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  • song,  Uncategorized

    SOUNDTRACK: Gave Up by Nine Inch Nails

    January 31, 2026 / No Comments

    Soundtrack to Banded Together by K.C. Burn

    Gave Up by Nine Inch Nails for a book about grief and pain, healing and second chances.

    Perfect little dream, the kind that hurts the most
    Forgot how it feels, well almost
    No one to blame, always the same
    Open my eyes, wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up in flames

    It took you to make me realize
    It took you to make me realize
    It took you to make me realize
    It took you to make me see the light

    …

    Covered in hope and Vaseline
    Still cannot fix this broken machine
    Watching the hole, it used to be mine
    Just watching it burn in my steady systematic decline
    Of the trust I will betray
    Give it to me, I throw it away
    After everything Iโ€™ve done I hate myself for what Iโ€™ve become

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  • quote,  Uncategorized
    January 31, 2026 / No Comments

    Perfect little dream, the kind that hurts the most
    Forgot how it feels, well almost
    No one to blame, always the same
    Open my eyes, wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up in flames

    It took you to make me realize
    It took you to make me realize
    It took you to make me realize
    It took you to make me see the light

    Smashed up my sanity
    Smashed up integrity
    Smashed up what I believed in
    Smashed up what’s left of me
    Smashed up my everything
    Smashed up all that was true
    Gonna smash myself to pieces
    I don’t know what else to do

    Covered in hope and Vaseline
    Still cannot fix this broken machine
    Watching the hole, it used to be mine
    Just watching it burn in my steady systematic decline
    Of the trust I will betray
    Give it to me, I throw it away
    After everything I’ve done I hate myself for what I’ve become

    It took you to make me realize
    It took you to make me realize
    It took you to make me realize
    It took you to make me see the light

    Smashed up my sanity
    Smashed up integrity
    Smashed up what I believed in
    Smashed up what’s left of me
    Smashed up my everything
    Smashed up all that was true
    Gonna smash myself to pieces
    I don’t know what else to do

    I tried
    I gave up
    I tried
    I gave up
    I tried
    I gave up
    I tried
    I gave up
    I tried
    I gave up
    I tried
    I gave up
    I tried
    I gave up
    I tried
    I gave up

    Smashed up my sanity
    Smashed up integrity
    Smashed up what I believed in
    Smashed up what’s left of me
    Smashed up my everything
    Smashed up all that was true
    Gonna smash myself to pieces
    I don’t know what else to do
    (Throw it away)
    Smashed up my sanity
    Smashed up integrity
    (Throw it away)
    Smashed up what I believed in
    Smashed up what’s left of me
    (Throw it away)
    Smashed up my everything
    Smashed up all that was true
    (Throw it away)

    Gonna smash myself to pieces
    I don’t know what else to do
    (Throw it away)
    Smashed up my sanity
    Smashed up integrity
    (Throw it away)
    Smashed up what I believed in
    Smashed up what’s left of me
    (Throw it away)
    Smashed up my everything
    Smashed up all that was true
    (Throw it away)
    Gonna smash myself to pieces
    I don’t know what else to do

    Throw it away

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  • song,  Uncategorized

    SOUNDTRACK: We’re In This Together by Nine Inch Nails

    November 22, 2025 / 1 Comment

    Soundtrack to Ravens: Black and Brown by A.E. Via

    We’re In This Together by Nine Inch Nails for a book about an inseparable pairs of battle-scared soldiers on a secret mission to changed the world.

    I’ve become impossible
    Holding on to when
    When everything seemed to matter more
    The two of us (all used)
    All used and beaten up
    Watching fate as it flows
    Down the path we have chose

    You and me
    Weโ€™re in this together now
    None of them can stop us now
    We will make it through somehow
    You and me
    If the world should break in two
    Until the very end of me
    Until the very end of you

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    November 22, 2025 / No Comments

    I’ve become impossible
    Holding on to when
    When everything seemed to matter more
    The two of us (all used)
    All used and beaten up
    Watching fate as it flows
    Down the path we have chose

    You and me
    We’re in this together now
    None of them can stop us now
    We will make it through somehow
    You and me
    If the world should break in two
    Until the very end of me
    Until the very end of you

    Awake to the sound as they peel apart the skin
    They pick and they pull, trying to get their fingers in
    Well, they’ve got to kill what we found
    Well, they’ve got to hate what they fear
    Well, they’ve got to make it go away
    Well, they’ve got to make it disappear

    The further I fall I’m beside you
    As lost as I get I will find you
    The deeper the wound I’m inside you
    For ever and ever I am a part of

    You and me
    We’re in this together now
    None of them can stop us now
    We will make it through somehow
    You and me
    If the world should break in two
    Until the very end of me
    Until the very end of you

    All that we were is gone, we have to hold on
    All that we were is gone, but we have to hold on
    When all our hope is gone, we have to hold on
    All that we were is gone, but we can hold on

    You and me
    We’re in this together now
    None of them can stop us now
    We will make it through somehow
    You and me
    Even after everything
    You’re the queen and I’m the king
    Nothing else means anything

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    SOUNDTRACK: Happiness In Slavery by Nine Inch Nails

    June 3, 2019 / No Comments

    Soundtrack to Criminal Delights: Taken: Sweating Lies by Emma Jaye

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  • Uncategorized
    June 3, 2019 / No Comments

    Slave screams he think he knows what he wants
    Slave screams thinks he has something to say
    Slave screams he hears but doesn’t want to listen
    Slave screams he’s being beat into submission

    Don’t open your eyes you won’t like what you see
    The devils of truth steal the souls of the free
    Don’t open your eyes take it from me
    I have found
    You can find
    Happiness in slavery
    Happiness in slavery

    Slave screams he spends his life learning conformity
    Slave screams he claims he has his own identity
    Slave screams he’s going to cause the system to fall
    Slave screams but he’s glad to be chained to that wall

    Don’t open your eyes you won’t like what you see
    The blind have been blessed with security
    Don’t open your eyes take it from me
    I have found
    You can find
    Happiness in slavery
    Happiness in slavery
    Happiness in slavery
    Happiness in slavery
    HappinessI don’t know what I am I don’t know where I’ve been
    Human junk just words and so much skin
    Stick my hands through the cage of this endless routine
    Just some flesh caught in this big broken machine

    Happiness in slavery
    Happiness in slavery
    Happiness in slavery (slavery)
    Happiness in slavery (slavery)
    Happiness in slavery (slavery)
    Happiness in slavery (slavery)
    Happiness (slavery)
    Happiness (slavery)
    Happiness (slavery)
    Happiness (slavery)
    Happiness (slavery)
    Happiness (slavery)
    Happiness (slavery)
    Happiness (slavery)
    Happiness (slavery)
    Happiness (slavery)
    Happiness
    Happiness (slavery)
    Happiness (it controls why
    )

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  • song,  Uncategorized

    SOUNDTRACK: Discipline by Nine Inch Nails

    April 27, 2019 / No Comments

    Soundtrack to Criminal Delights: Serial Killers: Only The Devil Knows by Katze Snow & Tiegan Clyne

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  • Uncategorized
    April 27, 2019 / No Comments

    Am I
    Am I still tough enough?
    Feels like iโ€™m wearing down, down, down, down, down
    Is my visciousness
    Losing ground, ground, ground, ground ground?
    Am I taking too much
    Did I cross a line, line, line?
    I need my role in this
    Very clearly defined

    I need your discipline
    I need your help
    I need your discipline
    You know once I start I cannot help myself

    And now it’s starting up
    Feels like i’m losing touch
    Nothing matters to me
    Nothing matters as much

    I see you left a mark
    Up and down my skin
    I don’t know where I end
    And where you begin

    I need your discipline
    I need your help
    I need your discipline
    You know once I start I cannot help myself

    I. Can. Not. Stop. Myself.
    Once I start I cannot stop myself
    And you.
    Once I start I cannot stop myself
    And you know.
    Once I start I cannot stop myself
    And you.
    Once I start I cannot stop myself
    And you know.
    Once I start I cannot stop myself

    I need your discipline
    (And you)
    I need your help
    (Once I start I cannot stop myself)
    I need your discipline
    (And you know)
    Because once I start I cannot stop myself
    I need your discipline
    (And you)
    I need your help
    (Once I start I cannot stop myself)
    I need your discipline
    (And you know)
    Because once I start I cannot stop myself

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  • Uncategorized
    April 5, 2017 / No Comments


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The one he wants is the only one he canโ€™t control.

RELEASE TOUR: Guardian by Beth Christopher (Excerpt)



https://neverhollowed.com/2026/02/23/release-tour-guardian-by-beth-christopher-excerpt/

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NEW RELEASE BLITZ: A Fragile Spell by T.M. Kirk (Excerpt)


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Most likely to win your vote!

REVIEW: The Unlikely Pair by Jax Calder

๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ1/2
4.5 snowed in stars ๐Ÿ›ฌ๐Ÿ”๏ธ๐Ÿ›–๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ

SOUNDTRACK: Strange Bedfellows by Michael Sarcona๐ŸŽถ

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COVER REVEAL: The Ultimate Save by Felice Stevens



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