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this is about the song, not an interpretation of the album. also, we need a source on the interview where TR says this stuff
}}'''"Ripe"''' is the final track, an atmospheric instrumental, on ''[[The Fragile (halo)|The Fragile]]'' vinyl. "Ripe (With Decay)" is the final track on ''The Fragile'' CD and cassette, with an extra part at the end.
The song "Ripe" is a very moody, dark finale to ''The Fragile.'' The cassette and CD versions of the song featured an added part at the endadditional section, which further set the tone of the songoften referred to as "Decay. Most " Many of the instruments in the song are either sound out of tune, or the actual music is incompleteoddly tuned, such as the piano in the background track and some of the songparts seem to be incomplete. [[Trent Reznor]] himself spoke on this, saying that ''The Fragile'' was supposed to be a continuation of ''[[The Downward Spiral (halo)|The Downward Spiral]],'' with the protagonist going from happy to depressed on the first side (Left), then finding new hope on (Right) only to lose it again.
He also stated that due to the nature of the albumThe song mutates from a very beautiful piano improvisation by Mike Garson above a methodical, he wanted it to sound flawedslinking guitar riff, imperfect so to saygradually descending into chaos with several instruments playing wildly and disharmoniously before all the sounds stop at once. For "Decay" follows this reasonwith dark, moody bass and synth, most of and Reznor humming in the songs on background. The guitar picks back up and the album are performed by guitarsmusic becomes chaotic again for a moment, except for the obvious such just to stop as abruptly as "[[Into it started. The Void (song)|Into The Void]]," and "shares its tempo with [[The FrailBig Come Down]]," because stringed instruments are naturally imperfect, i.e., they come out of tune, they don't always make the same sound, etc..., and Reznor wanted to incorporate the imperfection of these instruments to represent the imperfections of life.
The song itself goes from a very beautiful, methodical melody, gradually descending into chaos with several instruments playing wildly and out of harmony with each other, before all the sounds stop at once. Then as an added bonus, the cassette and CD versions contain an extra part after this, consisting of dark, moody bass and synth, with Reznor humming in the background. The guitar picks back up and the music becomes chaotic again for a moment, just to stop as abruptly as it started, almost saying that he gave it one last try and failed again.
===Song Credits===
*Violin: [[Steve Duda]]
==Versions==
===Ripe===
This version is only available on the vinyl edition of ''The Fragile.''After the slinking guitar riff returns post-piano improvisation, it and the insect noises below it simply fade out.
===Ripe (With Decay)===
This version is on the CD and audio cassette releases of ''The Fragile.'' The extra (With Decay) part adds extends the song's length by an extra minute and twenty seconds to the song's outro.
==Live==
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