The perfect drug

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"The Perfect Drug" - Nine Inch Nails

I've got my head, but my head is unraveling
Can't keep control, can't keep track of where it's traveling
I've got my heart but my heart is 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

And I want you
And I want you
And I want you
And I want you

You are the perfect drug, the perfect drug, the perfect drug
You are the perfect drug, the perfect drug, the perfect drug

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 want to get inside of you
My soul is so afraid to realize
How very little there is left of me

And I want you
And I want you
And I want you
And I want you

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

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 drug, the perfect drug

Take me with you
Take me with you
Take me with you
Take me with You

Without you, without you everything falls apart
Without 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
It's not as much fun to pick up the pieces
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


Del soundtrack de la peli "Lost Highway" (1997)

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The Perfect Drug me llegó mucho más por el lado visual, por ese video que encierra tanto misterio y destila aromas tan decadentes. Se dice que Mark Romanek, el director, se inspiró en el arte de nuestro querido Edward Gorey pero a mí me parece demasiado tierno, con todo y su lado siniestro, jejeje, con respecto a la atmósfera que impera en cada toma del video que cuenta la desesperante historia de un padre que guarda luto por su hija y se consume bebiendo ajenjo.

Contrario a lo que pueda parecer, esta canción que podría parecer un sencillo, nunca ha sido interpretada en directo.  

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