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Artist: Nine Inch Nails
Canonical path: /nine-inch-nails/the-only-time
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The Only Time
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The Only Time
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I'm drunk
and right now I'm so in love with you
and I don't want to think too much about what we should orshouldn't do
lay my hands on Heaven and the sun and the moon and the stars
while the devil wants to fuck me in the back of his car
nothing quite like the feel of something new
maybe I'm all messed up [2x]
maybe I'm all messed up in you
maybe I'm all messed up [3x]
maybe I'm all messed up in you
maybe I'm all messed up
this is the only time I really feel alive [2x]
I swear
I just found everything I need
the sweat in your eyes the blood in your veins are listening tome
well I want to drink it up and swim in it until I drown
my moral standing is lying down
nothing quite like the feel of something new
maybe I'm all messed up [2x]
maybe I'm all messed up in you
maybe I'm all messed up [3x]
maybe I'm all messed up in you
maybe I'm all messed up
this is the only time I really feel alive [2x]
[I can't help thinking Christ never had it like this]
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