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===Gave Up===
This is the original album version. Fading in with an ambient pad, the quick drum loop soon enters, with Reznor's quiet and filtered vocals soon after. His singing builds in intensity until launching into the pre-chorus, which is considerably louder and guitar-centric, also featuring yelled vocals. The chorus continues this abrasion but with high-pitched vocal layering before dying down to a keyboard solo and the second verse. After another pre-chorus and chorus, it transitions into the bridge, which strips the layering down to percussion loops and guitar along with Reznor's repeated lyric, "I tried, but I gave up." This soon leads into a loud synthesizer solo and two repeats of the chorus, the song then descending into chaos and ending the album. Its first music video, included in the ''Broken Movie'', uses this track.
[[Brian Liesegang]] explained that the unique vocal effect on this track was created using a trick "in which the lead verse take was dropped into the Emax at 22k or something, resampled, played an octave higher, dropped back down, and flown back in. It gave it that great warbly desperation and worked really well in the track. Total last minute thing because Trent was worried the vocal was too 'clean' and exposed I believe."[https://gearspace.com/board/showpost.php?p=8266168&postcount=350]
===Gave Up (''Fixed'')===