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| versions = Eraser<br>Eraser (Instrumental)<br>Eraser (Denial; Realization)<br>Eraser (Polite)<br>Erased, Over, Out<br>Eraser (Dissonance)<br>Eraser (''Closure'')<br>Eraser (''[[Beside You In Time (halo)|Beside You In Time]]'')
| live =[[Self Destruct Touring Cycle]]<br>[[With Teeth Fall Arena Tour]] through [[Performance 2007]]<br>[[Wave Goodbye Tour]]
}} '''"Eraser"''' is the eleventh track on the 1994 release ''[[The Downward Spiral (halo)|The Downward Spiral]].''
===Song Credits===
*Production: [[Flood]] and [[Trent Reznor]]
*Mixing engineer: [[Alan Moulder]]
==Versions==
===Eraser===
This is the original album version. It consists of a 6/4 instrumental ostinato that builds up from the odd sounds of humming and "erasers" at the beginning through heavy rhythmic drumming and very oddly tuned, distorted guitars before dropping out to the 4/4 vocal area, which gets progressively louder until [[Trent Reznor]] yells "Kill Me!" It then completely degenerates into noise and cuts off with only the fading out of the string synthesizer. The beginning crossfades from the end of "[[A Warm Place]]" and its ending crossfades with the introduction of "[[Reptile]]."
===Eraser (Instrumental)===
===Eraser (''Closure'')===
This live version keeps close to the album version, and was recorded on during the same date filming as the "[[Hurt(song)|Hurt]]" and "[[Wish (song)|Wish]]" music videovideos.
===Eraser (''Beside You In Time'')===
==Music Video==
[[Image:Eraserstill.jpg|thumb|Screenshot from the "Eraser" video]]
A music video directed by [[Simon Maxwell]] was included on ''Closure.'' It's a live performance filmed in early 1995. A screen is dropped down in front of the stage as footage of the Devil's Tower in Wyoming and other locations is shown as the song builds. The band is seen behind the screen, starting with guitarist [[Robin Finck]] sitting near the drum risers and Reznor playing guitar at the center of the stage. The light focuses more on him as the vocals begin. By the time it gets to the screaming finale, the footage consists of nuclear explosions, with the detonations timed with the song itself. The footage used for this (as well as the live videos for "[[Hurt (song)|Hurt]]" and "[[Wish (song)|Wish]]") was shot in Dallas, Texas and Omaha, Nebraska in February of 1995.