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| − | '''"Letting You"''' is the third track on the Nine Inch Nails album ''[[The Slip]]''. A noisy and fast-paced song, it is somewhat similar to "[[You Know What You Are?]]" from ''[[With Teeth (halo)|With Teeth]]'' and "[[March Of The Pigs (song)|March Of The Pigs]]" from ''[[The Downward Spiral (halo)|The Downward Spiral]]'', but is also similar to "[[Hyperpower!]]" from ''[[Year Zero]]''. | + | '''"Letting You"''' is the third track on the Nine Inch Nails album ''[[The Slip]]''. A noisy and fast-paced song, it is somewhat similar to "[[You Know What You Are?]]" from ''[[With Teeth (halo)|With Teeth]]'' and "[[March Of The Pigs (song)|March Of The Pigs]]" from ''[[The Downward Spiral (halo)|The Downward Spiral]]'', but is also similar to "[[Hyperpower!]]" from ''[[Year Zero]]''. [[Multitracks]] for this song (and all others from ''The Slip'') were released in raw WAV format via [[remix.nin.com]]. |
| − | [[ | + | A similar drum sound set was used in a live reworked performance of "[[Sanity Assassin]]" by [[Bauhaus]], performed with [[Peter Murphy]] in Atlanta, Georgia on [[2006/06/07 Atlanta, GA (Radio show)|June 7, 2006]]. |
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Latest revision as of 11:37, 6 April 2025
Letting You (Live At Rehearsals)
NIN 2014 Japan Tour through NIN 2014 Europe/UK Tour
Europe + Asia 2018 through present
"Letting You" is the third track on the Nine Inch Nails album The Slip. A noisy and fast-paced song, it is somewhat similar to "You Know What You Are?" from With Teeth and "March Of The Pigs" from The Downward Spiral, but is also similar to "Hyperpower!" from Year Zero. Multitracks for this song (and all others from The Slip) were released in raw WAV format via remix.nin.com.
A similar drum sound set was used in a live reworked performance of "Sanity Assassin" by Bauhaus, performed with Peter Murphy in Atlanta, Georgia on June 7, 2006.
Contents
Track artwork
The artwork is a vertically oriented Art Is Resistance emblem that can also be seen as the letters L and Y, with a red line originating from where the star would be. The song can be interpreted as a protest song, similar to "The Hand That Feeds," from With Teeth. The artwork and subject matter of the lyrics may suggest a connection to Year Zero. The artwork for the sticker from the CD/DVD release is the same, but with the red line omitted.
Appearances
Halos
- The Slip
Seeds
Versions
Letting You
This is the original album version. Fast-paced and featuring blistering guitar, the odd drum rhythm loops throughout the track, sometimes complicated further with extra bass drum hits. Bass enters in short bursts through the choruses. Vocals throughout the song are shouted rhythmically. Various ambient synthesizers fill the background throughout, layering through its instrumental coda along with a stabbing synthesizer that increases in volume until it overcomes the rest of the mix and cuts off suddenly.
Letting You (Live At Rehearsals)
This version of the song was released online via nin.com and PitchforkTV. It was filmed and recorded in the band's rehearsal space in mid 2008 and directed by Rob Sheridan. It also features on the physical release of The Slip, on an accompanying DVD of rehearsal footage.
Live
This song made its live debut on July 19, 2008 and was played very frequently on the Lights In The Sky Tour, with a few slight lyrical alterations. The third line is sung live as "One hand behind your heart", and the last line of the chorus is changed to "Get away, get away" instead of "Get away with it."
On the Wave Goodbye Tour, "Letting You" was played on the Australian dates, but only rarely afterwards. One performance, from Brisbane on February 21, was filmed by Rob Sheridan and posted on the official NIN YouTube channel. [1]
"Letting You" was not performed in 2013, but was regularly played on the NIN + QOTSA Tour and continued to appear for the rest of the 2014 shows. On the Cold And Black And Infinite Tour, "Letting You" was played at about one-third of the shows.
Lyrics
The sky is painted black The smoke pours out the stack One hand upon your heart One hand behind your back You train us how to act You keep the fear intact The imminent attack Everything is right on track And we are letting you get away We are letting you get away with it Upon our plates to feed The dying left to bleed How much we really need Your politics of greed The cancer takes ahold The wolf is in the fold Our destiny’s been sold We do just what we’re told And we are letting you get away We are letting you get away with it Your armies filled with hate Believing your charade Begin to suffocate For us it’s far too late And we are letting you get away We are letting you get away with it
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