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Revision as of 00:09, 14 March 2009

Album:The Slip
Length:3:50
Tempo:{{{BPM}}} BPM
Versions:Letting You
Letting You (Live At Rehearsals)
Live:Lights In The Sky Tour
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, 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 2005's 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.

Contents

  • 1 Appearances
    • 1.1 Halos
  • 2 Versions
    • 2.1 Letting You
    • 2.2 Letting You (Live At Rehearsals)
  • 3 Live
  • 4 Lyrics
  • 5 External Links

Appearances

Halos

  • The Slip

Versions

Letting You

This is the original album version.

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 Slip, on a DVD of rehearsal footage.

Live

This song was played on Lights In The Sky Tour

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
   

External Links

  • "Letting You:" Live From Rehearsals


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