The Becoming

by Nine Inch Nails

From the album: Still

Track 20 of 25 on Still (2002).

Still cover art

Lyrics for The Becoming

I beat my machine It's a part of me It's inside of me I'm stuck in this dream It's changing me I am becoming The me that you know, he had some second thoughts He's covered with scabs He is broken and sore The me that you know He doesn't come around much That part of me... Isn't here anymore All pain disappears It's the nature of... Of my circuitry Drowns out all I hear No escape from this My new consciousness The me that you know He used to have feelings But the blood has stopped pumping and he is left to decay The me that you know is now made up of wires And even when i'm right with you i'm so far away I can try to get away But I've strapped myself in I can try to scratch away The sound in my ears I can see it killing away All of my bad parts I don't want to listen But it's all too clear Hiding Backwards inside of me I feel... so unafraid Annie, hold a little tighter I might just slip away It won't give up, it wants me dead Goddamn this noise inside my head It won't give up, it wants me dead Goddamn this noise inside my head It won't give up, it wants me dead Goddamn this noise inside my head It won't give up, it wants me dead Goddamn this noise inside my head It won't give up, it wants me dead Goddamn this noise inside my head It won't give up, it wants me dead Goddamn this noise inside my head It won't give up, it wants me dead Goddamn this noise inside my head It won't give up, it wants me dead Goddamn this noise inside my head

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More from Still

  1. Terrible Lie
  2. Sin
  3. March Of The Pigs
  4. Piggy
  5. The Frail
  6. The Wretched
  7. Gave Up
  8. The Great Below
  9. The Mark Has Been Made
  10. Wish
  11. Suck
  12. Closer
  13. Head Like A Hole
  14. The Day The World Went Away
  15. Starfuckers, Inc.
  16. Hurt
  17. Something I Can Never Have
  18. Adrift And At Peace
  19. The Fragile
  20. The Becoming
  21. Gone, Still
  22. The Day The World Went Away
  23. And All That Could Have Been
  24. The Persistence Of Loss
  25. Leaving Hope