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| live = N/A[[NIN songs never played 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.

==About=="'''Leaving Hope'''" is the final song of ''[[The Fragile (halo)|The Fragile]]'' era, closing off ''[[Still]].'' It is a slow-paced layered instrumental with an extended fade-out at the end. In December 2005, [[Trent Reznor]] granted a gratis license to an advertising agency to use the song in a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHXqbb8yVv4 public service announcement ] to raise funds to restore and rebuild New Orleans in the wake of promote a mental health hotline for those affected by Hurricane Katrina. ===Meaning===The song was written when also used by [[Trent Reznor|TrentCoil]] was at with Black Sun Productions on a track entitled "the bottom" of his drug addiction, according to himAll This Has Always To Be Filmed. As the title suggests, the song creates an atmosphere, lets it dwindle to nothingness, then returns it to its former glory, only to have it fade in a chorus of voicesThe Cameraman Has To Wear A Black Leather Coat. "Leaving Hope" is also from the name which Trent copywrites his music underalbum ''The Plastic Spider Thing: Coil Remixed''.

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.

"Leaving Hope" [[NIN songs never played live|has never been played live]].