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In an interview published in VIVA 2 Magazine, Reznor revealed the source of its title: "The way that I couldn't cope with [the death of his grandmother] was by not addressing it or having the courage to write anything. And it took that realization to turn it around and by writing about it and expressing, I felt better about it, I felt like I could see through it. The way out is through. That's where the song title came from because I thought that the way out was skirting the issue and walking on the curb."
[[Image:Doom-ep-1-epilogue.jpg|thumb|DOOM end screen text]]Its working title , as revealed by a picture of its tracking sheet on [[nin.com]] , was "Anomaly." There is a corresponding fan theory that both names are a reference to the 1993 video game Doom - the level "E1M8: Phobos Anomaly". Upon beating that level, the player is met with a text screen that includes the phrase "Looks like you're stuck on the shores of Hell. The only way out is through."
[[Image:Twoit_tracksheet.png|thumb|Screen capture of the song's tracksheet from nin.com during ''The Fragile'' era.]]