Songs & Lyrics
Meet Your Master
“Meet Your Master” appears on Year Zero (2007) and has returned in setlists across multiple touring eras.
- Record type
- Lyrics available
- Classification
- Official NIN composition
- First record
- Halo 24 · Year Zero
- Known versions
- 3
Song details
About This Song
Available on two Halo releases in 3 titled versions.
- Classification
- Official NIN composition
- First documented release
- Halo 24 · Year Zero
- Release date
- April 17, 2007
- Track position
- 11
- Running time
- 4:09
- Tempo
- 83 BPM
- Known versions
- 3
Live History
- Performance span
- Lights In The Sky Tour · Wave Goodbye Tour
- Live debut
- July 29, 2008 · Calgary, AB
Versions
- Meet Your Master
- Meet Your Master (Instrumental)
- Meet Your Master: The Faint
Related Records
- Official multitracks available
Sources: NIN Wiki — Meet Your Master, revision 68807 (reviewed September 28, 2026). NIN Wiki song record
Words
Lyrics
Against the polished steel
This is something different
You'll like the way this feels
No time for asking questions
No time for wondering
We've heard enough from you now
We've heard everything
We're going to play a new game
You'll put on this blindfold
You'll do what we tell you
You'll do as you're told
Used to be the leader
Now comes the time to serve
Maybe we show some mercy
Maybe you get what you deserve
Count down to the end
Gotta make it come faster faster
Right around the bend
Is a coming disaster
Count down to the end
And we're headed there faster
Come on down my friend
It's time to meet your master
You've left quite a mess here
Under your stewardship
You thought you'd figured it out but
You'll learn your place in this
Might take some convincing
For you to see the truth
There are so many things
We've got in store for you
Count down to the end
Gotta make it come faster faster
Right around the bend
Is a coming disaster
Count down to the end
And we're headed there faster faster
Come on down my friend
It's time to meet your master
Come on down (hey, comin' round the bend)
Lyrics reproduced with permission for non-profit educational use.
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