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| BPM = 108
| versions =Something I Can Never Have <br> Something I Can Never Have (''Natural Born Killers Soundtrack'')<br>Something I Can Never Have (''[[Still]]'')<br>Something I Can Never Have (''[[Closure]]'')<br>Something I Can Never Have (''[[Beside You In Time (halo)|Beside You In Time]]'')
| live =[["Pretty Hate Machine" Promotional Tour]] through [[NIN 2013 Festival Tour]]<br>[[NIN + QOTSA Tour]] through [[NIN 2014 Europe/UK Tour]]<br>[[I Can't Seem To Wake Up 2017]] to presentthrough [[NIN 2022]]
}}'''"Something I Can Never Have"''' is the fifth track on the 1989 release ''[[Pretty Hate Machine]].'' It is apparently a song about lost love and missed chances, though the true story about the song isn't widely (or at all) known. It is the first chronological song in which [[Trent Reznor]] plays a piano and in which he uses the word "fuck" ("fading fucking reminder").
==Live==
A difference from the studio version for many years was noticeably louder drums that are persistent in the choruses. The keyboard part is usually played by the bassist ([[Danny Lohner]] and [[Jeordie White]]). However, since joining the band in 2009, [[Ilan Rubin]] also plays keyboard and the song is played with no drums.
On [[1991/01/22 Washington, DC|at least one live performance]], Reznor sang the unused lyrics in the ''Pretty Hate Machine'' booklet at the end of the song.
During [[Woodstock '94]] and [[Self Destruct Touring Cycle|Self Destruct]], Trent ended the song with "I can never have... and you will never, ever, ever understand... how I feel." Since [[Live: With Teeth]], the last chorus has seen an additional rising guitar screech.