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"'''Leaving Hope'''" is In December 2005, Reznor granted a gratis license to an advertising agency to use the final song of [in a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHXqbb8yVv4 public service announcement] to promote a mental health hotline for those affected by Hurricane Katrina. The Fragile (halo)|The Fragile]] era, closing off song was also used by [[StillCoil]]with Black Sun Productions on a track entitled "All This Has Always To Be Filmed. The Cameraman Has To Wear A Black Leather Coat. It is a slow-paced layered instrumental with an extended fade-out at " from the endalbum ''The Plastic Spider Thing: Coil Remixed''.
The song is speculated to be about [[NIN]]'s old label, [[TVT Records]]. "Leaving Hope" was NIN's name under TVT.[http://www.google.ca/search?q=%22leaving+hope+tvt]
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{{song
| title = Leaving Hope
| album = ''[[Still]]''
| length = 5:57
| BPM = 66| versions = noneLeaving Hope| live = [[NIN songs neverplayed live|Unperformed]]}}'''"Leaving Hope"''' is the final song of ''[[The Fragile (halo)|The Fragile]]'' era, closing off ''[[Still]].'' The piece shares its name with [[Trent Reznor]]'s former music publishing entity. A source for both uses of the name is potentially the film ''Pumpkinhead'', which features a sign using the phrase. Reznor and company noted the influence of horror cinema on previous works, adding to the likeliness of this source.
== Meaning =Song Credits===*Performance: Trent Reznor*Mix engineering: [[Alan Moulder]]*Engineering: Alan Moulder*Second engineering: [[Leo Herrera]]*Programming: [[Keith Hillebrandt]] ==Appearances=====Halos===*''[[And All That Could Have Been (halo)|And All That Could Have Been]]'' (Deluxe Edition CD; 2002)*''Still'' (2002) ==Versions=====Leaving Hope===This is the only version available. It is a slow-paced, layered [[:Category:NIN Instrumentals|instrumental]] with an extended fadeout at the end. It uses a synthesizer pad built from samples of Reznor's voice, also utilized in "[[The Frail]]." It also features swarming tones that may be processed e-bow guitar, and the pre-outro has single harmonic guitar notes with a very hammered sound, as though the strings are being tapped with a drumstick or similar object. ==Live=="Leaving Hope" [[NIN songs never played live|has never been played live]].
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