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Artist: Nine Inch Nails
Canonical path: /nine-inch-nails/wish
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Wish
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Wish
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This is the first day of my last days
I built it up, now take it apart, climbed up real high, now fall down real far
No need for me to stay, the last thing left I just threw it away
I put my faith in god and my trust in you, now there's nothing more fucked up I could do
Wish there was something real, wish there was something true
Wish there was something real in this world full of you
I'm the one without a soul, I'm the one with this big fucking hole
No new tale to tell, twenty-six years on my way to hell
Gotta listen to your big-time, hard-line, bad luck, fist-fuck
Don't think you're having all the fun, you know me, I hate everyone
Wish there was something real, wish there was something true
Wish there was something real in this world full of you
I want to, but I can't turn back
But I want to, but I can't turn back
I want to, but I can't turn back
But I want to, but I can't turn back
Wish there was something real, wish there was something true
Wish there was something real in this world full of you
Wish there was something real, wish there was something true
Wish there was something real in this world full of you
This world full of you
This world full of you
This world full of you
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