The Downward Spiral (song)

Album:The Downward Spiral

Length:3:57

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Versions:The Downward Spiral
The Downward Spiral (The Bottom)

Live:Self-Destruct Tour

The Downward Spiral is often referred to as the final part of The Downward Spiral's story in which the main character kills himself with a gun. The intro to the song contains a chromatic melody very reminiscent of the ending of "Closer" but it is in E Major rather than C Major.

Song Credits

• Production: Trent Reznor
• Mixing engineer: Alan Moulder
• Drums: Andy Kubiszewski

Appearances

Halos

• The Downward Spiral
• Further Down The Spiral

Versions

The Downward Spiral

This is the original album version.

The Downward Spiral (The Bottom)

This remix contains a percolating minor-key melody that incorporates the guitar part of the original album version. It can be found on Further Down The Spiral and the 2-disc Deluxe Edition of The Downward Spiral.

Live

Coming soon.

Lyrics

    He couldn’t believe how easy it was
    He put the gun into his face
    Bang!
    (So much blood for such a tiny little hole)
    
    Problems do have solutions, you know
    A lifetime of fucking things up is fixed
    In one determined flash...
    
    Everything’s blue
    In this world
    The deepest shade of mushroom blue
    All fuzzy
    Spilling out of my head