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Nine Inch Nails, The Hand That feeds

My upper lip twitched, I wanted to tel him, but I couldn’t. I wanted to yell at Matt for making out with a raging bitch like Anna, but I can’t cause confrontation, that’s exactly what she’d want.

To break the sudden tension caused by my pause, I grinned my best fake grin and high-fived Matt and told him to get out.

I started to play a generic guitar rhythm and started to sing:

You’re keeping in step
In the line
Got your chin held high and you feel just fine
Because you do
What you’re told
But inside your heart it is black and it’s hollow and it’s cold

Just how deep do you believe?
Will you bite the hand that feeds?
Will you chew until it bleeds?
Can you get up off your knees?
Are you brave enough to see?
Do you want to change it?

I was just about to get into the next verse when I heard a quiet knock on my door.

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