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| BPM = 110| versions = Somewhat Damaged<br>Somewhat Damaged (Instrumental)<br>Somewhat Damaged (''[[Beside You In Time (halo)|Beside You In Time]]'')| live = [[Fragility v1.0]] through [[Performance 2007]]<br>[[Wave Goodbye Tour]] through present}}'''"Somewhat Damaged"''' is the first track on the Left side of the double disc ''[[The Fragile (halo)|The Fragile]].'' It has a lot of different primarily builds using percussive samples that go building the songs but never make a melody, without many melodic elements. The first part of the song is in a 3/4 time signature before turning into a 4/4 time signature superimposed over a 3/4 time signature. [[Image:Fragile_diary_070499_SD.jpg|thumb|Journal entry from The Fragile sessions in 1999 published on nin.com detailing the revision of the end of "Somewhat Damaged."]] [[Image:Fragile_diary_071099_SD2_TDTWWAvid.jpg‎|thumb|Journal entry from ''The Fragile'' sessions in 1999 published on nin.com detailing further work on "Somewhat Damaged" and also the unused music video for "[[The Day The World Went Away (song)|The Day the World Went Away]]."]]

Like "[[Mr. Self Destruct |Mr. Self Destruct]]" on ''[[The Downward Spiral (halo)|The Downward Spiral]]'', "Somewhat Damaged" introduces the listener to the album's sonic structure. The song is dictated around its simple four note guitar riff. The , with the first half of the song is written in a 9/4 (or a repeating 3/4 ) time signature, giving the song . It opens with an odd feel. An acoustic guitar opens the song with playing the four-note simple riff and layers of abstract sounds slowly fade fading in. As the The drums enter, while more acoustic guitars enter and Reznor begins to singare layered in, echoing the primary guitar. After the first two stanzas, a small interlude occurs, in during which the acoustic guitars are replaced with heavily distorted guitars. Reznor's screaming abilities are shown put on display as the majority of the lyrics are now shrieked out. Finally, the The last third of the song is written in 4/4 (or a 4/4 time signature superimposed over a 3/4 time signature), with while the lyrics are sung in an otherwise different a clashing time signature. These final, peculiarly-structured lyrics are sung over the cacophony of instruments, with sounds of exhaling layered above. After the final lyrics are sung, the instruments and noises which then quickly fade into give way to a crescendoing ambient noise, marking the segue into chorus synth sampled with Trent Reznor's voice. The introductory drone of "[[The Day The World Went Away (song)|The Day The World Went Away]]" also fades in at this point. ===Somewhat Damaged (Instrumental)==='''''Running Time: 4:53''''' Released exclusively through Apple Music and later on ''The Fragile: Deviations 1''. Has a different arrangement to album version."

===Somewhat Damaged (''Beside You In Time'')===This live version is amongst the bonus footage on ''Beside You In Time.'' The intro is very different from the album original. Likewise, it's featuring a percussion synth that fades in a lower key than as the crew finish setting up the album versionstage.

On the [[Fragility]] Tour, the song was played pretty much the same as the album version, with Reznor sings in a different key when performing "Somewhat Damaged" live due to on the intense vocal stress it would bring normallyguitar. During  However, beginning with the [[With_Teeth: With Teeth Summer Amphitheater Tour]], "Somewhat Damaged" had and for every subsequent performance, Reznor significantly reworked the song's live introduction. The reworked introduction starts off very minimalist, with Reznor singing almost a cappella over just a simple synth rhythm line. The new introduction eschews the album version's heavy kick drum entirely, and the guitar line and tom-tom drums aren't brought in until the second stanza. The full instrumental complement of the album version isn't brought in until the end of the second stanza, which makes for a substantially different more impactful contrast with the subdued introduction.

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