In 'Never Getting Better', Nine Inch Nails explores themes of despair and hopelessness in a world that feels abandoned. The haunting lyrics convey the struggle of holding onto sadness as a familiar state while grappling with the realization that safety can become a source of pain. This track captures the raw emotions of existential dread and the inability to find solace in a fractured reality.
Verse 1:
I wake up every day, in shadows of regret
The world ended without a whisper, and I’m drowning in the threat
Chorus:
I need to believe, it will never get better
Hold onto the sorrow, it’s my only tether
Verse 2:
Machines that once caressed me, now grind my flesh and bone
What was safety now is suffocating, I face this dark alone
Chorus:
I need to believe, it will never get better
Embracing the sadness, it binds me like a fetter
Bridge:
In a world of silence, where echoes cease to live
I wear my pain like armor, it’s the only thing I give
Breakdown:
Stay in the sadness, don’t try to rise above
This aching in my heart, it’s the only thing I love
Chorus:
I need to believe, it will never get better
Wrapped in my own darkness, I feel the coldest weather
Verse 3:
The ashes of hope linger, like ghosts in the night
And I’m tethered to the sorrow, refusing to see the light
Chorus:
I need to believe, it will never get better
Just let me be sad, it’s my eternal debtor
Outro:
So here I’ll remain, in the ruins and the dust
A prisoner of my own making, in this world that’s turned to rust.
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I need to believe that it will never get better. The world ended and nobody told me, so I'll just keep being sad because that's the only thing I know how to do. The machine that kept me safe is killing me.
Nine Inch Nails