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| album = ''[[The Fragile (halo)|The Fragile]]'' (Left)
| length = 3:31
| BPM = 80| versions = Pilgrimage<br>Pilgrimage (Alternate Version)| live = [[Live: With TeethSpring Arena Tour]]<br>[[Performance 2007]] through present
}}'''"Pilgrimage"''' is the ninth track on the Left disc of ''[[The Fragile (halo)|The Fragile]].'' It is an instrumental track in a 3/4 time signature.
The song "Pilgrimage" presents a turn in the musical harmony of ''The Fragile.'' From the soft and melodic sounds of Buddha Boys Choir", credited for background chants on this track comprised [[Even DeeperKeith Hillebrandt]]" to the hardhitting riffs and lyrics of "[[No, You Don't]]" and the hollowness of "[[La MerClint Mansell]]" and ", Steve Duda, [[The Great BelowNothing Studios]]employees," "Pilgrimage" represents a battle, a turning of the tidesand local New Orleans band Deadhandsystem. Whereas The name they were given in the album starts with liner notes comes from Igor's Buddha Belly across the protagonist in street from from the depths studios. ==Recording==The end of a depression, whether it be emotional, physical, or both, leading up to this point the lyrical content and general mood of the songs is darksong features an entirely synthetic marching band arrangement. Its creation was revealed in an interview with ''Rolling Stone'':[http://www.theninhotline.net/archives/articles/xart78.shtml]<blockquote>"It shouldn't have taken place, reflective and introspective, leading into "Pilgrimage[[Trent Reznor|Reznor]] says sheepishly. " representing his will to battle The track was done. But at the fears and pains inside himend, and continuing on through "NoI said, You Don'tThat's such a bizarre theme." The mood then changes again from proactive to passive with What would it sound like played by a marching band going down the songs "La Mer" and "The Great Below,street?' A week later" almost seeming to state that - he tried to battle his demons, but then fell back into the pit he started nods in. On the Right side direction of one of the studio's king-size Macintosh computers - "there'The Fragile,s a band marching through the song. It'' this momentum repeats itselfs all on synthesizer." New Orleans, starting with the pains of emptiness and then gradually building to self confidencecourse, only is a city full of marching bands. "It would have been easier to slump back get a band than it was to where he originally started with do it the way I did,"[[Ripe]]Reznor admits, grinning."</blockquote>
==Song Credits==
*Additional Marching Percussion: [[Steve Duda]]*Chanting: [[The Buddha Boys Choir]]*Trumpet: [[Cherry Holly]]
==Appearances==
===Halos===
*''[[The Fragile(halo)|The Fragile]]''*''The Fragile Instrumental''*''[[The Fragile: Deviations 1]]'' ===Seeds===*''[[The Definitive NIN - Heavy Tracks]]''
==Versions==
===Pilgrimage===
This is the album version. Its abrasive guitar riff fades in from the end of "[[Even Deeper]]," joined at each repetition by new layers of mechanical synthesizers and percussion layers. These layers are soon subsumed by the main theme, played on synthesizers. After its repetition, the layers halt to simply a distorted guitar playing the same riff, which is then joined by drums, bass synth, and wordless vocal melodies. These layers soon crossfade with a return of the main melody, played this time on brass instruments accompanied by marching drums that fade in. Eventually, the horn and synth layers stop, leaving only the marching drums to repeat and stop suddenly, leading into the opening ambient pad of "[[No, You Don't]]." On the vinyl version, the song does not fade in at the start, rather beginning with the guitar riff and building at its natural mix volume. ===Pilgrimage (Alternate Version)==='''''Running Time: 3:04''''' Released on ''The Fragile: Deviations 1''. Also known as "Pilgrimage" (Alt) when it was originally released on Apple Music as part of ''The Fragile Instrumental''. The arrangement is close to the album version, but the mix is distinct. Its intro, like the vinyl version, does not fade in.
==Live==
"Pilgrimage" has been used live an as an introduction song tape on the [[Live: With Teeth]] Summer Amphitheater Tour ]] and the [[Performance 2007]] tour.
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| title=[[The Fragile (halo)|The Fragile]] Left (CD), Side C (Vinyl)
| before=[[Even Deeper]]
| after=[[No, You Don't]]
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[[Category:NIN Instrumentals]]