Copy of a Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I am just a copy of a copy of a copy
Everything I say has come before
Assembled into something into something into something
I don't know for certain anymore
I am just a shadow of a shadow of a shadow
Always trying to catch up with myself
I am just an echo of an echo of an echo
(Echo, echo, echo)
Listening to someone's cry for help
[Chorus]
Look what you had to start
Why all the change of heart?
You need to play your part
A copy of a copy of a
Now look what you've gone and done
Well that doesn't sound like fun
See I'm not the only one
A copy of a copy of a
[Verse 2]
I am little pieces, little pieces, little pieces
Pieces that were picked up on the way
Imprinted with a purpose, with a purpose, with a purpose
A purpose that's become quite clear today
I am just a copy of a copy of a copy
Everything I say has come before
Assembled into something into something into something
I don't know for certain anymore
I am just a shadow of a shadow of a shadow
Always trying to catch up with myself
I am just an echo of an echo of an echo
(Echo, echo, echo)
Listening to someone's cry for help
[Chorus]
Look what you had to start
Why all the change of heart?
You need to play your part
A copy of a copy of a
Now look what you've gone and done
Well that doesn't sound like fun
See I'm not the only one
A copy of a copy of a
[Verse 2]
I am little pieces, little pieces, little pieces
Pieces that were picked up on the way
Imprinted with a purpose, with a purpose, with a purpose
A purpose that's become quite clear today
[Chorus]
Look what you had to start
Why all the change of heart?
You need to play your part
A copy of a copy of a
Now look what you've gone and done
Well that doesn't sound like fun
See I'm not the only one
A copy of a copy of a
[Verse 3]
I am just a finger on a trigger on a finger
Doing everything I'm told to do
Always my intention my intention your attention
Just doing everything you tell me to
[Chorus]
Look what you had to start
Why all the change of heart?
You need to play your part
A copy of a copy of a
Now look what you've gone and done
Well that doesn't sound like fun
See I'm not the only one
A copy of a copy of a
(Look what you had to start)
Look what you had to start
(Why all the change of heart?)
Why all the change of heart?
(You need to play your part)
You need to play your part
(A copy of a copy of a)
A copy of a copy of a
(Now look what you've gone and done)
Now look what you've gone and done
(Well that doesn't sound like fun)
Well that doesn't sound like fun
(See I'm not the only one)
See I'm not the only one
(A copy of a copy of a)
A copy of a copy of a
Look what you had to start
Why all the change of heart?
You need to play your part
A copy of a copy of a
Now look what you've gone and done
Well that doesn't sound like fun
See I'm not the only one
A copy of a copy of a
[Verse 3]
I am just a finger on a trigger on a finger
Doing everything I'm told to do
Always my intention my intention your attention
Just doing everything you tell me to
[Chorus]
Look what you had to start
Why all the change of heart?
You need to play your part
A copy of a copy of a
Now look what you've gone and done
Well that doesn't sound like fun
See I'm not the only one
A copy of a copy of a
(Look what you had to start)
Look what you had to start
(Why all the change of heart?)
Why all the change of heart?
(You need to play your part)
You need to play your part
(A copy of a copy of a)
A copy of a copy of a
(Now look what you've gone and done)
Now look what you've gone and done
(Well that doesn't sound like fun)
Well that doesn't sound like fun
(See I'm not the only one)
See I'm not the only one
(A copy of a copy of a)
A copy of a copy of a
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“Copy of a” is the second single from 2013’s Hesitation Marks. The song debuted live on the first night of the NIN 2013 Festival Tour.
Opening with a wavering synth line, a simple drum loop sweeps in the first verse. Various percussion loops complicate the arrangement throughout, layering and falling away as the song structure changes parts. Prominent use of vocal looping personifies the title of the track, with the repeating words in the lyrics restarting in time with the song. The chorus is marked by a mellow organ pad.
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- 2.Down in It
- 3.Sin
- 4.Wish
- 6.Suck
- 8.Closer
- 9.Hurt (Quiet)
- 10.Dead Souls
- 11.Burn
- 12.The Perfect Drug
- 13.Deep
- 16.Into the Void
- 19.Only
- 21.Survivalism
- 22.The Good Soldier
- 23.Capital G
- 24.1,000,000
- 25.Discipline
- 26.Echoplex
- 28.Copy of a
- 29.Everything
Credits
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Writer
Arranger
Programmer
Mastering Engineer
Engineer
Mixing Engineer
Tom-Tom
Percussion
Electronics
Vocals
Bass
Guitar
Released on
August 12, 2013
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Copy of a Live Performances
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