Album:Pretty Hate Machine
Length:5:40
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Versions:Ringfinger
Twist
Twist (Demo)
Twist
Twist (Demo)
Live:Pre-Hate (1988) through Hate Tour (1990)
Retired
Retired
Ringfinger is the tenth and final track on the 1989 release Pretty Hate Machine, telling about a man who is devoted to a woman who refuses to commit to him and his outrage at her using him, even though he does truly desire her. The demo version of this song was called "Twist," composing of the same basic music but different lyrics and a slightly more victimizing subject matter.
Contents
Song Credits
- Production: Trent Reznor, John Fryer
- Engineering: John Fryer
- Mix: John Fryer, Trent Reznor
Appearances
Halos
- Pretty Hate Machine
Other
Versions
Ringfinger
This is the final album version.
Twist
Coming soon
Twist (Demo)
Coming soon
Lyrics
Well you’ve got me working so hard lately
Working my hands until they bleed
If I was twice the man I could be
I’d still be half of what you need
Still you lead me and I follow
Anything you ask you know I’ll do
But this one act of consecration is what I ask of you
Ringfinger
Promise carved in stone
Deeper than the sea
Ringfinger
Sever flesh and bone
And offer it to me
You just leave me nailed here
Hanging like Jesus on this cross
I’m just dying for your sins
And aiding to the cause
Ringfinger
Promise carved in stone
Deeper than the sea
Ringfinger
Sever flesh and bone
And offer it to me
Wrap my eyes in bandages
Confessions I see through
I get everything I want
When I get part of you
Ringfinger
Promise carved in stone
Deeper than the sea
Ringfinger
Sever flesh and bone
And offer it to me
Ringfinger
Promise carved in stone
Deeper than the sea
Ringfinger
Devil’s flesh and bone
Do something for me
(Ringfinger)
I’m so tired I can’t get to sleep
And the squeaking of the bed is right in time with the song that’s repeating in my head
I just want you to know
“When I do it, I only think of you”