Sanctified

Album: Pretty Hate Machine (1989)
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  • It's still getting worse after everything I tried
    What if I found a way to wash it all aside
    What if she touches with those fingertips
    As the words spill out like fire from her lips

    If she says come inside I'll come inside for her
    If she says give it all I'll give everything to her
    I am justified
    I am purified
    I am sanctified

    Inside you
    Heaven's just a rumor she'll dispel
    As she walks me through the nicest parts of hell
    I still dream of lips I never should have never kissed
    Well she knows exactly what I can't resist

    If she says come inside I'll come inside for her
    If she says give it all I'll give everything to her
    I am justified
    I am purified
    I am sanctified

    Inside you
    I'm still caught up in another of her spells
    Well she's turning me into someone else
    Everyday I hope and pray this will end
    But when I can I do it all again

    And if she says come inside I'll come inside for her
    If she says give it all I'll give everything to her
    I am justified
    I am purified
    I am sanctified
    Inside you

    I am justified
    I am purified
    I am sanctified
    Inside you Writer/s: Trent Reznor
    Publisher: CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 6

  • Koronis from City, OnIn an old interview, Trent does say that Sanctified is about a crack pipe
  • Sara from Crack Springs, Wymmmm... this song is hott...im pretty sure its about the temptation of the drugs....but you could also get the simple meaning of a hott ***** tempting him...who knows either way NIN rocks your face off and i love them!
  • Natasha from Aurora, CoHe has said he did cocaine, not crack.
  • Eric from Sanford, NcI can totally see how a drug and a seductive woman because that?s exactly how cocaine addiction feels...like the longing to submit to a beautiful temptress.
  • Theresa from Fresno, CaWhoa I never thought in a million years it was about coke or a crackpipe. O_o; Dang, I always thought it was this super-seductive woman. Maybe that's what that stuff is like, a seductor or seductress but I wouldn't know.
  • Ana from Cheyene, WyI thought Trent said it was about a crack pipe itself.
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