Passive (song)

It was the second single from their album Emotive, and peaked at number 14 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Songs chart in 2005.

The song's origins trace back to a song by a band called Tapeworm, a side-project started by Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor and a number of other musicians, including A Perfect Circle members Maynard James Keenan and Danny Lohner.

[1] However, the project was hit with many delays for a number of reasons, including creative disagreements, schedule conflicts with members' other respective bands, and legal issues stemming from all the various record labels the members were separately tied to via their other bands.

[2][3] With the project not progressing, Keenan decided to start playing the song at live shows for A Perfect Circle in 2000.

[3] The writing of this version of the song was credited to Lohner, Keenan, Reznor, and Howerdel.