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{{song
| title=Copy Of A
| album=''[[Hesitation Marks]]''
| length=5:23
| BPM = 138
| versions=Copy Of A
| live=[[Nine Inch Nails Live 2013]]
}}
[[Image:Coa.jpg|thumb|175px|Artwork accompanying the MP3 file]]
'''"Copy Of A"''' is the second track on the 2013 release ''[[Hesitation Marks]]''. On August 12, 2013, Amazon UK officially made the track available as a free digital single. It was also released on Amazon US the following day, although as of August 20, 2013, it is no longer available for free. Those who pre-ordered the album through [[nin.com]] were given access to a FLAC download of the track simultaneously.

===Song Credits===
*Lindsey Buckingham: Guitar
*Pino Palladino: Bass
*[[Trent Reznor]]: Vocals, Electronics, Percussion, Guitar
*[[Ilan Rubin]]: Toms
==Appearances==
*''Hesitation Marks''
==Versions==
===Copy Of A===
This is the only known version. Opening with a wavering synth line, a simple drum loop sweeps in the first verse. Various percussion loops complicate the arrangement throughout, layering and falling away as the song structure changes parts. Prominent use of vocal looping personifies the title of the track, with the repeating words in the lyrics restarting in time with the song. The chorus is marked by a mellow organ pad.
==Live==
This song debuted live on the first night of the [[Nine Inch Nails Live 2013]] tour.
==Lyrics==
    I am just a copy of a copy of a copy
    Everything I say has come before
    Assembled into something into something into something
    I don't know for certain anymore
    I am just a shadow of a shadow of a shadow
    Always trying to catch up with myself
    I am just an echo of an echo of an echo
    Listening to someone's cry for help
    
    Look what you had to start
    Why all the change of heart?
    You need to play your part
    A copy of a copy of a
    Now look what you've gone and done
    Well that doesn't sound like fun
    See I'm not the only one
    Copy of a copy of a
    
    I am little pieces little piece little pieces
    Pieces that we picked up on the way
    Imprinted with a purpose with a purpose with a purpose
    A purpose that's become quite clear today
    
    I am just a finger on a trigger on a finger
    Doing everything I'm told to do
    Always my intention my intention your attention
    Doing everything you tell me to
    
    Look what you had to start
    Why all the change of heart?
    You need to play your part
    A copy of a copy of a
    Now look what you've gone and done
    Well that doesn't sound like fun
    See I'm not the only one
    Copy of a copy of a
{{succession box 
| title=[[Hesitation Marks]]  
| before= [[The Eater Of Dreams]]
| after= [[Came Back Haunted (song)|Came Back Haunted]]
| track= 2
}}