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| album = ''[[Year Zero]]''| length = N/A3:38| BPM = 90| versions = N/AThe 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. A song with [[The Warning (With Teeth song)|the same title]] appears on the [[With Teeth (halo)|''With Teeth'']] PDF poster, but is not featured on the album. When the 2019 Definitive Edition vinyl of ''With Teeth'' was released, the poster was re-created as part of the packaging. Lyrics to "The Warning" were made legible and it was finally revealed that the track from ''Year Zero'' has its origins in the track from the ''With Teeth'' sessions. ==Appearances=====Halos===*''Year Zero''*''[[Y34RZ3R0R3M1X3D]]'' ==Versions=====The Warning===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 [[Trent 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 Reznor through his [[remix.nin.com]] account. ===The Warning: Real World==='''''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. Due 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. ====Song Credits====*Remix by Stefan Goodchild (Featuring Doudou N'Diaye Rose)

== About Live=="'''The Warning'''" is made its live debut on [[2008/07/19_Los_Angeles,_CA|July 19, 2008]], and was played at most shows on the [[Lights In The Sky Tour]]. "The Warning" was played before the ninth track on "Ghosts" section of the 2007 release 'setlist, played alongside (or replaced with) "[[Vessel]]", "[[Me, I'm Not]]", or "[[Year ZeroThe Great Destroyer]]''".

=== Halos ===* On the [[NIN 2013-2014|''Hesitation Marks''touring cycle]], "The Warning" was played at about half the dates on the 2013 festival leg, and a majority of shows on the 2014 Europe/UK leg, but has not been performed since [[Year Zero2014/07/27 Toronto, ON|July 27, 2014]]''.

== Versions Lyrics== Some say it was a warning Some say it's a sign I was standing right there When it came down from the sky The way it spoke to us You felt it from inside Said it was up to us Up to us to decide "You've become a virus Killing off his host We been watching you with all of our eyes And what you seem to value most So much potential Or so we used to say Your greed, self-importance and your arrogance You piss it all away We heard her cry We have come to intervene You will change your ways and you will make amends Or we will wipe this place clean" Your time is ticking away

=== The Warning ===second line is said as follows in the actual recording: Some say it was a sign

This That last line of the song is said as follows in the only known version at the present moment.actual recording: Your time is tick-tick-ticking away

== Lyrics External Links==*[https://archive.org/details/remix-nin-com-audio-00096 "The Warning" (Instrumental) at archive.org]

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