Reptile
david bowie and nine inch nails Lyrics

She spread herself wide open to let the insects in
She is willing to expose herself to danger and pain in order to feel something

She leaves a trail of honey to show me where she's been
She entices and seduces others with her actions and words

She has the blood of reptile just underneath her skin
She is cold and unfeeling, with a hidden darkness lurking beneath the surface

Seeds from a thousand others drip down from within
Her past experiences and traumas continue to affect and influence her current actions and behaviors

Devils speak of the ways in which she'll manifest
Her destructive and dangerous behavior is often attributed to being influenced by darker forces

Angels bleed from the tainted touch of my caress
Even the purest and most innocent can be harmed and corrupted by her touch

Need to contaminate to alleviate this loneliness
She seeks to bring others down to her level of pain and misery in order to feel less alone

I now know the depths I reach are limitless
He realizes how far he is willing to go to be with her, even if it means losing himself in the process

Oh my beautiful liar
She is deceptive and manipulative, but he cannot help but be drawn to her

Oh my precious whore
She is both tantalizing and shameful, representing both desire and disgust

My disease my infection
She is his downfall, slowly corrupting and destroying him from within

I am so impure
He recognizes how much he has been tainted and stained by his connection to her, and how he can never go back to who he once was