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| BPM = 90| versions =The Warning<br>The Warning (Instrumental)<br>The Warning: Real World| live = N[[Lights In The Sky Tour]]<br>[[NIN 2013 Festival Tour]]<br>[[NIN + QOTSA Tour]]<br>[[NIN 2014 Europe/AUK Tour]]}}'''"The Warning"''' is the ninth track on the 2007 release ''[[Year Zero]].'' This song is widely believed to be about [[The Presence]]. At the end of the album version of the song is the static noise that was included at the end of the leaked version of "[[My Violent Heart]]," which revealed The Presence when ran through a spectrogram.

The song title appears on the ''[[With Teeth (halo)|''With Teeth'' Poster]], poster but is not featured on the album. It is possible, though exceptionally unlikely, that the song was recorded during the ''With Teeth'' sessions.

This is the original album version. Beginning with a glitchy drum beat atypical of Year Zero, the guitar, synth and bass follow with a danceable melody followed subsequently by Reznor's vocals above the music. After Reznor declares "Your time is tick-tick-ticking away" for the first time in the song, the guitar plays a more distorted and 'industrial' sounding riff than the main riff. Reznor's final lyrical declaration continues repetitiously until the end, where he whispers "ticking away" faintly only for the music to be replaced by a short, quiet burst of static which ultimately leads into the following song, "[[God Given]]". ===The Warning (Instrumental)===This unmastered vocal-less mix was released by [[Trent Reznor]] through his [[remix.nin.com]] account.

'''''Running Time: 3:43''''' This remix featuring African drummer Doudou N'Diaye Rose is on ''Y34RZ3R0R3M1X3D.'' It starts with a piano melody that is joined by drum elements. The verse features the vocals over a drum beat accompanied by a droning synth. Oddly enoughDue to the multitracks being censored, the lyric "You piss it all away" was also censored on this mix. The new synths and the drums create an even more foreboding atmosphere than what is heard in the ''Year Zero'' original. At the end a sound element similar to the guitar in the original is heard under the fading synths.

<BR>{{succession box | title=[[Year Zero#Track Listing|Year Zero]] | before= [[My Violent Heart]]| after= [[God Given]] | track= 9}} [[Category:NIN Songs]][[Category:NIN Songs Never Played LiveReleased as Multitracks]]