No, You Don’t Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Smiling in their faces
While filling up the hole
So many dirty little places
In your filthy little, worn out, broken down, see-through soul
[Verse 2]
Baby's got a problem
Tries so hard to hide
Got to keep it on the surface
Because everything else is dead on the other side
Teeth in the necks of everyone you know
You can keep on sucking 'til the blood won't flow
When it starts to hurt, it only helps it grow
Taking all you need (But not this time) No, you don't
[Verse 3]
And just for the record
Just so you know
I did not believe
That you could sink so low
You think that you can beat them
I know that you won't
You think you have everything
But no, you don't
Smiling in their faces
While filling up the hole
So many dirty little places
In your filthy little, worn out, broken down, see-through soul
[Verse 2]
Baby's got a problem
Tries so hard to hide
Got to keep it on the surface
Because everything else is dead on the other side
Teeth in the necks of everyone you know
You can keep on sucking 'til the blood won't flow
When it starts to hurt, it only helps it grow
Taking all you need (But not this time) No, you don't
[Verse 3]
And just for the record
Just so you know
I did not believe
That you could sink so low
You think that you can beat them
I know that you won't
You think you have everything
But no, you don't
[Outro]
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About
Genius Annotation
One of the most metal-oriented NIN songs, it begins with a subversive ambient pad fading in from the end of “Pilgrimage”, which builds and sweeps in the drum loop. After 16 bars, the first verse begins, yelled by Reznor and accompanied by thick, distorted guitars. These remain evident throughout most of the track, the initial drum loop accompanying verses, then mutated into a faster beat with a feverish tambourine pulse playing 16th notes. A bridge featuring fuzzy lead guitar interrupts these patterns, releasing some of the energy before the quick pace returns and builds to a noisy, sudden climax.
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- 3.The Frail
- 4.The Wretched
- 6.The Fragile
- 8.Even Deeper
- 9.Pilgrimage
- 10.No, You Don’t
- 11.La Mer
- 12.The Great Below
- 14.Into the Void
- 17.Please
- 19.Complication
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Recorded At
Nothing Studios
Release Date
September 21, 1999
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