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| length =6:5152| BPM = 64| versions =Reptile<br>Reptile (Instrumental)<br>Reptilian<br>Underneath The Skin<br>Reptile (''[[And All That Could Have Been (halo)|And All That Could Have Been]]'') DVD<br>Liar (Reptile Demo)| live =[[Self Destruct Warm-upTouring Cycle]] through [[Performance 2007]]present}}'''"Reptile"''' is the twelfth track on 1994's ''[[The Downward Spiral (halo)|The Downward Spiral]].'' This song At 6:52, it is characteristic of the band's early 90s "industrial" sound, as it opens with longest track on the album. In an eerie[http://thetentosaga.com/theninwebpit/axcess.html interview], quiet machine-like sound collage [[Trent Reznor]] stated that transitions into he would have liked the song to have been released as a nearly identical-sounding musical compositionsingle. Allegedly, it is  The track "[[She's Gone Away]]" makes a sample reference to this song and because of a machine the fact that slaughters pigs"She's Gone Away" was written for ''Twin Peaks: The Return'', though no sources have been found it is strongly speculated that indicate this"Reptile" is inspired by the character of Laura Palmer.

This is the original album version. Characteristic of the band's mid-90s industrial rock sound, it opens with an eerie and quiet machine-like sound collage sampled from the film ''Leviathan'', which transitions into an imitative musical composition. The structure, repetitive in nature, contains three distinct but similar sections, all driven by machine-like percussion loops and undulating rhythm guitar and synthesized bass. The choruses reflect a brighter mood with prominent melodic synthesizers and glimpses of guitar. The three sections are joined by two quiet instrumental breaks, a technique used later on "[[Even Deeper]]." A reversed version of the track is hidden on side B of the ''[[Not The Actual Events]]'' vinyl. ===Reptile (Instrumental)===Released by Reznor via his [[remix.nin.com]] account, this unmastered instrumental version is identical to the album version, save the lack of vocals and transitions to or from other songs.

'''''Running Time: 8:40''''' This version has more loop layering, no intro, and instrumental choruses after the regular choruses. "Reptilian" appeared as a bonus track on the Japanese release of ''[[Further Down The Spiral]]'' and as a ''March Of The Pigs'' b-side.

Relatively '''''Running Time: 6:57''''' This demo is relatively the same as the version that found its way onto ''The Downward Spiral'' throughout the intro and verses, however but the chorus is somewhat altered featuring features a dancier more danceable beat and different vocals layered over. The song's "transition" happens at 1:00 instead of 0:57.

This live version is an Easter Egg on the DVD version of ''And All That Could Have Been.'' and is generally more guitar-heavy than the studio version. Reznor is barely audibly whispering "pig" as the intro fades in, showing that the song's place in the tracklist is between "[[March Of The Pigs (song)|March of the Pigs]]" and "[[Piggy]]."He also adds lyrics during the quiet breaks. It and other hidden content can be found via the "Beneath The Surface" menu hidden on disc two, accessed during "[[Head Like A Hole (song)|Head Like A Hole]]" at the 11:20 mark by pressing 7 (or 6 for some copies) on the remote, then Enter.

The song has always been performed with the beeps beep melody as an introduction, though sometimes without the machine loop collage. During the breakdownsecond quiet bridge, Reznor often sings "please don't hurt me," followed by a desperate cry. Recently on On the [[Year Zero Warm-Up Tour]], the intro is was further extended with a more articulate sound and Reznor whispering over it.

This song was also reworked and featured in the [http://www.nin.com/current/radioshows/index.html Boston, MA Massachusetts radio performance], ([[Peter Murphy]], Reznor, [[Atticus Ross]], and [[Jeordie White]]) on [[2006/06/23 Boston, MA (Radio show)|June 23, 2006]]. The drum loops used in this iteration seem to use the same sound set and a similar beat as those in "[[The Good Soldier]]." During at least one show of the [[Tension 2013 Tour]], this song featured backing vocals by [[Lisa Fischer]] and [[Sharlotte Gibson]].

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