Gave Up
Nine Inch Nails
Broken (1992)

perfect little dream
the kind that hurts the most
forgot how it feels
well, almost
no one to blame
always the same
open my eyes
wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up in flames
it took you to make me realize
it took you to make me realize
it took you to make me realize
it took you to make me see the light
smashed up my sanity
smashed up integrity
smashed up what i believed in
smashed up what's left of me
smashed up my everything
smashed up all that was true
gonna smash myself to pieces
i don't know what else to do
covered with hope and vaseline
still cannot fix this broken machine
watching the hole
it used to be mine
just watching the burn in my steady systematic decline of the trust i will betray
give it to me, i throw it away
after everything i've done
i hate myself for what i've become
it took you to make me realize
it took you to make me realize
it took you to make me realize
it took you to make me see the light
smashed up my sanity
smashed up integrity
smashed up what i believed in
smashed up what's left of me
smashed up my everything
smashed up all that was true
gonna smash myself to pieces
i don't know what else to do
i tried, i gave up
i tried, i gave up
i tried, i gave up
i tried, i gave up
i tried, i gave up
i tried, i gave up
i tried, i gave up
i tried and i gave up
smashed up my sanity
smashed up integrity
smashed up what i believed in
smashed up what's left of me
smashed up my everything
smashed up all that was true
gonna smash myself to pieces
i don't know what else to do (throw it away)
smashed up my sanity
smashed up integrity (throw it away)
smashed up what i believed in
smashed up what's left of me (throw it away)
smashed up my everything
smashed up all that was true (throw it away)
gonna smash myself to pieces
i don't know what else to do (throw it away)
smashed up my sanity
smashed up integrity (throw it away)
smashed up what i believed in
smashed up what's left of me (throw it away)
smashed up my everything
smashed up all that was true (throw it away)
gonna smash myself to pieces
i don't know what else to do (throw it away)
smashed up my everything
smashed up all that was true (throw it away)
gonna smash myself to pieces
i don't know what else to do (throw it away)
throw it away
throw it away


written and performed by trent reznor
produced by flood and trent reznor
extra real drums: chris vrenna