Changes

}}'''"The Becoming"''' is made from many loops of industrial sounds, showcasing the hard sound from thus typical of ''[[The Downward Spiral (halo)|The Downward Spiral]].'' The Its 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 crossfading into "[[I Do Not Want This]]."

A more semi-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 which has an accompanying video released at the time on www.nin.com.

The lyrics describe a man fighting against himself, trying to avoid his "becoming," transforming him into a machine without human characteristics and feelings. Its structure, described below, is indicative of this struggle.

This is the original album version. It begins with industrial noises such as a drum machine and loops of screams taken from the film Robot Joxx. At the 3-minute mark, it mellows into an acoustic guitar-led passage, with swooshy sounds and synthesized chorus pads sampled from Reznor's voice. There is a final outburst of noise and screaming before returning to the acoustic section, which fades out.

This version appears on the ''Still'' CD, which was Disc 2 of the Deluxe Edition CD of ''And All That Could Have Been'' and is currently available through NINnin.com.