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[[Image:Coa.jpg|thumb|175px|MP3 and promo CD artwork]]
'''"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 free. Those who pre-ordered the album through [[nin.com]] were given access to a FLAC download of the track simultaneously. A two-track promotional CD acetate was also released. The artwork for the MP3/CD is a portion of the vinyl cover art for ''Hesitation Marks''.
==Appearances==
===Halos===
*''Hesitation Marks''
===Seeds===
*''[[Live 2013 EP]]''
*''[[Remix 2014 EP]]''
===Other===
*''[[The Definitive NIN - The Singles]]'' - online playlist(s); not on original Seed release
==Versions==
===Copy Of A===
This is the only known original album 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. ===Copy Of A (Radio Edit)==='''''Running Time: 4:22''''' Coming soon. ===Copy Of A (Simian Mobile Disco Remix)==='''''Running Time: 8:22''''' Exclusive to the ''Remix 2014 EP'' from Beats Music. ===Copy Of A (''Live 2013 EP'')===Recorded live at [[2013/07/26 Naeba, Japan|Fuji Rock Festival 2013]]. ==Live==This song debuted live on the [[2013/07/26 Naeba, Japan|first night]] of the [[NIN 2013 Festival Tour]], and was played live at almost every show of the [[NIN 2013-2014|''Hesitation Marks'' touring cycle]].During the [[Tension 2013 Tour]], this song was usually the first song in the set. When it was played later in the show, it featured backing vocals by [[Lisa Fischer]] and [[Sharlotte Gibson]].
"Copy Of A" was played at most shows on the [[I Can't Seem To Wake Up 2017]] and [[Europe + Asia 2018]] tours, and about half of the [[Cold And Black And Infinite 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 pieces 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
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