Songs & Lyrics
Vessel
“Vessel” 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
- 6
Song details
About This Song
Available on three Halo releases in 6 titled versions.
- Classification
- Official NIN composition
- First documented release
- Halo 24 · Year Zero
- Release date
- April 17, 2007
- Track position
- 5
- Running time
- 4:53
- Tempo
- 91.9941 BPM
- Known versions
- 6
Live History
- Performance span
- Lights In The Sky Tour · NIN 2014 Japan Tour through NIN + QOTSA Tour · Peel It Back Tour
- Live debut
- July 28, 2008 · Edmonton, AB
Versions
- Vessel
- Vessel (Instrumental)
- Vessel: Bill Laswell
- Vessel (Mix 1): Bill Laswell
- Vessel (Mix 2): Bill Laswell
- Vessel (Nine Inch Noize Version)
Related Records
- Official multitracks available
Sources: NIN Wiki — Vessel, revision 69063 (reviewed September 28, 2026). NIN Wiki song record
Words
Lyrics
I let it get under my skin
I let you pump it through my veins
I let you take me from within
They tell us what we can and cannot do
Same thing we've heard a hundred times before
When I put you inside of me
None of that matters anymore
My God
Can it go any faster?
Oh my God
I don't think I can last here
I am you and you are me
We will never be alone
I have finally found my place in everything
I have finally found my home
I can leave all of this flesh behind
I can see right through this whole façade
I am becoming something else
I am turning into God
My God
Can it go any faster?
Oh my God
I don't think I can last here
Lyrics reproduced with permission for non-profit educational use.
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