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| length =4:39
| BPM = 88
| versions =Terrible Lie<br>Terrible Lie (DemoSympathetic Mix)<br>Terrible Lie (Sympathetic Empathetic Mix)<br>Terrible Lie (Empathetic MixDemo - Martin Atkins tape)<br>Terrible Lie (''[[Closure]]'')<br>Terrible Lie (''[[And All That Could Have Been (halo)|And All That Could Have Been]]'')<br>Terrible Lie (''[[Beside You In Time (halo)|Beside You In Time]]'')
| live =[["Pretty Hate Machine" Promotional Tour]] through present
}}'''"Terrible Lie"''' is the second track on the 1989 release ''[[Pretty Hate Machine]]'' and begins directly at the end of "[[Head Like A Hole (song)|Head Like A Hole]]" (the end of the latter providing a segue into the beginning of the former).
===Terrible Lie===
The second track from the album ''Pretty Hate Machine,'' its intro beat bleeds in from the outro of "Head Like A Hole" and pops up occasionally throughout the song. The song is almost entirely synthetic and is extremely layered when compared to most of the other songs on the album. A dissonant theme runs through the outro of the song in the form of variously pitched [[samples]] of a woodblock.
===Terrible Lie (Sympathetic Mix)===
====Song Credits====
*Production and mix: Flood, Trent Reznor
===Terrible Lie (Demo - Martin Atkins tape)===
'''''Running Time: 4:55'''''
A demo for "Terrible Lie" does exist, but it has only leaked in short clips on the internet. It exists on a cassette tape handed out by Reznor to important figures. This cassette is also in the possession of [[Martin Atkins]], who has allowed fans to hear excerpts.
===Terrible Lie (''Closure'')===