🎵 The Perfect Drug // by Nine Inch Nails
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"The Perfect Drug" is a song by Nine Inch Nails written for the David Lynch film Lost Highway. It was released in 1997 on the Lost Highway soundtrack as well as a single from the score. Remixes of the song were released as an EP, "The Perfect Drug" Versions.
Trent Reznor has expressed dissatisfaction with the song, saying in a VIVA 2 Magazine interview, "At that time I was listening to a lot of Drum 'n' Bass and Jungle and stuff. And I think that's the most I've ever seen external influence come out in my own music. Read more on Last.fm.
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39 ContributorsThe Perfect Drug Lyrics
“The Perfect Drug” was written for the Trent Reznor produced Lost Highway soundtrack in 1997. Although it does not appear on any Nine Inch Nails album, it was released as an official EP entitled *Halo 11… Read More
[Verse 1]
I 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
[Pre-Chorus]
And I want you
And I want you
And I want you
And I want you!
[Chorus]
You are the perfect drug
The perfect drug
The perfect drug
You are the perfect drug
The perfect drug
The perfect drug
[Verse 2]
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 wanna get inside of you!
My soul is so afraid to realize
(How very little there is left of me...)
[Pre-Chorus]
And I want you
And I want you
And I want you
And I want you!
[Chorus]
You are the perfect drug
The perfect drug
The perfect drug
You are the perfect drug
The perfect drug
The perfect drug
You are the perfect drug
The perfect drug
The perfect drug
You are the perfect drug
The perfect drug
The perfect drug
You are the perfect drug
The perfect drug
The perfect drug
You are the perfect drug
The perfect drug
The perfect drug
[Bridge]
You are the perfect drug
The perfect drug
The perfect drug
You are the perfect drug
The perfect drug
The perfect drug
You are the perfect drug
The perfect drug
The perfect drug
[Drum Solo]
[Outro]
Take me...
With you...
Take me...
With you...
Take me...
With you...
Take me...
With you...
(Take me...) Without you
(With you...) Without you, everything falls apart
(Take me...) Without you
(With you...) It's not as much fun to pick up the pieces
(Take me...) Without you
(With you...) Without you, everything falls apart
(Take me...) Without you
(With you...) It's not as much fun to pick up the pieces
(Take me...)
(With you...) It's not as much fun to pick up the pieces
(Take me...)
(With 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
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