The Warning (Year Zero song)

Album:Year Zero

Length:3:38

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Versions:The Warning
The Warning: Stefan Goodchild featuring Doudou N'Diaye Rose

Live:N/A

"The Warning" is the ninth track on the 2007 release Year Zero. This song is about The Presence. At the end of the album version of the song is the static noise that was included at the end of the leaked version of "My Violent Heart," which revealed The Presence when ran through a spectrogram.

Appearances

Halos

Year Zero
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Other

The song title appears on the With Teeth Poster, but is not featured on the album. It is possible, though exceptionally unlikely, that the song was recorded during the With Teeth sessions.

Versions

The Warning

This is the original album version.

The Warning: Stefan Goodchild featuring Doudou N'Diaye Rose

This remix featuring African drummer Doudou N'Diaye Rose will be on the forthcoming Y34RZ3R0R3M1X3D. More information coming soon.

Lyrics

    Some say it was a warning
    Some say it's a sign
    I was standing right there
    When it came down from the sky
    The way it spoke to us
    You felt it from inside
    Said it was up to us
    Up to us to decide
    "You've become a virus
    Killing off his host
    We been watching you with all of our eyes
    And what you seem to value most
    So much potential
    Or so we used to say
    Your greed, self-importance and your arrogance
    You piss it all away
    We heard her cry
    We have come to intervene
    You will change your ways and you will make amends
    Or we will wipe this place clean"
    
    Your time is ticking away

That last line of the song is said as follows in the actual recording:

    Your time is tick-tick-ticking away