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| album = ''[[The Fragile (halo)|The Fragile]]'' (Right)
| length = 4:49
| BPM = 12493
| versions = Into The Void<br>Into The Void (Instrumental)<br>Into The Void (Radio Edit)<br>Slipping Away
| live = [[Fragility]] through [[Performance 2007]]<br>[[Tension 2013 Tour]]
}}'''"Into The Void"''' is the second track on the Right side of the double album ''[[The Fragile (halo)|The Fragile]].'' It was featured heavily in many promos for the album, although it was only released as a single in Australia. The track "Slipping Away" is an extended and remixed form of an earlier version of this song, and is included on the remix album ''[[Things Falling Apart]].''The song was featured in the 2000 film ''Final Destination'' and the franchise is named after the song's lyrics.
===Musical Themes===
===Song Credits===
*Backing Vocals: [[Kim Prevost]]
*Drum Programming: [[Charlie Clouser]]
==Versions==
===Into The Void===
This is the original album version. Quietly transitioning from "[[The Way Out Is Through]]," it begins by building layers of percussion and melody before launching into the main body of the song, featuring a danceable beat loop and synthesized bassline. [[Trent Reznor]]'s layered vocals are a prominent feature of the track, overlapping through the wordless choruses, during which they are joined by sustaining guitars playing a noisy, descending guitar part. This riff is similar in structure to the one at the peak of "[[The Mark Has Been Made]]." The instrumental bridge of the song stops suddenly, only to re-emerge soon after with a squealing synthesizer solo. A final, extended chorus ends the song, with a trademark NIN [[Nine Inch Nails]] wall-of-sound buildup around the lyric "Tried to save myself, but myself keeps slipping away". This line is the final moment of the song, sung ''a capella.''
===Into The Void (Instrumental)===
'''''Running Time: 4:44''''' Released exclusively through Apple Musicand later on ''The Fragile: Deviations 1''.
===Into The Void (Edit)===
'''''Running Time: 4:08'''''
Radio edit released on the "Into The Void" 2-track promo, shortening its length.
===Slipping Away===
'''''Running Time: 6:11'''''
This remix, on ''Things Falling Apart,'' contains many musical and rhythmic references to "Into The Void," but the lyrics consist solely of different vocal takes of the lines "I keep slipping away" and "Tried to save myself." Building instrumentally from percussive loops and guitars, a brief stop introduces the lyrics. Consistent in its thumping beat throughout the track, it continues to build through different melodies and synthesizer layers, eventually being overcome by distorted layers of guitar. It segues directly into the quieter "[[The Great Collapse]]."
====Song Credits====
*Manipulation: [[Trent Reznor]], [[Alan Moulder]]
==Music Video==
[[Image:ITVstill.jpg|thumb|Screenshot from the "Into The Void" video]]
A [[Nine Inch Nails music videos|music video ]] was made for this song. Released on January 14, 2000, it was directed by [[Walter Stern]] and [[Jeff Richter]]. It features macrophotography, offering extreme close-up shots of Reznor until zooming out and revealing the entire band performing the song in a red room, with Reznor on keyboards. The band destroys the set at the end of the video.
An alternate version of this video has recently surfaced, directed entirely by Stern. The scenes of the band in the red room are gone and have been replaced by scenes of the band performing the song in an all-white room, with a woman seen in some of the shots of the band. This woman can also be seen in extreme close-up in some of the scenes in the first 2/3 of the video. There are also some extreme close-up shots used that didn't make it into the Stern/Richter version of the video. Intercut with the band scenes at the end are more extreme close-ups of Reznor.
==Live==
"Into The Void" was performed made its live several times debut on [[1999/11/14 Barcelona, Spain|November 14, 1999]]. It was a staple for most of the [[Fragilityv1.0]] tourstour, and began seeing regular rotation starting with but has only appeared sporadically since. It was performed at every show on the [[With Teeth: Summer Amphitheater Tour]], and appeared commonly during the earlier shows of [[Performance 2007]]. It was brought back for several shows during the [[Tension 2013 Tour]], where it featured backing vocals by [[Lisa Fischer]] and [[Sharlotte Gibson]].
==Lyrics==
Tried to save myself but myself keeps slipping away
The second line of the second verse seems to be sung on the actual recording as:
Tried to overcome my complications and my catches
==External Links==