w

w

w

.

n

i

n

e

i

n

c

h

n

a

i

l

s

.

n

e

t

i am the voice inside your head		and i control you
i am the lover in your bed			and i control you
i am the sex that you provide		and i control you
i am the hate you try to hide		and i control you
i take you where you want to go
i give you all you need to know
i drag you down i use you up
mr. self destruct
i speak religion's message clear		and i control you
i am denial guilt and fear			and i control you
i am the prayers of the naive		and i control you
i am the lie that you  believe		and i control you
i take you where you want to go
i give you all you need to know
i drag you down i use you up
mr. self destruct
you let me do this to you			i am an exit
you let me do this to you			i am an exit
you let me do this to you			i am an exit
you let me do this to you			i am an exit
you let me do this to you			i am an exit
you let me do this to you			i am an exit
you let me do this to you			i am an exit
you let me do this to you			i am an exit
i am the needle in your vein
i am the high you can't sustain
i am the pusher, i'm a whore
i am the need in you for more
i am the bullet in the gun			and i control you
i am the truth from which you run		and i control you
i am a silencing machine			and i control you
i am the end of all your dreams		and i control you
i take you where you want to go
i give you all you need to know
i drag you down i use you up
mr. self destruct
i take you where you want to go
i give you all you need to know
i drag ;you down i use you up
mr. self destruct


written, arranged, and performed by trent reznor
produced by flood and trent reznor
mixing engineer:  alan moulder
texture generating guitars:  adrian belew

released on nothing/tvt/interscope records' release "nine inch nails:  the downward spiral"