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| album = ''[[The Inevitable Rise And Liberation Of NiggyTardust!]]''
| length = 3:56
| versions = Skin Of A Drum<br>Skin Of A Drum (Instrumental)
| live = N/A
}}'''"Skin Of A Drum"''' was produced and composed by [[Trent Reznor]] for [[Saul Williams]]' third studio album, ''[[The Inevitable Rise And Liberation Of NiggyTardust!]].''
Its backing track was created from a leftover NIN track called "[[The MarchNIN]]". ==Saul Williams on "Skin Of A Drum"==''"This track was one of the original 14'from ' [a CD of outtakes provided by Reznor] ''and by the time I got home from Australia it had really grown on me. I think its the second song I recorded with Trents music. I didn't realize until later that Trent and [[Alan MoulderThe Fragile (halo)|AlanThe Fragile]] both seemed emotionally attached to the music as something they had labored over for a long time and never found a home for. I should have known because the track had a title (march) although it had no lyrics. When I emailed Trent my home recording he quickly responded that he got chills from listening to it. I wrote most of the song sitting on the wooden bench in my kitchen waiting for my girlfriend to call me back (we break up in the next song). What's funny is I had NiggyTardust in mind the whole time even though the song is very personal, like ' sessions called "[[RawThe March]]". When we mixed it I invited Persia White (XEO3 and 'Girlfriends') to do a little Cocteau Twinning on the outro. In the chronology of Niggy, this is the point of his story where he realizes that although the world seems to have divided him against himself, he can't lose. Its a triumph even though it's laden with heart break. He realizes that he has been broken to fit."''
==Song Credits==
===Skin Of A Drum===
This version is heard on ''The Inevitable Rise And Liberation Of NiggyTardust!.''
===Skin Of A Drum (Instrumental)===
This version was leaked on a internal industry promo CD.
==Saul Williams on "Skin Of A Drum"==
<blockquote>This track was one of the original 14'' [a CD of outtakes provided by Reznor] ''and by the time I got home from Australia it had really grown on me. I think its the second song I recorded with Trents music. I didn't realize until later that Trent and [[Alan Moulder|Alan]] both seemed emotionally attached to the music as something they had labored over for a long time and never found a home for. I should have known because the track had a title (march) although it had no lyrics. When I emailed Trent my home recording he quickly responded that he got chills from listening to it. I wrote most of the song sitting on the wooden bench in my kitchen waiting for my girlfriend to call me back (we break up in the next song). What's funny is I had NiggyTardust in mind the whole time even though the song is very personal, like [[Raw]]. When we mixed it I invited Persia White (XEO3 and 'Girlfriends') to do a little Cocteau Twinning on the outro. In the chronology of Niggy, this is the point of his story where he realizes that although the world seems to have divided him against himself, he can't lose. Its a triumph even though it's laden with heart break. He realizes that he has been broken to fit.</blockquote>
==Lyrics==