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Artist: Nine Inch Nails
Canonical path: /nine-inch-nails/the-perfect-drug
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The Perfect Drug
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The Perfect Drug
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I've got my head, but my head is unraveling
Can't keep control, can't keep track of where it's traveling
I got my heart but my heart's no good
And you're the only one that's understood
I come along but I don't know where you're taking me
I shouldn't go but you're wrenching, dragging, shaking me
Turn off the sun, pull the stars from the sky
The more I give to you, the more I die
And I want you, and I want you
And I want you, and I want you
You are the perfect drug, the perfect drug, the perfect drug
You are the perfect drug, the perfect drug, the perfect drug
You make me hard when I'm all soft inside
I see the truth when I'm all stupid-eyed
The arrow goes straight through my heart
Without you everything just falls apart
My blood wants to say hello to you
My fears want to get inside of you
My soul is so afraid to realize
How very little there is left of me
And I want you, and I want you
And I want you, and I want you
You are the perfect drug, the perfect drug, the perfect drug
You are the perfect drug, the perfect drug, the perfect drug
Take me, with you
Take me, with you
Take me, with you
Take me, with you
Without you, without you everything falls apart
Without you it's not as much fun to pick up the pieces
Without you, without you everything falls apart
Without you it's not as much fun to pick up the pieces
It's not as much fun to pick up the pieces
It's not as much fun to pick up the pieces
Without you without you everything falls apart
Without you it's not as much fun to pick up the pieces
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