| length = 5:31
| versions = The Becoming<br>The Becoming (''[[Still]]'')
| live = [[Dissonance]] tour <br> [[Year Zero Warm-Up TourPerformance 2007]]}} "'''"The Becoming"'''" is made from many loops of industrial sounds, showcasing the hard sound from ''[[The Downward Spiral (halo)|The Downward Spiral]].'' The main body of the song is in a 13/8 time signature before switching to a 6/8 time signature at the breakdown. It then goes back to 13/8 before ending in 6/8, leading into "[[I Do Not Want This]]."
A more acoustic version (with [[Trent Reznor]] on piano, [[Danny Lohner]] on guitar, [[Jerome Dillon]] on drums, with drum machine and samples) can be found on'' [[Still]],'' with an accompanying video on www.nin.com ([http://youtube.com/watch?v=eaX4Ac2-Fww YouTube upload]).
*Production: [[Flood]] and Trent Reznor
*Mixing Engineer: [[Alan Moulder]]
*Ring Mod Guitar:[[ Adrian Belew]]
*ARP2600: Flood