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| length = 5:14<br>6:34 (With Decay)| BPM = 80| versions = Ripe<br>Ripe (With Decay)<br>Ripe (With Decay) (Alt)<br>Ripe (With Decay) (6:34Instrumental)| live = N/A[[NIN songs never played live|Unperformed]]

The song "Ripe" is a very moody, dark finale to ''The Fragile.'' . The cassette and CD versions of the song featured feature an added part at the endadditional section, which further set the tone of the song"Decay". Most Many of the instruments in the song are either sound out of tune, or the actual music is incompleteoddly tuned, such as the piano in the background track and some of the songparts seem to be incomplete. [[Trent Reznor]] himself spoke on this, saying that ''The Fragile'' was supposed to be a continuation of ''[[The Downward Spiral (halo)|The Downward Spiral]],'' with the protagonist going from happy to depressed on the first side (Left), then finding new hope on (Right) only to lose it again.

He also stated It is worth noting that due to since the nature Apple Music release of the album''The Fragile Instrumental'', he wanted it to sound flawedas well as ''Deviations 1'', imperfect so to say. For this reason, most of the songs on the album are performed by guitars, except for the obvious such title has lost its parentheses and is printed as "Ripe With Decay". It is unclear if this was intentional or an oversight. [[Into The Void (song)Image:Ripe_synth_screen_sm.JPG|thumb|Into The Void]],Screenshot showing synthesizer tweaks used in " and Ripe"[[The Frail.]]," because stringed instruments are naturally imperfect, i.e., they come out of tune, they don't always make the same sound, etc..., and Reznor wanted to incorporate the imperfection of these instruments to represent the imperfections of life.

This version is only available on the vinyl edition of ''The Fragile.'', including the 2017 DE download. After the slinking guitar riff returns post-piano improvisation, a loop of it and the insect noises below simply fade out.

This version is on the original CD and audio cassette releases of ''The Fragile''. The song mutates from a very beautiful piano improvisation by Mike Garson above a methodical, slinking guitar riff in 6/8, gradually descending into chaos with several instruments playing wildly and disharmoniously before all the sounds stop at once. The opening riff returns, this time with insect loops and a deep bass pad, crossfading with "Decay"; this movement initially builds on the "Ripe" riff with horns, bleating synth and piano, then slows down to a cadence of the bass pad surrounded by crickets. The second part of "Decay" begins in 4/4 with a new bass guitar riff, gradually joined by distant drum loops, strange acoustic and electric guitars, and Reznor's wordless, harmonized vocals, which cut off layer by layer. ===Ripe (With Decay) (Alt)==='''''Running Time: 4:34'' ''' Released exclusively through Apple Music. Doesn't actually contain "Decay." The extra various layers built atop the 6/8 riff are joined by manipulated beats. ===Ripe (With Decay) part adds an extra minute (Instrumental)==='''''Running Time: 7:35''''' ''The Fragile: Deviations 1'' version. It seems to be a combination of the Apple Music alt version and twenty seconds to the song's outrosame arrangement of "Decay" (including the crossfade with the "Ripe" riff) as the original album.

"Ripe" has / "Ripe (With Decay)" [[NIN songs never played live|has never been performed played live]].

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