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}}'''"Various Methods Of Escape"''' is the ninth track on the 2013 release ''[[Hesitation Marks]]''.
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'''"Various Methods Of Escape"''' is the ninth track on the 2013 release ''[[Hesitation Marks]]''.
 
  
 
===Song Credits===
 
===Song Credits===
 
*[[Adrian Belew]]: Additional Guitar Treatments
 
*[[Adrian Belew]]: Additional Guitar Treatments
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*Pino Palladino: Bass
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*[[Pino Palladino]]: Bass
 
*[[Trent Reznor]]: Vocals, Electronics, Percussion, Guitar, Bass, Dulcitone
 
*[[Trent Reznor]]: Vocals, Electronics, Percussion, Guitar, Bass, Dulcitone
  
 
==Appearances==
 
==Appearances==
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===Halos===
 
*''Hesitation Marks''
 
*''Hesitation Marks''
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==Versions==
 
==Versions==
 
===Various Methods Of Escape===
 
===Various Methods Of Escape===
 
This is the only known version. It begins with its bassline and some atmosphere layering, soon joined by a beat which also refines the bassline into muted chunks. Distant and manipulated vocals sing the verses below these, while prominent guitar and louder vocals with many high notes create the choruses. They also feature backing vocal harmony layering reminiscent of "[[Every Day Is Exactly The Same (song)|Every Day is Exactly the Same]]." Its second chorus suddenly gives way to a quiet bridge of bass and piano with muted percussion layers, building with distant and whispering vocals. These usher in a return to the chorus but with 'swarm' guitar layers and a more realistic-sounding, tom-led drum beat. After two repetitions of the chorus, the instrumentation ends, allowing the vocal echoes to fade away alone.
 
This is the only known version. It begins with its bassline and some atmosphere layering, soon joined by a beat which also refines the bassline into muted chunks. Distant and manipulated vocals sing the verses below these, while prominent guitar and louder vocals with many high notes create the choruses. They also feature backing vocal harmony layering reminiscent of "[[Every Day Is Exactly The Same (song)|Every Day is Exactly the Same]]." Its second chorus suddenly gives way to a quiet bridge of bass and piano with muted percussion layers, building with distant and whispering vocals. These usher in a return to the chorus but with 'swarm' guitar layers and a more realistic-sounding, tom-led drum beat. After two repetitions of the chorus, the instrumentation ends, allowing the vocal echoes to fade away alone.
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==Live==
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This song debuted live on the [[2013/09/30 Kansas City, MO|second night]] of the [[Tension 2013 Tour]], and was played at about half of the shows on that tour. It featured backing vocals by [[Lisa Fischer]] and [[Sharlotte Gibson]].
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'Various Methods Of Escape' appeared at [[2014/02/28 Tokyo, Japan|the third Japan show]] in 2014, and made [[2014/05/15 Berlin, Germany|one last appearance in Germany]] on the [[NIN 2014 Europe/UK Tour|2014 Europe/UK Tour]], but has not been played since.
  
 
==Lyrics==
 
==Lyrics==
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  Hallucinate in high fidelity
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    Hallucinate in high fidelity
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  The pieces of a plan
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    Little pieces of a plan
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  Extraction of the highest quality
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    Construction of the highest quality
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  The blood from my own hand
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    Built from my own hand
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    A line of lyric looping in my head
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  A line of lyric looping in my head
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    Nobody listening
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  Nobody listening
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    I guess it really doesn't matter anymore
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  So doesn't really matter anymore
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    I guess it doesn't mean a thing
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  So doesn't mean a thing
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    I've got to let it go
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  I've gotta let go
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    I've got to get straight
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  I've gotta get straight
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    Why'd you have to make it so hard?
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  Why'd you have to make it so hard
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    Let me get away
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  Let me get away
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    An effigy so wondrous to behold
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  An eye for chasing wonders to behold
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    A statement so profound
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  Statements so profound
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    A place to bury every thing I did
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  A place to bury everything I did
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    And burn it to the ground
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  And burn it to the ground
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    The fire illuminates our final scene
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    The past repeats itself
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  A fire illuminates the final scene
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    I can not tell the difference anymore
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  The past repeats itself
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    I can not trust myself
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  I cannot tell the difference anymore
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  I cannot trust myself
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    I've got to let it go
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    I've got to get straight
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  I've gotta let go
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    Why'd you have to make it so hard?
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  I've gotta get straight
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    Let me get away
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  Why'd you have to make it so hard
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  Let me get away
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    I think I could lose myself in here
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  I've gotta let go
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    I've got to let it go
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  I've gotta get straight
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    I've got to get straight
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  Why'd you have to make it so hard
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    Why'd you have to make it so hard?
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  Let me get away
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    Let me get away
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  I think I could lose myself in here
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    Got to let him go
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  I think I could lose myself in here
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    Find another way
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  I think I could lose myself in here
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    Why'd you have to make it so hard?
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  I think I could lose myself in here
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    Let me get away
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  I've gotta let go
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In the final version, the line in the first verse:
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  I've gotta get straight
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    Built from my own hand
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  Why'd you have to make it so hard
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was changed to:
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  Let me get away
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    The blood from my own hand
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The first line of each chorus also seems to omit the word "it".
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  Got to let him go
 
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  Found another way
 
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  Why'd you have to make it so hard
 
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  Let me get away
 
 
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{{succession box  
 
| title=[[Hesitation Marks]]   
 
| title=[[Hesitation Marks]]   

Latest revision as of 22:49, 16 March 2025

Album:Hesitation Marks
Length:5:01
Tempo:84 BPM
Versions:Various Methods Of Escape
Live:Tension 2013 Tour through NIN 2014 Japan Tour
NIN 2014 Europe/UK Tour

"Various Methods Of Escape" is the ninth track on the 2013 release Hesitation Marks.

Contents

  • 1 Song Credits
  • 2 Appearances
    • 2.1 Halos
  • 3 Versions
    • 3.1 Various Methods Of Escape
  • 4 Live
  • 5 Lyrics

Song Credits

  • Adrian Belew: Additional Guitar Treatments
  • Pino Palladino: Bass
  • Trent Reznor: Vocals, Electronics, Percussion, Guitar, Bass, Dulcitone

Appearances

Halos

  • Hesitation Marks

Versions

Various Methods Of Escape

This is the only known version. It begins with its bassline and some atmosphere layering, soon joined by a beat which also refines the bassline into muted chunks. Distant and manipulated vocals sing the verses below these, while prominent guitar and louder vocals with many high notes create the choruses. They also feature backing vocal harmony layering reminiscent of "Every Day is Exactly the Same." Its second chorus suddenly gives way to a quiet bridge of bass and piano with muted percussion layers, building with distant and whispering vocals. These usher in a return to the chorus but with 'swarm' guitar layers and a more realistic-sounding, tom-led drum beat. After two repetitions of the chorus, the instrumentation ends, allowing the vocal echoes to fade away alone.

Live

This song debuted live on the second night of the Tension 2013 Tour, and was played at about half of the shows on that tour. It featured backing vocals by Lisa Fischer and Sharlotte Gibson.

'Various Methods Of Escape' appeared at the third Japan show in 2014, and made one last appearance in Germany on the 2014 Europe/UK Tour, but has not been played since.

Lyrics

   Hallucinate in high fidelity
   Little pieces of a plan
   Construction of the highest quality
   Built from my own hand
   A line of lyric looping in my head
   Nobody listening
   I guess it really doesn't matter anymore
   I guess it doesn't mean a thing
   
   I've got to let it go
   I've got to get straight
   Why'd you have to make it so hard?
   Let me get away
   
   An effigy so wondrous to behold
   A statement so profound
   A place to bury every thing I did
   And burn it to the ground
   The fire illuminates our final scene
   The past repeats itself
   I can not tell the difference anymore
   I can not trust myself
   
   I've got to let it go
   I've got to get straight
   Why'd you have to make it so hard?
   Let me get away

   I think I could lose myself in here
   
   I've got to let it go
   I've got to get straight
   Why'd you have to make it so hard?
   Let me get away
   
   Got to let him go
   Find another way
   Why'd you have to make it so hard?
   Let me get away

In the final version, the line in the first verse:

   Built from my own hand

was changed to:

   The blood from my own hand

The first line of each chorus also seems to omit the word "it".

Previous track - "Satellite" Track 9 from Hesitation Marks Next track - "Running"
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