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| album=''[[Things Falling Apart]]''
| length=7:06
| BPM = 126
| versions=Metal
| live=NIN/JA 2009[[Wave Goodbye Tour]]<br>[[Europe + Asia 2018]] through present}}'''"Metal"''' is the eighth track on ''[[Things Falling Apart]],'' a [[Cover Songs|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".
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===Song Credits===
*Writing: Gary Numan
*Published by Beggar's Banquet Music/Momentum Music Ltd. (PRS)
*Manipulation: [[Trent Reznor]], [[Alan Moulder]]
==Appearances==
===Halos===
*''Things Falling Apart''
===Other===
*''[[The Definitive NIN - Deep Cuts]]'' - online playlist(s); not on original Seed release
==Versions==
===Metal===
This is the only available version. The end of the song features a drawn-out instrumental referencing several other Numan songs: the higher-pitched synth line is [[samples|sampled]] from "M.E." (also from ''The Pleasure Principle''), while the piano line references "Remember I Was Vapour" (from 1980's ''Telekon''). There is also a sample of "UFO" by ESG.
==Live==
"Metal" was preformed 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==*[[Categoryhttp://vimeo.com/6859071 NIN Songs: "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 Never Played Live]][[Category:Covers]]