Songs & Lyrics
You Know What You Are?
“You Know What You Are?” appears on With Teeth (2005) and was performed from Live: With Teeth through Performance 2007.
- Record type
- Lyrics available
- Classification
- Official NIN composition
- First record
- Halo 19 · With Teeth
- Known versions
- 4
Song details
About This Song
Available on two Halo releases in 4 titled versions.
- Classification
- Official NIN composition
- First documented release
- Halo 19 · With Teeth
- Release date
- May 3, 2005
- Track position
- 2
- Running time
- 3:41
- Tempo
- 160 BPM
- Known versions
- 4
Track Credits
- Live Drums
- Dave Grohl
Live History
- Performance span
- Live: With Teeth through Performance 2007
- Live debut
- March 23, 2005 · Fresno, CA
Versions
- You Know What You Are?
- You Know What You Are? (Instrumental)
- You Know What You Are? (Clint Mansell Remix)
- You Know What You Are? (Beside You In Time)
Sources: NIN Wiki — You Know What You Are?, revision 67511 (reviewed September 28, 2026). NIN Wiki song record
Words
Lyrics
I tried to patch up the cracks and the holes that I have to hide
For a little bit of time even made it work okay
Just long enough to really make it hurt
When they figured me out and it all just rotted away
Don't you fucking know what you are?
Go on get back to where you belong
You better take a good look because I'm full of shit
With every bit of my heart I have tried to believe in it
You can dress it all up you can try to pretend
But you can't change anything
You can't change anything in the end
Don't you fucking know what you are?
Go on get back to where you belong
Remember where you came from remember what you are
You are not one of them you belong with us
You're only fooling yourself
Go on get back to where you belong
You are not one of them
You belong with us you're only fooling yourself
Come back where you belong back
To nowhere back to nothing
Back to that lonely place inside your head
Come back where you belong
You're so fucking stupid and pathetic
Look what you're trying to do
We will never let you go
That was a lie you must have wanted to believe
You didn't really believe that did you?
Well it runs too deep it runs too deep my friend
Better start to look at things through different eyes
Don't you fucking know what you are?
Go on get back get back get back to where you belong
Lyrics reproduced with permission for non-profit educational use.
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