the collector
by trent reznor
i pick things up i am a collector and things,
well things they tend to accumulate i have
this net it drags behind me and it picks up
feelings for me to feed upon there are times,
plenty of times i wish i could let it go but
they start to breathe and they start to grow
inside me there are times, plenty of times i
wish i could let it go but they start to make
me think things i don't want to know i'm
trying to fit it all inside i'm trying to open my
mouth wide i'm trying not to choke and
swallow it all swallow it all swallow it all
swallow it all i am the plague i am the
swarm all your hurt sticks on me and i keep
it warm they make me stay they wont let me
leave there are so god damned many of them
it gets hard to breathe i'm trying to fit it all
inside i'm trying to open my mouth wide i'm
trying not to choke inside
i am a good boy and will swallow it all
swallow it all swallow it all swallow it all
every last one every last one every last one
every last one are you listening? yes I am
building something bigger than the world
something terrible with all of this
trent's
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