Album:Pretty Hate Machine
Length:4:47
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Versions:The Only Time
The Only Time (PF Version)
The Only Time (PF Version)
Live:Pre-Hate (1988) - Self-Destruction (1994)
Retired
Retired
About
"The Only Time" is the ninth track on Pretty Hate Machine, a rather dancable track about new experiences and indulging in the dirty side of life.
Appearances
Versions
- The Only Time
- The Only Time (Purest Feeling Version)
Song Credits
- Production: Trent Reznor, Keith LeBlanc, John Fryer
- Engineering: John Fryer, Keith LeBlanc, Kennan Keating, Ken Quartarone
- Mix: Keith LeBlanc
Lyrics
I’m drunk
And right now I’m so in love with you
And I don’t want to think too much about what we should or shouldn’t do
Lay my hands on Heaven and the sun and the moon and the stars
While the Devil wants to fuck me in the back of his car
Nothing quite like the feel of something new
Maybe I’m all messed up
Maybe I’m all messed up in you
But this is the only time I really feel alive
This is the only time I really feel alive
I swear
I just found everything I need
The sweat in your eyes the blood in your veins are listening to me
Well I want to drink it up and swim in it until I drown
My moral standing is lying down
Nothing quite like the feel of something new
Maybe I’m all messed up
Maybe I’m all messed up in you
But this is the only time I really feel alive
This is the only time I really feel alive
I can’t help thinking Christ never had it like this
Performed Live
Last performed during the Self-Destruction Tour, the song has pushed it's way back to the surface, the melody being used for an interpolation/breakdown during the final verse of Closer. It is unclear if it'll be played live again, though.