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| length = 4:17
| BPM = 120
| versions = The Way Out Is Through<br>The Way Out Is Through (Instrumental)<br>The Way Out Is Through (Alternate Version)
| live = [[Fragility]]<br>[[Wave Goodbye Tour]] through [[NIN 2013 Festival Tour]]
}}'''"The Way Out Is Through"''' is the first track on the Right disc of ''[[The Fragile (halo)|The Fragile]].'' It is one of the more abstract and non-traditional songs on the album, with its structure based around a drawn-out crescendo. It was featured in a teaser trailer for the album, with [[Trent Reznor]] singing part of the chorus ''a cappella.'' It is often confused with "[[Underneath It All]]" due to the bold verse line.
===The Way Out Is Through===
The song begins quietly in 6/8 with percussion and layered ambient sounds and Reznor whispering the first two lines over and over. This gives way to the building of the crescendo, as new drums enter and synthesizers play one of the prominent melodies of the song, all equalized to sound as if underwater. The drum programming here is very similar in pattern to that of "[[The Becoming]]." The melody crossfades with another, this one played on guitar, and tone of the song shifts, becoming darker as the song gradually builds to its climax: a simple, drum-driven rhythm matched by distorted guitars and synthesizers. Reznor enters to yell out the chorus, ending the song's climax. It is followed by a denouement featuring the same melody from before the chorus and Reznor's whispering, this time with chromatic piano improvisation over top. The end of the song segues quietly to "[[Into The Void (song)|Into The Void]]."
===The Way Out Is Through (Alternate Version)===
Released on ''The Fragile: Deviations 1'' version. Also known as "The New Flesh" (Instrumental) when it was originally released on Apple Music as part of ''The Fragile Instrumental''. Both versions are musically identical.
==Live==