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| album=''[[Things Falling Apart]]''
| length=7:06
| BPM = 126
| versions=Metal
| live=[[Wave Goodbye Tour|NIN|JA 2009]]<br>[[Europe + Asia 2018]] through present}} '''"Metal"''' is the eighth track on ''[[Things Falling Apart]],'' a cover of [[Gary Numan]] from his 1979 album ''The Pleasure Principle''.An early, partial leak of the cover from ''[[The Fragile]]'' era was remixed and shared under various names, most often the "Lee Completion Mix."
The end of the song features a drawn-out instrumental referencing several other Numan songs: the higher-pitched synth line is taken from "M.E." (also from ''The Pleasure Principle''), while the piano line references "Remember I Was Vapour" (from 1980's ''Telekon'').
===Halos===
*''Things Falling Apart''
===Other===
*''[[The Definitive NIN - Deep Cuts]]'' - online playlist(s); not on original Seed release
==Versions==
==Live==
"Metal" was performed live for the first time on the [[2009/05/08 West Palm Beach, FL|opening date ]] of the [[Wave Goodbye Tour|NIN|JA 2009]] tourand was performed frequently through the final [[Wave Goodbye Tour|Wave Goodbye]] dates. The song returned after nine years when it was played a few times in 2018.
==Lyrics==
We're in the building where they make us grow
And I'm frightened by the liquid engineersengineer
Like you
The sound of metal I want to be you
I could should learn to be a man
Like you
Do you?
Picture this if they could I should make the change
I'd love to pull the wires from the wall
Did you?
And who are you and how can I try?
Here inside I like the metal On Don't you?
All I know is no one dies
I'm still confusing love with need
==External Links==
*[http://vimeo.com/6859071 NIN: "Metal" with Gary Numan, live from on stage, London 7.15.09]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jz9-gpeDMO0 "Metal" with Gary Numan, live on the Cold And Black And Infinite Tour]
[[Category:NIN Songs]][[Category:Covers]]