Songs & Lyrics
Wish
“Wish” appears on Broken (1992) and has remained in Nine Inch Nails setlists from the Lollapalooza tour to the present.
- Record type
- Lyrics available
- Classification
- Official NIN composition
- First record
- Halo 05 · Broken
- Known versions
- 9
Song details
About This Song
Available on five Halo releases in 9 titled versions.
- Classification
- Official NIN composition
- First documented release
- Halo 05 · Broken
- Release date
- September 22, 1992
- Track position
- 2
- Running time
- 3:46
- Tempo
- 135 BPM
- Known versions
- 9
Track Credits
- Production
- Flood, Trent Reznor
- Extra Real Drums
- Martin Atkins
Live History
- Performance span
- Lollapalooza Tour through present
- Live debut
- July 12, 1991 · New Orleans, LA
Versions
- Wish
- Wish (No Bad Words Mix)
- Wish (Radio Edit)
- Wish (Fixed)
- Fist Fuck
- Wish (Closure)
- Wish (Live)
- Wish (And All That Could Have Been)
- Wish (Beside You In Time)
Related Records
Sources: NIN Wiki — Wish (song), revision 69164 (reviewed September 28, 2026). NIN Wiki song record
Words
Lyrics
I built it up now I take it apart climbed up real high now fall down real far
No need for me to stay the last thing left I just threw it away
I put my faith in God and my trust in you
Now there's nothing more fucked up I could do
Wish there was something real wish there was something true
Wish there was something real in this world full of you
I'm the one without a soul I'm the one with this big fucking hole
No new tale to tell twenty-six years on my way to Hell
Gotta listen to your big time hard line bad luck fist fuck
Don't think you're having all the fun
You know me I hate everyone
Wish there was something real wish there was something true
Wish there was something real in this world full of you
I want to but I can't turn back
But I want to
I think I'm losing it
I think I'm losing it
I think I'm going down, down, down, down
Lyrics reproduced with permission for non-profit educational use.
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