The second track from the album ''Pretty Hate Machine,'' its intro beat bleeds in from the outro of "Head Like A Hole" and pops up occasionally throughout the song. The song is almost entirely synthetic and is extremely layered when compared to most of the other songs on the album. A dissonant theme runs through the outro of the song in the form of variously pitched [[samples]] of a woodblock.
===Terrible Lie (Demo)===
A demo for "Terrible Lie " does exist, but it has not been leaked in any capacity on the internet. It exists on a cassette tape handed out by Trent Reznor to important figures.
===Terrible Lie (Sympathetic Mix)===
'''''Running Time: 4:26'''''