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{{song

| title = The Becoming

| album = [[The Downward Spiral]]

| length = 5 min 31 s

| versions = The Becoming ([[Still ~~(Acoustic)~~]])| live = [[Dissonance]] tour <br> [[Year Zero Warm-Up Tour]]

}}

~~{{wikify}}This song~~ "'''The Becoming'''" is ~~number seven from the second former album, [[The Downward Spiral (halo)|The Downward Spiral]]. Its~~ made from many loops of industrial sounds~~. This song shows~~ , showcasing the hard sound from ~~"TDS"~~[[The Downward Spiral]]. ~~The lyrics of the song are about a man who is fighting against himself trying to avoid his "becoming"~~A more acoustic version (with [[Trent]] on piano, [[Danny Lohner]] on guitar, [[Jerome Dillon]] on drums, ~~transforming him into a~~ with drum machine ~~without the human's characteristics~~ and ~~mostly feelings.~~ ~~An acoustic version~~ samples) can be found on [[Still]], with an accompanying video on [[nin.com]] ([http://youtube.com/watch?v=eaX4Ac2-Fww YouTube upload]).

==Lyrics==

It wont give up it wants me dead

Goddamn this noise inside my head

=== Meaning ===

The lyrics describe a man fighting against himself, trying to avoid his "becoming", transforming him into a machine without human characteristics and feelings.

This is a rare example of [[Trent]] directly referencing a name ("Annie") in his lyrics. Usually, he uses ambiguous pronouns. This expresses the need for attachment, the need to interact intimately with another human despite the narrator's extreme attempts to detach himself from the world.

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.

[[Category:NIN Songs]]

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