Songs & Lyrics
Right Where It Belongs
“Right Where It Belongs” appears on With Teeth (2005) and has returned in setlists across multiple touring eras.
- Record type
- Lyrics available
- Classification
- Official NIN composition
- First record
- Halo 19 · With Teeth
- Known versions
- 5
Song details
About This Song
Available on two Halo releases in 5 titled versions.
- Classification
- Official NIN composition
- First documented release
- Halo 19 · With Teeth
- Release date
- May 3, 2005
- Track position
- 13
- Running time
- 5:04
- Tempo
- 140 BPM
- Known versions
- 5
Live History
- Performance span
- With Teeth Arena Tour · Wave Goodbye Tour · Peel It Back Tour
- Live debut
- September 19, 2005 · Phoenix, AZ
Versions
- Right Where It Belongs
- Right Where It Belongs (Instrumental)
- Right Where It Belongs V2
- Cages (Demo)
- Right Where It Belongs (Beside You In Time)
Sources: NIN Wiki — Right Where It Belongs, revision 67521 (reviewed September 28, 2026). NIN Wiki song record
Words
Lyrics
Are you sure what side you're on?
Better not look him too closely in the eye
Are you sure what side of the glass you are on?
See the safety of the life you have built
Everything where it belongs
Feel the hollowness inside of your heart
And it's all
Right where it belongs
What if everything around you
Isn't quite as it seems
What if all the world you think you know
Is an elaborate dream?
And if you look at your reflection
Is that all you want it to be?
What if you could look right through the cracks
Would you find yourself—find yourself afraid to see?
What if all the world's inside of your head
Just creations of your own?
Your devils and your gods all the living and the dead
And you're really all alone
You can live in this illusion
You can choose to believe
You keep looking but you can't find the woods
While you’re hiding in the trees
What if everything around you
Isn't quite as it seems
What if all the world you used to know
Is an elaborate dream?
And if you look at your reflection
Is that all you want it to be?
What if you could look right through the cracks
Would you find yourself—find yourself afraid to see?
Lyrics reproduced with permission for non-profit educational use.
Where it appears