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→Liar (Reptile Demo)
| 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 Touring Cycle]] through present
}}'''"Reptile"''' is the twelfth track on 1994's ''[[The Downward Spiral (halo)|The Downward Spiral]].'' At 6:52, it is the longest track on the album. Unused lyrics from "In an [http://thetentosaga.com/theninwebpit/axcess.html interview], [She's Gone Away[Trent Reznor]]" make stated that he would have liked the song to have been released as a direct reference to this songsingle.
===Song Credits===
===Reptile===
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)===
===Reptilian===
'''''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.
===Underneath The Skin===
'''''Running Time: 7:13'''''
This version is a mostly instrumental mix that manipulates many of the rhythmic elements and synthesizers, also adding other layers of loops.
====Song Credits====
===Liar (Reptile Demo)===
'''''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, but the chorus features a more danceable beat and different vocals layered over.
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