This is about bronies. They communicate by stomping.
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 my self
I am just an echo of an echo of an echo
Listening to someone's cry for help
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
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
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
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
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)
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 my self
I am just an echo of an echo of an echo
Listening to someone's cry for help
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
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
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
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
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)
Lyrics submitted by Sean19a7x, edited by Belle47, KillerKenny, M1ndaugas
Copy of A Lyrics as written by Trent Reznor
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Well, I'm not one of the few people who have actually heard this song, as it has only appeared live thus far. However, it sounds to me like a simple commentary on how we are determined (controled) by forces outside of our control. We are a product of our times, environment, genes, etc..We are all different, but we are all imprinted with the same blueprint of life.
I dont know if am i right. But i think its bout the viral advertising in everything. And people repeats some twitter and some fb and some... etc. And you are on fashion and you dont know who you are.
"I am just an echo of an echo of an echo listening to someone's cry for help" I think this refers to the perpetual state of existing in a series of moments after we were born, reflecting back on ourselves through our memories. We are simply copies of our past selves, which in turn are reassembled copies of our parents, their parents, and so on.
I agree with Androgyne. I don't think the other interpretations are incorrect, but they're very superficial. The song is about how we aren't in control, but it's also about the purpose of life and why we're here. The proposed answer in this song is to "copy". The building blocks have evolved into something that doesn't recognize its history anymore (conscious, but with no history (our current scientific understanding of the origins of human life). The song is also about aging and facing morality. "Look what you had to start" (youth), "why all the change in heart?" (fear of death), "you need to play your part" (don't get distracted from life's purpose), "a copy of a copy" (to reproduce).
This is an aging Reznor, taking a second look at Closer.
I agree with the previous thoughts. We don't think new things. Even things we like or create come from or are at least derived external sources. Music melodies, movie plots, even mankind itself passes copies of genes to their kids. Really intriguing concept actually. The only thing is, we build on top of old concepts. Copies degrade with time but evolution is developing a more resistant race.
I agree with the previous thoughts. We don't think new things. Even things we like or create come from or are at least derived external sources. Music melodies, movie plots, even mankind itself passes copies of genes to their kids. Really intriguing concept actually. The only thing is, we build on top of old concepts. Copies degrade with time but evolution is developing a more resistant race.
At the beginning of the movie Fight Club, the narrator refers to life as an office worker as being a "copy of a copy". He goes on to do something more with his life.
@drummer1500 I too have recently wondered if Reznor got inspiration for this song from that Fight Club scene with Edward Norton just standing there saying "I am a copy of a copy of a copy"
Mmm.. I dont know if am i right, but i think its talking bout the viral advertising and the present of social networks. You see in fb or twitter and you copy and paste, copy and paste. And people believe in that and confused who you are and who you are in the net.
We are products(copys) of our experiences and world around us.
References to fight club: " With insomnia, nothing's real. Everything's far away. Everything's a copy of a copy of a copy." youtube.com/watch
"We are products(copys) of our experiences and world around us". <br /> <br /> I think that message is true to some extent, but I also think that every single thing we do cannot be blamed on our environment (although much of psychology encourages that idea). There are some people who were raised in an abusive environment, and used that as an excuse to abuse others. But there also some people that were raised in an abusive environment who turned out just fine. In spite of some of the bogus theories of psychology, we do make choices that we (not merely our environment) should be held accountable for.
I think these lyrics are more theatrical and literal than most NIN songs are. He did a lot of new things on this album. Songs with similar themes (and deeper meanings) would be The Hand that Feeds and Beside You in Time, far as I know.
I think it's "Play your part" not pay
Anyway, this song reminds me of the Bare naked Ladies song "It's all been done". There's nothing really original anymore, everything is a rehashing of something that's come before.