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{{song
| title = The Becoming
| album = '' [[The Downward Spiral (halo)|The Downward Spiral]]''
| length = 5:31
| versions = The Becoming<br>The Becoming (''[[Still]]'')
| live = [[Dissonance]] tour <br> [[Year Zero Warm-Up Tour]]
}}
==About==
"'''The Becoming'''" is made from many loops of industrial sounds, showcasing the hard sound from ''[[The Downward Spiral (halo)|The Downward Spiral]].''. A more acoustic version (with [[Trent Reznor]] on piano, [[Danny Lohner]] on guitar, [[Jerome Dillon]] on drums, with drum machine and samples) can be found on '' [[Still]], '' with an accompanying video on [[nin.com]] ([http://youtube.com/watch?v=eaX4Ac2-Fww YouTube upload]).
=== Meaning ===
The song begins with industrial noises such as those from a drum machine and what appears to be distorted screams. At the 3-minute mark it mellows into swooshy sounds with ''ahh''ing from more emotive voices. There is a final outburst of noise and screaming before fading out with the ''ahh''s again. This song structure is indicative of the struggle between the narrator and the noise/machine.
===Song Credits===
*Ring Mod Guitar:[[ Adrian Belew]]
*ARP2600: Flood
==Appearances==
===Halos===
*''The Downward Spiral'' (1994)
*''And All That Could Have Been'' (Deluxe Edition CD; 2002)
===Other===
*''Still''
==Versions==
===The Becoming===
This is the original album version.
===The Becoming (''Still'')===
This version allears on the ''Still'' CD, which was Disc 2 of the Deluxe Edition CD of ''And All That Could Have Been" and is currently available through NIN.com.
====Song Credits====
*Performance: Trent Reznor, Jerome Dillon
*Mix engineering: Alan Moulder
*Engineering: Alan Moulder
*Second Engineering: [[Leo Herrera]]
*Programming: [[Keith Hillebrandt]]
==Lyrics==