| length = 5:31
| versions = The Becoming<br>The Becoming (''[[Still]]'')
| live = [[Dissonance]] tour <br> [[Performance 2007]]<br>[[Wave Goodbye Tour|NIN|JA 2009]]}} '''"The Becoming"''' is the seventh track on the 1994 album ''[[The Downward Spiral (halo)|The Downward Spiral]].''
A semi-acoustic version can be found on ''[[Still]],'' which has an accompanying video released at the time on nin.com.
*Second Engineering: [[Leo Herrera]]
*Programming: [[Keith Hillebrandt]]
==Live==
This song, played live frequently on the [[Dissonance Tour]] and relegated to rarity status until its brief return on the [[Performance 2007]] Tour, was resurrected for the [[Wave Goodbye Tour]], where it featured more guitar riffs and live piano.
==Lyrics==