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A semi-acoustic version can be found on ''[[Still]],'' which has an accompanying video released at the time on [[nin.com]].

The lyrics describe a man fighting against changing, from something other than himself, trying to avoid his . His new "becoming," is correlated to transforming him into a machine without human characteristics and feelings. Its structureThe fear and struggle to prevent this transformation is abandoned, described below, is indicative thus the becoming of this strugglesomething new.

This is a rare example of Reznor directly referencing a name ("Annie") in his lyrics. Usually, he uses ambiguous pronouns. This expresses may express the need for attachment, the need to interact intimately with another human despite the narratorbecoming of something different, OR it could also be interpreted as a demonstration of the responsibility for the transformation (Annie's extreme attempts to detach himself from the worldfault).

Released by Reznor via his [[remix.nin.com ]] account, this unmastered instrumental version is extended to six minutes in length, as it does not fade out the ending, rather looping the acoustic guitar riff many times until stopping.