| BPM = 66| versions = noneLeaving Hope| live = [[NIN songs neverplayed live|Unperformed]]}}'''"Leaving Hope"''' is the final song of ''[[The Fragile (halo)|The Fragile]]'' era, closing off ''[[Still]].'' The piece shares its name with [[Trent Reznor]]'s former music publishing entity. A source for both uses of the name is potentially the film ''Pumpkinhead'', which features a sign using the phrase. Reznor and company noted the influence of horror cinema on previous works, adding to the likeliness of this source.
"'''Leaving Hope'''" is In December 2005, Reznor granted a gratis license to an advertising agency to use the final song of [in a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHXqbb8yVv4 public service announcement] to promote a mental health hotline for those affected by Hurricane Katrina. The Fragile (halo)|The Fragile]] era, closing off song was also used by [[StillCoil]]with Black Sun Productions on a track entitled "All This Has Always To Be Filmed. The Cameraman Has To Wear A Black Leather Coat. It is a slow-paced layered instrumental with an extended fade-out at " from the endalbum ''The Plastic Spider Thing: Coil Remixed''.
== Meaning =Song Credits===*Performance: Trent Reznor*Mix engineering: [[Alan Moulder]]*Engineering: Alan Moulder*Second engineering: [[Leo Herrera]]*Programming: [[Keith Hillebrandt]] ==Appearances=====Halos===*''[[And All That Could Have Been (halo)|And All That Could Have Been]]'' (Deluxe Edition CD; 2002)*''Still'' (2002) ==Versions=====Leaving Hope===This is the only version available. It is a slow-paced, layered [[:Category:NIN Instrumentals|instrumental]] with an extended fadeout at the end. It uses a synthesizer pad built from samples of Reznor's voice, also utilized in "[[The Frail]]." It also features swarming tones that may be processed e-bow guitar, and the pre-outro has single harmonic guitar notes with a very hammered sound, as though the strings are being tapped with a drumstick or similar object. ==Live=="Leaving Hope" [[NIN songs never played live|has never been played live]].
The song is speculated to be about [[NIN]]'s old label, [[TVT]]. "Leaving Hope" was NIN's name under TVT.[http://www.google.ca/search?q=%22leaving+hope+tvt]