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| BPM = 92
| versions = The Great Below<br>The Great Below (Instrumental)<br>The Great Below (''[[And All That Could Have Been (halo)|And All That Could Have Been]]'')
| live = [[Fragility]]
}}'''"The Great Below"''' is the twelfth and final track on the Left disc of ''[[The Fragile (halo)|The Fragile]].''
===The Great Below===
This is the original album version. A single synthesizer layer fades in from the end of "[[La Mer]]," ascending in pitch until it is joined by a deep bass melody, doubled by synthesizers and providing accompaniment for an acoustic guitar melody. These synthesizers and the bassline stop for Reznor's softly-sung vocals, still accompanied by the guitar melody and joined with new, sea-like atmospheric loops. The lyric, "all of this for you," occasions the re-entry of the synthesized bassline and atmosphere layers, which build as the second verse is sung with harmony. These eventually open up to the climax, featuring a driving bassline and layers of wordless vocal melodies shared with "[[And All That Could Have Been (song)|And All That Could have Been]]," and Reznor's yelled lyrics, which connect the climax into the coda section. Beginning with a new guitar melody, atmosphere layers cycle in as a drum pattern enters and Reznor sings the final lyrics. The drums eventually give way to the fading repetition of atmosphere loops. The song's vinyl mix has a slightly different crossfade with "La Mer."
 
===The Great Below (Instrumental)===
Released exclusively through Apple Music.
===The Great Below (''And All That Could Have Been'')===
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