| length = 3:40
| BPM = 107
| versions = The New Flesh<br>The New Flesh (Alt)<br>The New Flesh (Instrumental)<br>The New Flesh (thingsfallingapart.com version)<br>Complications Of The Flesh<br>The New Flesh (''And All That Could Have Been'')
| live = [[NIN songs never played live|Unperformed]] in full
}}'''"The New Flesh"''' is a song originally exclusive to the vinyl version of ''[[The Fragile (halo)|The Fragile]],'' disc 1 2 of the European and Japanese ''[[We're In This Together (halo)|We're In This Together]]'' single, and the Australian ''[[Into The Void (halo)|Into The Void]]'' single. On the vinyl edition of ''The Fragile,'' "The New Flesh" comes immediately after "[[Complication]]," ending that side.The song title is likely a reference to the David Cronenberg film ''Videodrome'' and the line "long live the new flesh."
==Appearances==
==Versions==
===The New Flesh===
This is the original version. Fading in with a synthesizer whine and various manipulations and reversed effects, [[Trent Reznor]]'s spoken vocals are accompanied by clocks ticking, a synthesized bass loop and chromatic piano improvisation, the latter a feature shared with "[[The Way Out Is Through]]." The layers ebb and flow through the first half of the track, eventually crossfading with a distorted full band coda, similar in composition to the muffled ending of "[[The Downward Spiral (song)|The Downward Spiral]]." As the guitar, bassline and drums fade in, Reznor yells over top, eventually joined by loud crowd loops. The entirety of this 3/4 coda fades out and filters down the low and mid frequencies, the high pitches stopping suddenly. ===The New Flesh (Alt)===Released exclusively through Apple Music. Part of ''The Fragile Instrumental''.
===The New Flesh (Instrumental)===
Released on ''The Fragile: Deviations 1'' version. Also known as "The New Flesh" (Alt) when it was originally released on Apple Music as part of ''The Fragile Instrumental''. Both versions are musically identical.
===The New Flesh (thingsfallingapart.com version)===
'''''Running Time: 1:19''''' Used as accompanying music for the official [[thingsfallingapart.com|website]] for ''[[Things Falling Apart]]'', this short remix was released officially through [[remix.nin.com]] as a high quality MP3 in 2007. Also released in this fashion was another, [[Untitled (from thingsfallingapart.com)|untitled piece of music]]. Those two tracks, prior to remix.nin.com, were ripped from thingsfallingapart.com and called "The New Flesh" (Version A) and "The New Flesh" (Version B). Compared to their officially-released 2007 counterparts, Version A and Version B are basically the same, with minor mastering and fade out variations.
===Complications Of The Flesh===
'''''Running Time: 6:38''''' This remix, created by [[Danny Lohner]], combines "The New Flesh" with "[[Complication]]" and . It also contains the line "make it stop", which comes from "[[Please]]". It appears exclusively on Part 3 of the ''We're In This Together'' single.
===The New Flesh (''And All That Could Have Been'')===
==Live==
Although the song [[NIN songs never played live|has never been performed live in its entirety]], instrumental portions were combined with "[[Pinion]]" to form the introduction for the [[Fragility]] tour. [[Trent Reznor]] sang the lyrics "Give it to me, I can take it!" at least once over top of the introduction. This was done again on the [[NIN 2014 Europe/UK Tour]], but it was combined with "[[The Downward Spiral (song)|The Downward Spiral]]" instead of "Pinion".
==Lyrics==
Give it to me
I can take it
While the above lyrics are printed in the vinyl booklet of ''The Fragile'', the following lyrics are what is actually heard on the song:
Sideways
Sometimes
Some things
Feel like
I'm on the other side
Waves
Of every feeling ever felt
…screaming
This is how it all begins
This is how it all begins
I can almost see (...how it all begins)
The blackest eyes
The new flesh
This is how it all begins
Give it to me
I can take it
Give it to me
I can take it
Give it to me
I can take it
Give it to me
I can take it
Give it to me
I can take it
Give it to me
I can take it
Reznor also repeats an unprinted phrase through the coda of the song, which sounds like:
I've become [alive]
==External Links==
*[http://archive.org/details/remix.-nin.-com/play/mix?id=907 -audio-00907 "The New Flesh" (thingsfallingapart.com version) at remixarchive.nin.comorg]
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