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Opening with a distant e-bow guitar drone from the end of “We’re in This Together”, the first verse soon enters, characterized by live drums incorporating the use of a floor tom with a tambourine on top, a simple bassline, and Reznor’s soft vocals.

The first chorus features merely the new bass riff and drum rhythm accompanied by sequenced synthesizer layers below Reznor’s repetitions of the phrase, “I won’t let you fall apart.”

The second verse returns bass riff and drum pattern return with new percussion loops underneath, soon giving way to the second chorus' loud guitars and shouted vocals.

These all stop at the end of the phrase, interrupted by a staccato synthesizer melody that ushers in layers of strings and out of tune percussion under Reznor’s quiet, desperate vocals.

This bridge continues as Reznor repeats “and picking,” fading out quietly as distorted guitars bring in the return of the chorus progression and drums beneath a guitar solo playing the same melody as the piano progression in “The Frail”.

This leads into a final repetition of the chorus, all the instruments and vocals stopping suddenly at the end of the phrase and leading into “Just Like You Imagined”.

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Nothing Studios
Release Date
September 21, 1999
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