Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Nine Inch Nails
Canonical path: /nine-inch-nails/the-background-world
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The Background World
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The Background World
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You left me here what am I supposed to do?
I never dared to look inside just like you told me to
I'm going into you again and I know you saw it too
I’m going to keep myself awake I know what’s coming
I feel it reaching through there is no moving past
There is no better place
There is no future point in time
We will not get away the world is bleeding out
It folds itself in two behind the background world
Is always bleeding through
Are you sure this is what you want?
As hard as you try not to see it
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