Songs & Lyrics
Love Is Not Enough
“Love Is Not Enough” appears on With Teeth (2005) and has returned in setlists across multiple touring eras.
- Record type
- Lyrics available
- Classification
- Official NIN composition
- First record
- Halo 19 · With Teeth
- Known versions
- 4
Song details
About This Song
Available on two Halo releases in 4 titled versions.
- Classification
- Official NIN composition
- First documented release
- Halo 19 · With Teeth
- Release date
- May 3, 2005
- Track position
- 5
- Running time
- 3:41
- Tempo
- 123 BPM
- Known versions
- 4
Live History
- Performance span
- Live: With Teeth through Lights In The Sky Tour · NIN 2022 through present
- Live debut
- June 17, 2022 · Cornwall, England
Versions
- Love Is Not Enough
- Love Is Not Enough (Instrumental)
- Love Is Not Enough (Live At Rehearsals)
- Love Is Not Enough (Beside You In Time)
Sources: NIN Wiki — Love Is Not Enough, revision 67894 (reviewed September 28, 2026). NIN Wiki song record
Words
Lyrics
The paler we get
I can't remember what it is
We try to forget
The tile on the floor
So cold it can sting
In your eyes is a place
Worth remembering
For you to go and take this
To smash it apart
I've gone all this fucking way
To wind up
To wind up back at the start
Hey the closer we think we are
Well it only got us so far
Now you got anything left to show?
No, no, I didn't think so
Hey, the sooner we realize
We cover ourselves with lies
But underneath we're not so tough
And love is not enough
It hides in the dark
Like the withering vein
We didn't give it a mouth
So it cannot complain
It never really had a chance
We'd never really make it through
And to think I believed
I believed I could get better with you
Hey the closer we think we are
Well it only got us so far
Now you got anything left to show?
No, no, I didn't think so
Hey, the sooner we realize
We cover ourselves with lies
But underneath we're not so tough
And love is not enough
To wind up back at
Back at the start
Left for dead and all used up
Lyrics reproduced with permission for non-profit educational use.
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