Lyrics for Something I Can never Have as interpreted by golly_gee_willakers

Something I Can never Have Lyrics
still recall the taste of your tears
Echoing your voice just like the ringing in my ears
My favorite dreams of you still wash ashore
Scraping through my head til I don't want to sleep anymore

You make this all go away
You make this all go away
I just want something
I just want something I can never have

You always were the one to show me how
Back then I couldn't do the things that I can do now
This thing is slowly taking me apart
Grey would be the color if I had a heart

Come on tell me
You make this all go away
You make this all go away
I'm down to just one thing
And I'm starting to scare myself
You make this all go away
You make this all go away
I just want something
I just want something I can never have

In this place it seems like such a shame
Though it all looks different now
I know it's still the same
Everywhere I look you're all I see
Just a fading reminder of who I used to be

Come on tell me
You make this all go away
You make this all go away
I'm down to just one thing
And I'm starting to scare myself
You make this all go away
You make this all go away
I just want something
I just want something I can never have
I just want something I can never have


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Kutentamen
06-07-2006

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obviously this is the same as the Nine Inch Nails song. Being as this is a remake. it's about a girl that the guy can't have. or if you're a girl it can be the opposite.

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taytertot91
07-23-2006

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well flyleaf is a christain band so I think this song is about being saved and then wanting to sin and fall back into the way you were before you were saved but you can never have that life back because your saved from it, as humans we love sin it's our nature and it's how God made us to me thats what this song means

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ItsInMySoul
08-02-2006

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hooray nine inch nails

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orgasm
08-11-2006

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when i found this song it made my day...yay for nine inch nails!! this is one of their (NIN's) more under-rated songs, so i was glad to see someone cover it, and cover it well. =]

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FlyleafRox
10-21-2006

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This song is about God. And its obvious, why is because they are Christians, and its like she wants something she cant have, and she is looks torwards God to make it all go away if she gets what she can't have. Or so I think...idk

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FlyleafRox
10-21-2006

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This song is about God. And its obvious, why is because they are Christians, and its like she wants something she cant have, and she is looks torwards God to make it all go away if she gets what she can't have. Or so I think...idk

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painted_faces_frown
11-10-2006

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it's a NIN song....I don't think it's about God..

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trippinlikegod
04-16-2007

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Seriously this is a Nine Inch Nails cover. It's about Trents sick obsession with a woman.

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girlabstract
06-29-2007

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It isn't about God. It's obviously about somebody wanting somebody who's out of their league.

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+livingforHim+
07-02-2007

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This is an absolutely amazing song....
K, how 'bout we just say that when NIN sings it, it's about a woman, and when Flyleaf sings it, it's about God?

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InToThEaIrWaVeS7-11
09-08-2007

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key words here... cover song.

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Kaiowas
09-19-2007

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just because flyleaf is a christian band, that doesnt mean that all their songs are about god, jesus,...

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MSIISM
09-19-2007

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I just think you swich the gender around from when Trent sang it, and you got the Flyleaf meaning. It's that simple. He made the song, he has more of the...I guess right to say what it's about.

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Darkdreamer
09-23-2007

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I actually think that this song might be about self-harm and depression...
I think that just because of these lines though:
"Grey would be the colour, if I had a heart"
-Shows that the singer feels nothing... empty... grey
"You make this all go away
and I'm starting to scare myself"
The self harm makes everything else go away, but it scares you because you're worried it's taking control or something along those lines.
"I'm down to just one thing"
It's the only way you can deal with it, to self-harm.
"In this place it seems like such a shame
Though it all looks different now
I know it's still the same"
How after you self-harm you might look at what you've done in a different light and see how bad it is.
"Every where I look you're all I see
Just a fading reminder, of who I used to be"
And after you stop self-harming, you might feel like all you and everyone else sees are the scars. The fading reminders are scars that show how you used to be.

Well. That's what I think.

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myheartbait
09-28-2007

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I think it's a combination between wanting a girl/guy and like what darkdreamer said, self-harm. thats just what i think.

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mitsukai_zero
10-02-2007

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"it's a NIN song....I don't think it's about God.."

Doesn't mean they can't make it about God. The band Showbread did a cover of "Head Like a Hole", and that was about God. Johnny Cash also did "Hurt", in which he sang about how everything he does will do nothing more than destroy all those around him, but God takes it all.

Trent Reznor is an amazing song writer, he just hasn't found the true answer to his questions yet =]

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emorocklover
10-25-2007

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i love this. i think christian bands can take some songs such as this one (flyleaf also covered smells like teen spirit by nirvana) and when you hear it from them...you get a christian aspect of the song i think they did awesome job covering it.

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lisax852
12-24-2007

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I think that this song is about god. Maybe flyleaf interpreted it different than NIN. There doesn't have to be just one meaning to a song..

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RAJSKYTSKEET
01-19-2008

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No. This song isn't about god, or any of that. Trent used to be severely depressed, and this is obviously what this song is about. "something i can never have", he can never be happy, and he felt happy with this person it's written out to. They took his pain away. And that person is always happy, but they're not the main focus in his life anymore, and he was happy until he grew depressed. Hence "you're just a fading fucking reminder of who I used to be".

Eh, I guess it could be about god, but Trent is also Jewish. Jew's follow Jesus, and only Jesus. I think it's more based about being depressed.

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pinkcakepartyfavors
01-19-2008

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jews follow jesus and only jesus?? say what?

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mitsukai_zero
01-25-2008

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"he can never be happy, and he felt happy with this person it's written out to. They took his pain away. And that person is always happy, but they're not the main focus in his life anymore, and he was happy until he grew depressed."

And so it can't be interpreted with a Christian view point? When I read these lines I see total worship:

"You make this all go away
You make this all go away
I'm down to just one thing
And I'm starting to scare myself
You make this all go away
You make this all go away
I just want something
I just want something I can never have"

Trent may have intended it to be about someone who made him happy, but it can mean something completely different for those with Christ in their lives.
God takes away all our pain, when we're completely hopeless and have nothing left to live for.

And I think you might be confused... most Jews completely deny Jesus Christ. They are still waiting for their Messiah to come and build his kingdom on earth.

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phoenixxheartt
04-11-2008

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I can see the slightest bit of religious reference, it's obviously not about god "recall the taste of your tears" it's someone they comforted or wanted them to feel better. It's about loving someone you can't have, for whatever reason, and thinking that if you have them, everything will be alright.

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Calebdaguy
05-03-2008

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i love this. i think christian bands can take some songs such as this one (flyleaf also covered smells like teen spirit by nirvana) and when you hear it from them...you get a christian aspect of the song i think they did awesome job covering it.


"it's a NIN song....I don't think it's about God.."

Doesn't mean they can't make it about God. The band Showbread did a cover of "Head Like a Hole", and that was about God. Johnny Cash also did "Hurt", in which he sang about how everything he does will do nothing more than destroy all those around him, but God takes it all.

Trent Reznor is an amazing song writer, he just hasn't found the true answer to his questions yet =]

"he can never be happy, and he felt happy with this person it's written out to. They took his pain away. And that person is always happy, but they're not the main focus in his life anymore, and he was happy until he grew depressed."

And so it can't be interpreted with a Christian view point? When I read these lines I see total worship:

"You make this all go away
You make this all go away
I'm down to just one thing
And I'm starting to scare myself
You make this all go away
You make this all go away
I just want something
I just want something I can never have"

Trent may have intended it to be about someone who made him happy, but it can mean something completely different for those with Christ in their lives.
God takes away all our pain, when we're completely hopeless and have nothing left to live for.

And I think you might be confused... most Jews completely deny Jesus Christ. They are still waiting for their Messiah to come and build his kingdom on earth.


This song is about God. And its obvious, why is because they are Christians, and its like she wants something she cant have, and she is looks torwards God to make it all go away if she gets what she can't have. Or so I think...idk


well flyleaf is a christain band so I think this song is about being saved and then wanting to sin and fall back into the way you were before you were saved but you can never have that life back because your saved from it, as humans we love sin it's our nature and it's how God made us to me thats what this song means

All of these above comments show how someone can look past the real meaning of the song and say "liek omg lol its by flyleaf so itz 'bout god lolololol."

THIS SONG IS NOT ABOUT GOD, DEAL WITH IT. It's a Trent Reznor song, and Reznor would never approve a cover being made about God when he is not a Christian and denounces Christianity in several of his songs. (Heresy, for example, that contains the lyrics "God is dead, and no one cares.") This song is about sexual lust, and a border line stalker-esque obsession with a person that the singer can obviously "never have."

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ihatechristians
06-04-2008

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This song is NOT about god. That is final. god told me so.

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hated by your hate
07-06-2008

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I have to agree with its a guy/grl thing cuz yeah "i just want something I can never have" could mean the guy/grl can't have the other guy/grl. but then it could be bout god. but then again its a remake from NIN and I don't think they're christian so idk that's just me. But hey check my journal and tell me if you like it **

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