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10 Miles High (Version)
"10 Miles High" is a song exclusive to the vinyl version of The Fragile, disc 1 of the European and Japanese We're In This Together single, the Australian Into The Void single, and Things Falling Apart in rearranged form. On the vinyl edition of The Fragile, the song starts side 3, followed immediately after by "Please."
On the CD and cassette versions of The Fragile, the pregap of "Please" uses the introduction of this song as a segue from "The Mark Has Been Made."
Contents
Song Credits
- Writing and performance: Trent Reznor
- Production: Trent Reznor, Alan Moulder
- Engineering and mix: Alan Moulder
- Reconstrucion: Keith Hillebrandt
Appearances
Halos
- The Fragile (Vinyl)
- We're In This Together (UK Part 1)
- Into The Void (Australian EP)
- Things Falling Apart
Versions
10 Miles High
This version is heard on both the vinyl edition of The Fragile and the We're In This Together single. Fading in quietly with atmospheric synthesizers and loops, Reznor's distant, distorted voice repeats the line "I'm getting closer," joined by a bouncing melody before drum loops enter. This section builds into the first verse, much clearer and louder with live percussion loops and guitar. A clouded, ambient bridge follows, similar in sound to the bridge of "The Big Come Down," during which high-pitched vocals and acoustic guitar can be faintly heard. A third section with vocals soon erupts, incredibly distorted in a similar manner as the end of "Closer To God." This section gives way to a repetitive coda of distant, layered vocals, which end suddenly.
10 Miles High (Version)
This remix by Hillebrandt is on Things Falling Apart. There are only minor changes to the album version, including a severely shortened introduction, the movement of the middle guitar track to the final section, and the swapping of stereo channels.
Song Credits
- Manipulation: Keith Hillebrandt
Live
"10 Miles High" has never been performed live.
Lyrics
I'm going to get so high
You'll never get inside
I swore I'd never turn into you
I'm closer all the time
I made it 10 miles high
Can't tell my truth from my lies
I swore to god I would never turn into you
I'm getting closer... all the time
Tear it all down tear it all down tear it
all down tear it all down
Reznor also repeats two of the phrases during the introduction of the song, unprinted in the lyrics:
I'm getting closer... all the time
I tried to get so high
Reznor also abrasively whispers unprinted lyrics during the quite ambient bridge, backed by guitar and high pitched backing vocals, and dominant in the right stereo channel:
My nightmare's everywhere but inside
A living indication of every situation
But it seems I have neglected complication
Hindered my salvation
But I try and I try and I try
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