Songs & Lyrics
Metal
“Metal” appears on Things Falling Apart (2000) and has returned in setlists across multiple touring eras.
- Record type
- Lyrics available
- Classification
- Released cover
- First record
- Halo 16 · Things Falling Apart
- Known versions
- 1
Song details
About This Song
- Classification
- Released cover
- First documented release
- Halo 16 · Things Falling Apart
- Release date
- November 21, 2000
- Track position
- 8
- Running time
- 7:06
- Tempo
- 126 BPM
- Known versions
- 1
Track Credits
- Writing
- Gary Numan
- Credit
- Published by Beggar's Banquet Music/Momentum Music Ltd. (PRS)
- Manipulation
- Trent Reznor, Alan Moulder
Live History
- Performance span
- Wave Goodbye Tour · Europe + Asia 2018 through Cold And Black And Infinite Tour
- Live debut
- May 8, 2009 · West Palm Beach, FL
Versions
- Metal
Sources: NIN Wiki — Metal, revision 67502 (reviewed September 28, 2026). NIN Wiki song record
Words
Lyrics
And I'm frightened by the liquid engineer
Like you
My Mallory heart is sure to fail
I could crawl around the floor just like I'm real
Like you
The sound of metal I want to be you
I should learn to be a man
Like you
Plug me in and turn me on
Oh everything is moving
I need my treatment it's tomorrow they send me
Singing "I am an American"
Do you?
Picture this if I should make the change
I'd love to pull the wires from the wall
Did you?
And who are you and how can I try?
Here inside I like the metal
Don't you?
All I know is no one dies
I'm still confusing love with need
Lyrics reproduced with permission for non-profit educational use.
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