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==Recurring themes and styles==
* The ending keyboard melody of "Closer" is repeated in the climax of "The Downward Spiral" and the chorus of "Heresy." A similar piano melody is played at the end of "Piggy."This recurring melody is a descending tetrachord pattern and, in music theory, would be an example of a lament bass.
* The lyric "[[Nothing Can Stop Me Now|nothing can stop me now]]" appears in "Piggy," "Ruiner" and "Big Man With A Gun." The same phrase would recur on later albums in "[[La Mer]]," "[[We're In This Together (song)|We're In This Together]]" and "[[Sunspots]]."
* Quite a few of the songs end by [[Recurring lyrics|repeating the same line or set of lines]]: "Piggy," "Ruiner," "I Do Not Want This," "Big Man With A Gun" and "Eraser." These deviate from the traditional chorus-chorus ending in that these lyrics are introduced near the end, and they are not sung, but rather whispered or yelled.