| length = 3:57
| versions = The Downward Spiral<br>The Downward Spiral (The Bottom)
| live = [[Further Down The Spiral Tour]],<br>[[NIN/JA Tour]][[Lights_In_The_Sky_Tour#Lights_In_The_Sky_Over_Australia|Lights In The Sky Over Australia]],<br>[[NIN/JA Tour]]
}}''''The Downward Spiral"''' is often referred to as the final part of ''[[The Downward Spiral (halo)|The Downward Spiral]]'s'' story in which the main character kills himself with a gun. The intro to the song contains a chromatic melody very reminiscent of the ending of "[[Closer]]" but it is in E Major rather than C Major.