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~~== About ==~~''''''The Day The World Went Away'''''' is the second track on the Left disc of ''[[The Fragile (halo)|The Fragile]].'' It was released as a single preceding the release of ''The Fragile'' and received the designation of Halo 13.

===Meaning===

The song's lyrics are rumored to be about the death of [[Trent Reznor]]'s maternal grandmother, which occured before ''The Fragile '' was recorded. Analysis of the lyrics do support the theory of this song being about death, but no one can say with any certainty what Reznor's inspiration was.

===Structure===

~~TDTWWA~~ "The Day The World Went Away" follows the percussive and aggressive "[[Somewhat Damaged]]. " It is one of [[Nine Inch Nails]]' most uniquely structured songs and it is musically the opposite of "Somewhat Damaged " in almost every way, actually lacking the use of any percussion. It also features the use of a mandolin, another first for NIN.

===Song Credits===

===The Day The World Went Away (Quiet)===

This is a very different version of the song. The structure was changed significantly, moving the chanting to the beginning of the song and featuring additional vocals by Kim Prevost. This remix was done by ~~Trent~~Reznor.

===The Day The World Went Away (Porter Ricks mix)===

This dub remix done by [[Porter Ricks ]] revolves around a thumping beat. The distant vocals can be heard beneath it.

===The Day The World Went Away (''And All That Could Have Been'')===

The DVD version of ''And All That Could Have Been'' featured this song as an Easter Egg. Unused clips from the scrapped video are merged with live performance footage. The CD version features this song in the regular playlist.

===The Day The World Went Away (''Still'')===

==Music Video==

This song is among the many Nine Inch Nails songs that have had a video scrapped. The video, which was partially finished, apparently showed images of a funeral. Parts of the video appeared as an Easter Egg on the ~~live~~ DVD version of ''And All That Could Have Been.''

The footage contains black-and-white footage of Reznor in a forest, and color images of a black kingsnake slithering in sand. It also includes Reznor standing in a room with his back to the camera and shows flowers, as well as a feather blowing in the wind. The second half of the video contains live performance footage of the band.

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