"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.
Appearances
Halos
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