I Do Not Want This
Nine Inch Nails
The downward spiral (1994)

i'm losing ground
you know how this world can beat you down
and i'm made of clay
i fear i'm the only one who thinks this way
i'm always falling down this same hill
bamboo puncturing this skin
and nothing comes bleeding out of me
just like a waterfall i'm drowning in
two feet below the surface
i can still make out your wavy face
and if i could just reach you
maybe i could leave this place
i do not want this
i do not want this
i do not want this
i do not want this
and don't you tell me how i feel
don't you tell me how i feel
don't you tell me how i feel
you don't know just how i feel
i stay inside my bed
i have lived so many lives all in my head
and don't tell me that you care
there really isn't anything now, is there?
you would know, wouldn't you?
you extend your hand to those who suffer
to those who know what it really feels like
to those who've had a taste
like that means something
and oh so sick i am
and maybe i don't have a choice
and maybe that is all i have
and maybe this is a cry for help


i do not want this
i do not want this
i do not want this
i do not want this
and don't you tell me how i feel
don't you tell me how i feel
don't you tell me how i feel
you don't know just how i feel
i want to know everything
i want to be everywhere
i want to fuck everyone in the world
i want to do something that matters
i want to know everything
i want to be everywhere
i want to fuck everyone in the world
i want to do something that matters
i want to know everything
i want to be everywhere
i want to fuck everyone in the world
i want to do something that matters
i want to know everything
i want to be everywhere
i want to fuck everyone in the world
i want to do something that matters
i want to know everything
i want to be everywhere
i want to fuck everyone in the world
i want to do something that matters


written, arranged, performed, and produced by trent reznor
mixing engineer: alan moulder
drum performance: stephen perkins
drum treatments: flood and trent reznor

released on nothing/tvt/interscope records' release "nine inch nails: the downward spiral"