Metal

by Nine Inch Nails

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Lyrics

We're in the building where they make us grow
and i'm frightened by the liquid engineers
like you

My mallory heart is sure to fail
i could crawl around the floor just like i'm real
like you

The sound of metal i want to be you
i should learn to be a man
like you

Plug me in and turn me on
oh everything is moving

I need my treatment it's tomorrow they send me
singing "i am an american"
do you?

Picture this if i shoud make the change
I'd like to pull the wires from the wall
did you?

And who are you and how can i try
here inside i like the metal
don't you?

All i know is no one dies
I'm still confusing love with need