Maybe Just Once
Nine Inch Nails
Ultra Rare Trax (1998)

i can't believe that what i fear is finally happening to me
make it hurt
and point the finger at my insecurities
well, i guess i just don't understand about those complexities in your mind
and i guess i just don't understand why this world seems so unkind
maybe, maybe just once i get what's coming
maybe, maybe just once i get what's coming to me
so once again, the way you feel will never, ever stay the same
and i'm to blame
i wonder just who made the rules up for this game
well, i guess i just don't understand about what you want and what you need
and i guess i just don't understand about why this is how it has to be
maybe, maybe just once i get what's coming
maybe, maybe just once i get what's coming to me
oh
"and he sat down on this bed, and he said christ, what the hell do you think this place is? you know, it just couldn't be. and i said 'i don't know, but it sure would be something different...'"
so go ahead, you say those thousand things you think you have to say
look at me and tell me love's not such a hard word anyway
well, how can you count on me?
i thought you'd realize for sure
and how can you just believe?
i thought i deserved a little more
maybe, maybe just once i get what's coming
maybe, maybe just once i get what's coming to me
maybe, maybe just once i get what's coming
maybe, maybe just once i get what's coming to me
what's coming to me (what's coming to me)
what's coming to me (what's coming to me)
oh, god
oh, what's coming to me
what's coming to me
what's coming
oh, god
what's coming to me


written by trent reznor
recorded live at "the right track"-cleveland, ohio, november 1988
performed by nine inch nails

released on many bootlegs such as "purest feeling"