance, is performed entirely with string instruments and Reznor on vocals. No synthetics were used at all during this performance, but the arrangements seem to correlate with extended live version of the song played in concert by Nine Inch Nails.