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{{song

| title = You Know What ~~you~~ You Are?

| album = ''[[With Teeth (halo)|With Teeth]]''

| length = 3:41

| BPM = 160| versions = You Know What You Are?<br>You Know What You Are? (Instrumental)<br>You Know What You Are? (Clint Mansell Remix)<br>You Know What You Are? (''[[Beside You In Time (halo)|Beside You In Time]]'')

| live = [[Live: With Teeth]] through [[Performance 2007]]

}}'''"You Know What You Are?"''' is the second track from 2005's ''[[With Teeth (halo)|With Teeth]]''. Its title strongly resembles "[[Head Like A Hole (song)#You Know Who You Are|You Know Who You Are]]."

~~===Interpretation===~~

The lyrics of the song appear to be commenting on a person's inability to change for the better, evident in lyrics such as "You can dress it all up you can try to pretend/But you can't change anything in the end." and "Don't you fucking know what you are?/Go on get back to where you belong." Many interpretions of this song often overlook the possibility that the "you" to which [[Trent Reznor]] refers, may in fact be himself.

===Song Credits===

==Versions==

===You Know What You Are?===

This is the original album version. Beginning immediately with Dave Grohl's quick drumming, the song is differentiated as the only studio [[NIN ]] song featuring prominent double bass technique. Joined by panning noise loops, a distorted guitar riff and echoing synthesizers, [[Trent Reznor ]] delivers each verse in yells, a delay effect bouncing his voice throughout the mix. The chorus opens up considerably, simplifying the drum rhythm and featuring loud, distorted bass frequencies. The bridge maintains the quick intensity of the verses but builds up using a new bassline and the repeated mantra, "Remember where you came from. Remember what you are." The final chorus is even louder than the first two, culminating in a wah guitar ending that gives way to quiet synthesizer chords accompanying the chorus piano line. The end of the last musical phrase segues into "[[The Collector]]."The descending guitar melody during the bridge is very similar to that during the verses of "[[Everything]]". ===You Know What You Are? (Instrumental)==='''''Running Time: 3:48''''' Released exclusively through Apple Music.

===You Know What You Are? (Clint Mansell Remix)===

'''''Running Time: 3:11'''''

This is a remix by [[Clint Mansell]] created for the soundtrack to the movie adaptation of ''Doom''. It closely resembles the original version, with only some altered vocal effects, new sound effects and altered mix levels differentiating it from the album version.

==Live==

"You Know What You Are?" made its live debut on [[2005/03/23 Fresno, CA|March 23, 2005]] and became a staple of [[Nine Inch Nails]]' ''With Teeth''-era ~~live~~ performances. The song, when performed live, sounds very similar to the album version. The only significant differences are the improvisational soloing by [[Aaron North]] during the bridge and the more sudden ending, exemplified on ''Beside You In Time.'' The song was occasionally played throughout the European spring leg of [[Performance 2007]], but has not been played since [[2007/05/24 Osaka, Japan|the last show]] of the Australia/Japan leg.

==Lyrics==

Remember where you came from remember what you are

Additional lyrics printed in the ''With Teeth '' PDF booklet, but not appearing in the song itself

~~Not~~ You are not one of them you belong withus

You're only fooling yourself

To nowhere back to nothing

Back to that lonely place inside your head

Come back to where you belong

You're so fucking stupid and pathetic

~~What~~ Look what you're trying to do

We will never let you go

That was a lie you must have wanted to believe

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[[Category:NIN Songs]][[Category:Songs With Unused Lyrics]]

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