"Getting Smaller" is the ninth track on the 2005 release With Teeth. Many NIN fans feel that the lyrics address Trent Reznor coming back from his addictions a humbled person.
Contents
Song Credits
- Live drums: Dave Grohl
Appearances
Versions
Getting Smaller
This is the only version currently available.
Live
"Getting Smaller" has been played live since the first leg of the Live: With Teeth tour in 2005.
Lyrics
Getting a little erratic here
And I don’t know who to trust
I guess they got a way of reading my mind
I guess I got to adjust
I got my arms that flip flop flip flop flip
I got my head on a spring
Well I thought I got you on my side
I haven’t got fucking anything
I'm just a face in the crowd
Nothing to worry about
Not even trying to stand out
I'm getting smaller and smaller and smaller
And I have nothing to say
It's all been taken away
I just behave and obey
I'm afraid I am starting to fade away
Can kind of see out the cracks
When I press up to the wall
I'm not looking to stand up real high
I'd be happy to crawl
I think I'm losing my grip
But I can still make a fist
You know I still got my one good arm
That I can beat—I can beat myself up with
I'm just a face in the crowd
Nothing to worry about
Not even trying to stand out
I'm getting smaller and smaller and smaller
And I have nothing to say
It's all been taken away
I just behave and obey
I'm afraid I am starting to fade away
Hey and for what it is worth
I really used to believe
That maybe there's some great thing
That we could achieve
And now I can't tell the difference
Or know what to feel
Between what I've been trying so hard to see
And what appears to be real
My world is getting smaller every day
Hey hey hey hey
And that's OK