Difference between revisions of "Letting You"

Revision as of 18:37, 17 May 2008

Album:The Slip

Length:3:50

Tempo:{{{BPM}}} BPM

Versions:Letting You

Live:N/A

Artwork accompanying the MP3 file

"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 also contains similarities to "Hyperpower!" and "The Good Soldier".

The artwork is a vertically oriented Art Is Resistance emblem that can also be seen as the letters L and Y or a left fist). The song can be interpreted as a protest song, similar to "The Hand That Feeds," from 2005's With Teeth.

Appearances

Halos

The Slip

Versions

Letting You

This is the original album version.

Live

This song has not been played live.

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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-}}[[Image:Lettingyou.jpg|thumb|200px|Artwork accompanying the MP3 file]]'''''"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 also contains similarities to "[[Hyperpower!]]" and "[[The Good Soldier]]".
+}}[[Image:Lettingyou.jpg|thumb|200px|Artwork accompanying the MP3 file]]'''"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 also contains similarities to "[[Hyperpower!]]" and "[[The Good Soldier]]".
-The artwork is a vertically oriented [[Art Is Resistance]] emblem (as well as distantly resembling the letters L and Y or a left fist). Although the lyrics share a common theme, it is unknown whether this has anything to do with Year Zero. It can be argued that given the song's lyrics and the artwork's resemblance to the Art is Resistance emblem, this song lyrically is about how the American people let the Bush Administration get away with the atrocities it has comitted without much of any punishment.
+The artwork is a vertically oriented [[Art Is Resistance]] emblem that can also be seen as the letters L and Y or a left fist). The song can be interpreted as a protest song, similar to "[[The Hand That Feeds (song)|The Hand That Feeds]]," from 2005's ''[[With Teeth (halo)|With Teeth]].''
 ==Appearances==
 ===Halos===
 *''[[The Slip]]''
 ==Versions==
 ===Letting You===