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{{song
| title = Came Back Haunted
| album = ''[[Hesitation Marks]]''
| length = 5:17
| BPM = 130
| versions =Came Back Haunted<br>Came Back Haunted (Instrumental)<br>Came Back Haunted (Radio Edit)<br>Came Back Haunted (Video Edit)<br>Came Back Haunted (''[[Live 2013 EP]]'')
| live =[[Live 2013-2014|Live 2013]] through present
}}'''"Came Back Haunted"''' is the third track on the 2013 release ''[[Hesitation Marks]]'', and is the first single from that album.

===Song Credits===
*[[Alessandro Cortini]]: Additional Electronics
*[[Trent Reznor]]: Vocals, Electronics, Percussion, Bass, Guitar
*[[Ilan Rubin]]: Toms
==Appearances==
===Halos===
*''[[Hesitation Marks]]''
===Seeds===
*''[[The Definitive NIN - The Singles]]'' - SoundCloud version
*''[[Live 2013 EP]]''

===Other===
*''[[Came Back Haunted (halo)|Came Back Haunted]]''

==Versions==
===Came Back Haunted===
This is the original album version. It begins uniquely with a lone, quiet vocal singing "hau-hau-haunted" as in the chorus. The song then opens proper with the main drum loop, soon joined by a bizarre bassline to begin the first verse. Noise and guitar layers enter for the choruses, while percussion layers augment each verse.

===Came Back Haunted (Instrumental)===
Available as part of a [http://hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=Nine+Inch+Nails&titel=Came+Back+Haunted&cat=s digital promo], though only a 30 second sample has surfaced so far.

===Came Back Haunted (Radio Edit)===
This is the radio edit. It is shortened to 3:56.

===Came Back Haunted (Video Edit)===
This is the edit used in the music video. It is shortened to 4:17.

===Came Back Haunted (''Live 2013 EP'')===
Recorded live at [[2013/08/02 Chicago, IL|Lollapalooza Festival 2013]].

==Live==
This song debuted live on the [[2013/07/26 Naeba, Japan|first night]] of the [[Nine Inch Nails Live 2013]] tour.

==Music Videos==
[[Image:CBHstill.jpg|thumb|Screenshot from the "Came Back Haunted" video]]
The "Came Back Haunted" video was directed by [[David Lynch]] and was released on June 28, 2013. It uses a shortened version of the song that is exclusive to the video. 

The video has been flagged as potentially seizure-inducing for viewers with photosensitive epilepsy, due to its use of strobe effects. It features herky-jerky shots of Trent Reznor, wearing pancake makeup and lipstick, interspersed with other bizarre images. These typically Lynchian visuals include an image of a tick overlaid onto an image of a young ballerina, a seemingly disembodied and vaguely humanoid face reminiscent of something out of Lynch's ''Eraserhead'', a trio of glowing zoomed-in images of mouths sitting atop little dancing bodies, and an expanding cloud of dark gray smoke in the corner of a dark room.

The fully-produced video was preceded by an audio video that was released by Vevo on June 6, 2013. It features a reel-to-reel tape deck playing the song, filmed from multiple angles. It was listed as "Came Back Haunted (Audio)". It was made for the purpose of providing internet video outlets with an official source of the audio.

==Lyrics==
    The throat is deep and the mouth is wide
    Saw some things on the other side
    Made me promise to never tell
    You know me I can't help myself, no
    Now I got something you have to see
    They put something inside of me
    Its smile is red and its eyes are black
    I don't think I'll be coming back
    
    I don't believe and I
    I had to see
    Came back haunted
    Came back haunted
    I said goodbye and I
    I had to try and I
    Came back haunted
    Came back haunted
    
    Everywhere now reminding me
    I am not who I used to be
    I'm afraid this has just begun
    Consequences for what I've done
    
    I don't believe and I
    I had to see
    Came back haunted
    Came back haunted
    I said goodbye and I
    I had to try and I
    Came back haunted
    Came back haunted
    You tried to tell me but I
    I couldn't stop myself now I
    Came back haunted
    Came back haunted
    
    Just can't stop
    Came back haunted

==External Links==
*[http://youtu.be/1RN6pT3zL44 "Came Back Haunted" music video]
*[http://youtu.be/TgwrxcO48N8 "Came Back Haunted" music video (Audio)]
[[Category:NIN Songs]][[Category:Music Videos]]


{{succession box 
| title=[[Hesitation Marks]]  
| before= [[Copy Of A]]
| after= [[Find My Way]]
| track= 3
}}