Nine Inch Nails ~ Something I Can Never Have

The debut album of Nine Inch Nails, Pretty Hate Machine, which contained the original version of "Something I Can Never Have" was out of print for nearly ten years due to lead singer Trent Reznor's much publicized falling out with the original publishing label. And All That Could Have Been (also known as Halo 17) is a live album containing music recorded during the Fragility 2.0 U.S. tour. A limited edition set included a second disc titled Still which contained "deconstructed" versions of previous NIN songs including "Something I Can Never Have". This live version of the song loses the original's angry hard rock feel and brings the soft sounds of just a single guitar, Reznor's voice, and his piano.

Something I Can Never Have by Nine Inch Nails lyrics

I still recall the taste of your tears echoing your voice just like the ringing in my ears.
My favorite dreams of you still wash ashore, scraping through my head till I don't want to sleep anymore.

You make this all go away.
You make this all go away.
I'm down to just one thing and I'm starting to scare myself.
You make this all go away.
You make it all go away.
I just want something.
I just want something I can never have.

You always were the one to show me how.
Back then I couldn't do the things that I can do now.
This thing is slowly taking me apart.
Grey would be the color if I had a heart.

Come on tell me.
You make this all go away.
You make this all go away.
I'm down to just one thing.
I'm starting to scare myself.
You make this all go away.
You make it all go away.
I just want something.
I just want something I can never have.

In this place it seems like such a shame.
Though it all looks different now, I know it's still the same.
Everywhere I look you're all I see - just a fading fucking reminder of who I used to be.

Come on tell me.
Make this all go away.
You make this all go away.
I'm down to just one thing.
I'm starting to scare myself.
Make this all go away.
You make it all go way.
I just want something.
I just want something I can never have.
I just want something I can never have.

Here's a link to Flyleaf singing a cover of Nine Inch Nails' "Something I Can Never Have".