| album =''[[Pretty Hate Machine]]''
| length =5:55
| versions =Something I Can Never Have <br> Something I Can Never Have (''[[Still]]'') <br> Something I Can Never Have (''Natural Born Killers Soundtrack'') <br> Something I Can Never Have (''[[Closure]]'') <br> Something I Can Never Have (''[[Beside You In Time (halo)|Beside You In Time]]'') <br> Something I Can Never Have (''[[Bridge School Benefit|Bridge]] Version'')| live =[["Pretty Hate 1990Machine" Promotional Tour]] through present <br> Staple song in set except during [[Fragility]]
}}'''"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 wildly (or at all) known. It is the first song in which [[Trent Reznor]] plays a piano and is the first song in which he uses the word "fuck" ("fading fucking reminder").