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| album =''[[Year Zero]]''
| length =4:52
| BPM = 140| versions =Me, I'm Not<br>Me, I'm Not (Instrumental)<br>Me, I'm Not: Olof Dreijer| live =[[Performance 2007]]<br>[[Lights In The Sky Tour|Lights In The Sky Over North America]]<br>[[NIN 2013 Festival Tour]]<br>[[NIN 2014 Japan Tour]] through [[NIN + QOTSA Tour]]<br>[[NIN 2014 Europe/UK Tour]] through present}}'''"Me, I'm Not"''' is the sixth track on the 2007 release ''[[Year Zero]]''. [[Multitracks]] for this song were released in raw WAV, GarageBand, and Ableton Live formats via [[remix.nin.com]].
===InterpretationSong Credits===The song discusses a conflict with another person or entity which is causing the singer to lose himself or to become something worse. It seems as if this fight is removing a sort of disguise from the singer, revealing what might be called his true nature, but a nature which the singer "defines himself" by denying. The subject of the song also admits to being responsible for the initiation of "this thing" which may refer either to the conflict or the self-degeneration or both, and explains that he is unable to stop it. He explains that the only way to win is "knowing not to fight," and he expresses that the conflict could have been prevented if he had known what he "knows right now."*Backing vocals: [[Saul Williams]]
[[Image:pickpendrive.jpg|thumbnail|The USB flash drive containing "Me, I'm Not" and the audio file leading to the second phone message.]]
At the February 19th, 2007 [[Nine Inch Nails |Nine Inch Nails]] concert in Barcelona, Spain, a second plain-looking USB flash drive was found in a bathroom stall. This drive had two MP3 files: one called [[2432.mp3]] and the other "Me, I'm Not."
A forum user said on [[The Spiral]] and [[ETS]]:
[[Trent Reznor]] replied on [[The Spiral]]:
==Appearances==
* ''Year Zero''
*''[[Y34RZ3R0R3M1X3D]]''
===Other===
*''[[The Definitive NIN - Deep Cuts]]'' - online playlist(s); not on original Seed release
==Versions==
===Me, I'm Not===
This is the original album version. Highly repetitive, it features a consistent drum loop and manipulated bass riff throughout. On top are layered various synthesizers and samples in addition to Reznor's vocals, which are mostly sung in his lower range, sometimes nearly whispered. ===Me, I'm Not (Instrumental)==='''''Running Time: 4:56''''' This unmastered vocal-less mix was released by Reznor through his remix.nin.com account.
===Me, I'm Not: Olof Dreijer===
'''''Running Time: 14:00'''''
This remix is on ''Y34RZ3R0R3M1X3D.'' Coming in at over 14 minutes long, it's the longest [[Nine Inch Nails]] remix to be officially released. Very different from the album original, it begins with a simple beat and synth melody, over which a high-pitched droning sound element is added. This sound invokes similarities to the instrumental melody within the original song's chorus. The sound is a lot like a wave, cresting and receding. Soon, a basic percussion beat comes in on top of these sounds. At around 4 minutes in, the higher sound drops out, and finger-snap percussion joins in shortly thereafter. A hi-hat beat joins in and another beat comes in. At around 5:25 the higher sound begins to creep in and whispered vocals ("I'm not used to this") come in and out through this portion of the song. A lower synth melody comes in almost halfway through as the higher part again disappears momentarily. The higher sounds return as vocals appear sporadically in this sequence. Once again, a wave-like pattern is invoked in the sound elements dominating this piece. Past the 9-minute mark, the lyrics "I define myself/By how well I hide" and "What I know right now" are clearly audible through the rest of the sounds. The finale contains several sound elements emerging and fading away in a repeated cycle before fading out altogether.
==Live==
"Me, I'm Not" was first played live on [[2007/05/09 Sydney, Australia|May 9, 2007]] at Luna Park in Sydney, Australia, on and remained a regular for the rest of the [[Performance 2007]] tour. Reznor and [[Alessandro Cortini]] both play keyboards and synths on this song, with a computer hooked up to Reznor's machine. In the song's first live performances, Reznor played slide guitar but it has since been was played by [[Aaron North]] in subesquent subsequent performances. [[Josh Freese]] and [[Jeordie White]] do did not play on this song live. Throughout the [[Lights in the Sky Tour]], "Me, I'm Not" was occasionally played before the "Ghosts" section of the setlist, played alongside (or replaced with) "[[Vessel]]", "[[The Warning]]", or "[[The Great Destroyer]]". "Me, I'm Not" was played once in 2009, at [[2009/09/10 Los Angeles, CA|the final show]] of the Wave Goodbye Tour. The song was a regular on some legs of the [[NIN 2013-2014|''Hesitation Marks'' touring cycle]], including opening the show at several dates. It would continue to be played occasionally throughout the [[Cold And Black And Infinite Tour]] in 2018 and the U.S./U.K. [[NIN 2022|2022 tour]].
==Lyrics==
==External Links==
*[http://vimeo.com/3489443 "Me, I'm Not" live in Europe, August 2007]*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsi6vxu59-rNoDM bYqY-8 "Me, I'm Not" 2013 livevisual design by Rob Sheridan]*[https://archive.org/details/remix-nin-com-audio-00086 "Me, I'm Not" (Instrumental) at archive.org] <BR>{{succession box | title=[[Year Zero#Track Listing|Year Zero]] | before= [[Vessel]]| after= [[Capital G (song)|Capital G]] | track= 6}}
[[Category:World of Year Zero]][[Category:NIN Songs]][[Category:NIN Songs Released as Multitracks]]