Songs & Lyrics
Somewhat Damaged
“Somewhat Damaged” opens The Fragile (1999) and has returned in setlists across multiple touring eras.
- Record type
- Lyrics available
- Classification
- Official NIN composition
- First record
- Halo 14 · The Fragile
- Known versions
- 3
Song details
About This Song
Available on three Halo releases in 3 titled versions.
- Classification
- Official NIN composition
- First documented release
- Halo 14 · The Fragile
- Release date
- September 21, 1999
- Track position
- 1
- Running time
- 4:31
- Tempo
- 110 BPM
- Known versions
- 3
Track Credits
- Written
- Trent Reznor and Danny Lohner
- Additional Guitars
- Danny Lohner
Live History
- Performance span
- Fragility through Performance 2007 · Wave Goodbye Tour through present
- Live debut
- November 14, 1999 · Barcelona, Spain
Versions
- Somewhat Damaged
- Somewhat Damaged (Instrumental)
- Somewhat Damaged (Beside You In Time)
Sources: NIN Wiki — Somewhat Damaged, revision 69530 (reviewed September 28, 2026). NIN Wiki song record
Words
Lyrics
Tried so hard to be like you
Flew too high and burnt the wing
Lost my faith in everything
Lick around divine debris
Taste the wealth of hate in me
Shedding skin succumb defeat
This machine is obsolete
Made the choice to go away
Drink the fountain of decay
Tear a hole exquisite red
Fuck the rest and stab it dead
Broken bruised forgotten sore
Too fucked up to care anymore
Poisoned to my rotten core
Too fucked up to care anymore
In the back off the side and far away is a place where I hide where I
stay tried to say tried to ask I needed to all alone by myself where
were you?
How could I ever think it's funny how everything that
swore it wouldn't change is different now just like you
Would always say we'll make it through then my head fell apart
and where were you?
How could I ever think it's funny how everything you swore would
never change is different now like you said you and me make it
through didn't quite fell apart
where the fuck were you?
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