Lyric discussion by McDong2007 

Cover art for The Warning lyrics by Nine Inch Nails

This may sound far off for some of you, but for you that believe...this is for you...

I was standing right there When it came down from the sky

It will happen on a day when we least expect it. It will seem like any other day. UFOs will come down from the sky to give us a message.

The way it spoke to us You felt it from inside

Aliens use Telepathy to speak to us, you hear it from the inside of your mind, not from your ears.

Said it was up to us Up to us to decide

Its up to us to decide if we will work with or against them.

You've become a virus That has eaten up its host

Humans destroying the Earth Using its resources in the wrong way

We've been watching you with all of our eyes And what you seem to value most

The Grays have been watching us for thousands of years, observing from the heavens.

So much potential Or so we used to say Your greed, self importance, and your arrogance You piss it all away

They gave us a chance, they let us choose our path in life. We wasted it, on the rate we are going now, the Earth will cease to exist.

We heard a cry We've come to intervene You will change your ways and you will make amends Or we will wipe this place clean

They hear the cry of Mother Earth. They will come to intervene before we go too far. They will make us change our ways because they will soon own this planet. They will wipe this place clean because they will inhabit Earth, with or without us.

You decide.

Your time is tick-tick-ticking away

Its just a matter of time before this happens. Laugh now, but when that time comes, you will think what was written here and think...weird, that guy was right!

I think mcdong2007 is spot on with this analysis. First, I will start by saying I believe the lyrics are "we've been watching you with oval eyes," which would support what mcdong has said.

Basically, this is part of Trent's fictitious future he has created through the entire album of Year Zero (a television series of sorts is slated for 2010) where the world has reset into a 1984-like democracy.

I believe this song is an extraterrestrials' opinion of the way we have lived our lives and used our land much like a parasite uses its host. And now,...