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{{song
| title=Head Down
| album=''[[The Slip]]''
| length=4:55
| versions=Head Down
| live=[[Lights In The Sky Tour]] to present
}}
[[Image:Headdown.jpg|thumb|200px|Artwork accompanying the MP3 file]]
'''''"Head Down"''''' is the sixth track on the [[Nine Inch Nails]] album ''[[The Slip]]''.

The song's accompanying artwork appears to represent a person committing suicide by firing a gun through the back of their mouth, a figure facing the left with their head bent down, or a glass being poured out to its right.

==Appearances==
===Halos===
*''[[The Slip]]''

===Seeds===
*''[[The Definitive NIN - Deep Cuts]]''

==Versions==
===Head Down===
This is the original album version. The song is stylistically split into two parts.  The verses consist of an abusive diatribe, taking the listener to task for their weaknesses and compelling them to submit to authority. The chorus, perhaps representing the response of the berated protagonist, finds the singer questioning the reality of his situation and expressing a wish to escape.  The sections are sharply different musically as well, with the verses shouted over a harsh, bending guitar riff and drum loop, while the chorus section features more melodic singing and clean guitar strumming. The final, instrumental chorus section transitions suddenly into a quiet, filtered coda, which decays into low bass tones. "[[Lights In The Sky (song)|Lights in the Sky]]" soon follows.

===Head Down (Live At Rehearsal)===
This version of the song was filmed and recorded in the band's rehearsal space in mid 2008 and directed by Rob Sheridan. It features on the physical form of ''The Slip'', on an accompanying DVD of rehearsal footage. The band omits the quiet coda.

==Live==
This song was performed on [[Lights In The Sky Tour]] and remained a feature through to the [[NIN/JA Tour]] / [[Wave Goodbye Tour]] the following year.

==Lyrics==

    
    You
    What you looking at?
    Head down
    Too late for that
    What you want
    What you get
    Know your place
    Don't ever forget
      
    And this is not my face
    And this is not my life 
    And there is not a single thing here
    I can recognize
    This is all a dream
    And none of you are real
    I'll give anything
    I'll give anything 
    
    Hey you
    What you running from?
    All your hate
    What you've become
    Bet you didn't think
    It would happen to you
    All used up
    Half way through
    
    And this is not my face
    And this is not my life 
    And there is not a single thing here
    I can recognize
    This is all a dream
    And none of you are real
    I'll give anything
    I'll give anything 
    
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{{succession box 
| title=[[The Slip#Track Listing|The Slip]] 
| before= [[Echoplex]] 
| after= [[Lights In The Sky (song)|Lights In The Sky]] 
| track= 6
}}[[Category: NIN Songs]]