Gave Up

by Nine Inch Nails

From the album: And All That Could Have Been

Track 8 of 29 on And All That Could Have Been (2002).

Duration: 4:25

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Lyrics for Gave Up

Perfect little dream the kind that hurts the most Forgot how it feels, well almost No one to blame always the same Open my eyes, wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up in flames It took you to make me realize It took you to make me realize It took you to make me realize It took you to make me see the light Smashed up my sanity Smashed up integrity Smashed up what I believed in Smashed up what's left of me Smashed up my everything Smashed up all that was true Gonna smash myself to pieces I don't know what else to do Covered with hope and vaseline Still cannot fix this broken machine Watching the hole it used to be mine Just watching it burn in my steady systematic decline Of the trust I will betray Give it to me, I throw it away After everything I've done I hate myself for what I've become It took you to make me realize It took you to make me realize It took you to make me realize It took you to make me see the light Smashed up my sanity Smashed up integrity Smashed up what I believed in Smashed up what's left of me Smashed up my everything Smashed up all that was true Gonna smash myself to pieces I don't know what else to do I tried I gave up I tried I gave up I tried I gave up I tried I gave up I tried I gave up I tried I gave up I tried I gave up I tried And I gave up Smashed up my sanity Smashed up integrity Smashed up what i believed in Smashed up what's left of me Smashed up my everything Smashed up all that was true Gonna smash myself to pieces I don't know what else to do (throw it away...)

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  1. The New Flesh / Pinion
  2. Terrible Lie
  3. Sin
  4. March Of The Pigs
  5. Piggy
  6. The Frail
  7. The Wretched
  8. Gave Up
  9. La Mer
  10. The Great Below
  11. The Mark Has Been Made
  12. Wish
  13. Complication
  14. Suck
  15. Closer
  16. Head Like A Hole
  17. Just Like You Imagined
  18. Starfuckers, Inc.
  19. Hurt
  20. Credits
  21. Still Gallery
  22. Audio Commentary: Director-Artist Bill Viola Discusses The Video Sequence He Created For The Performance
  23. Reptile
  24. The Day The World Went Away
  25. TV Commercial: Ninetynine
  26. TV Commercial: The Fragile
  27. TV Commercial: Things Falling Apart
  28. Starfuckers, Inc. (At Madison Square Garden)
  29. The Beautiful People (At Madison Square Garden)