| title = The Warning
| 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.
"'''The Warning'''" is the ninth track on the 2007 release ''[[Year Zero]]''. This A song is about with [[The PresenceWarning (With Teeth song)|the same title]] == Appearances ==The song title appears on the [[With Teeth (halo)|''With Teeth Poster'']]PDF poster, but is not featured on the album. It is possible When the 2019 Definitive Edition vinyl of ''With Teeth'' was released, the poster was re-created as part of the song packaging. Lyrics to "The Warning" were made legible and it was recorded during 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 known version at for the music to be replaced by a short, quiet burst of static which ultimately leads into the present momentfollowing song, "[[God Given]]".
==Lyrics=The Warning (Instrumental)===This unmastered vocal-less mix was released by Reznor through his [[remix.nin.com]] account.
Some say it was a warning ===The Warning: Real World==='''''Running Time: 3:43'''''
some say 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 sign sound element similar to the guitar in the original is heard under the fading synths.
I was standing right there ====Song Credits====*Remix by Stefan Goodchild (Featuring Doudou N'Diaye Rose)
when it came down from ==Live=="The Warning" made its live debut on [[2008/07/19_Los_Angeles,_CA|July 19, 2008]], and was played at most shows on the sky [[Lights In The Sky Tour]]. "The Warning" was played before the "Ghosts" section of the setlist, played alongside (or replaced with) "[[Vessel]]", "[[Me, I'm Not]]", or "[[The Great Destroyer]]".
they were expecting us "The Warning" appeared once on the [[Wave Goodbye Tour]], performed at [[2009/09/10 Los Angeles, CA|the final show]] with [[Atticus Ross]] and Dave Navarro guesting.
we felt it from inside 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 [[2014/07/27 Toronto, ON|July 27, 2014]].
said ==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
up to us to decide The second line is said as follows in the actual recording: Some say it was a sign
That last line of the song is said as follows in the actual recording:
Your time is tick-tick-ticking away
==External Links==
*[https://archive.org/details/remix-nin-com-audio-00096 "The Warning" (Instrumental) at archive.org]
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