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Something I Can Never Have

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Revision as of 19:34, 17 February 2007 by Xander1062 (talk | contribs)
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Something I Can Never Have
Original Album: Pretty Hate Machine
First Time Played Live: 1989
Last Time Played Live: 2007

Lyrics

I still recall the taste of your tears.
Echoing your voice just like the ringing in my ears.
My favorite dreams of you still wash ashore.
Scraping through my head 'till I don't want to sleep anymore.

   [Chorus:]
You make this all go away.
You make this all go away.
I'm down to just one thing.
And I'm starting to scare myself.
You make this all go away.
You make this all go away.
I just want something.
I just want something I can never have

You always were the one to show me how
Back then I couldn't do the things that I can do now.
This thing is slowly taking me apart.
Grey would be the color if I had a heart.

Come on tell me

   [Chorus]

In this place it seems like such a shame.
Though it all looks different now,
I know it's still the same
Everywhere I look you're all I see.
Just a fading fucking reminder of who I used to be. 
Come on tell me

   [Chorus]
I just want something I can never have

Performed live

The only notable difference between the album version and live version are the notably louder drums.

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