[bowie:] i hurt myself today to see if i still feel i focus on the pain the only thing that's real [reznor:] the needle tears a hole the old familiar sting try to kill it all away but i remember everything [both:] what have i become? my sweetest friend everyone i know goes away in the end and you could have it all my empire of dirt i will let you down i will make you hurt [reznor:] i wear this crown of shit upon my liar's chair full of broken thoughts i cannot repair [bowie:] beneath these stains of time the feelings disappear and you are someone else and i am still right here [reznor:] what have i become? my sweetest friend [both:] everyone i know goes away in the end and you could have it all my empire of dirt i will let you down i will make you hurt if i could start again a million miles away i would keep myself i would find a way