Zero-Sum Lyrics

Nine Inch Nails Zero-Sum

they're starting to open up the sky
they're starting to reach down through
and it feels like we're living in that split-second
of a car crash

and time is slowing down
and if we only had a little more time
then this time
is all we have

do you remember the time we
and all the times we
and should have
and were going to

i know
and i know you remember
how we could justify it all
and we knew better

in our hearts we knew better
and we told ourselves it didn't matter
and we chose to continue
and none of that matters anymore

in the hour of our twilight
and soon it will be all said and done
and we will all be back together as one
if we will continue at all

shame on us
doomed from the start
may god have mercy
on our dirty little hearts

shame on us
for all we have done
and all we ever were
just zeros and ones

and you never get away
and you never get to take the easy way
and all of this is a consequence
brought on by our own hand

if you believe in that sort of thing
and did you ever really find
when you closed your eyes
any place that was still

and at peace
and i guess i just wanted to tell you
as the lights start to fade
that you are the reason

that i am not afraid
and i guess i just wanted to mention
as the heavens will fall
we will be together soon if we
will be anything at all

shame on us
doomed from the start
may god have mercy
on our dirty little hearts

shame on us
for all we have done
and all we ever were
just zeros and ones

shame on us (shame on us)
we knew from the start
may god have mercy
on our dirty little hearts

shame on us (shame on us)
for all we have done
and all we ever were
just zeros and ones