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| album ='' [[The Fragile (halo)|The Fragile]]'' (Right)

| length = 4:12

| BPM = 81| versions = The Big Come Down The Big Come Down (Instrumental) The Big Come Down (''[[Beside You In Time (halo)|Beside You In Time]]'')| live = [[Fragility v2.0]] through [[Wave Goodbye Tour|Wave Goodbye]] [[Tension 2013 Tour]] [[NIN + QOTSA Tour]] through [[NIN 2014 Latin America Tour]] [[Europe + Asia 2018]] through present

}}'''"The Big Come Down"''' is the ninth track on the Right disc of ''[[The Fragile (halo)|The Fragile]].'' Its layers were published in a Flash application for a [[nin.com|NIN.com]] remix contest during ''The Fragile'' era.

~~===Notes===~~

As with many songs in the NIN library, this song features a recurring lyric or reference, that being the phrase and concept of a "come down," an emphasized line from "[[March Of The Pigs (song)|March Of The Pigs]]." The song may be related to "[[Where Is Everybody?]]," as both include different takes on the line "try so hard to make the pieces all fit."

==Appearances==

===Halos===

*''The Fragile''

*''[[The Fragile: Deviations 1]]''

*''[[Beside You In Time (halo)|Beside You In Time]]''

==Versions==

===The Big Come Down===

This is the original album version. A unique track in the NIN canon, it features a loud and bombastic drum loop with odd percussion sounds, synthesized bass, and an oddly-tuned acoustic -sounding guitar riffplayed on a Parker Fly guitar utilizing its piezo pickup. [https://www.reddit.com/r/nin/comments/71zc1i/comment/dnexbbo/] [[Trent Reznor]]'s vocals in the verses are abrasively yelled, contrasting with the melodic singing in the pre-choruses and choruses, a pattern that would be used again in "[[The Line Begins To Blur]]" and "[[Head Down]]"." The chorus is backed by organ chords, while the bridge descends into ambient synthesizers and loops before exploding back into the song with a new synthesized melody. The song ends suddenly, ~~seguing~~ segueing immediately into "[[Underneath It All]]". ===The Big Come Down (Instrumental)==='''''Running Time: 4:05''''' Released exclusively through Apple Music, then later on ''The Fragile: Deviations 1,'' the entire song runs at its original tempo of 83 BPM. All vocals are removed, and the synth melody/solo after the bridge features additional guitar parts layered with roaring crowd sounds.

===The Big Come Down (''Beside You In Time'')===

Reznor~~'s performance~~ is highly energetic in this particular performance. As well, the ~~acoustic~~ lead guitar part in the original album version is replaced with a ~~moderately~~ more heavily distorted /fuzzed part, though still played on a Parker Fly. During the guitarsolo, Aaron North scrapes his guitar against his amp cabinet, creating a controlled feedback sound.

==Live==

"The Big Come Down" made its live debut on [[2000/04/03 Los Angeles, CA|April 3, 2000]]. It has been performed ~~live~~ sporadically since the [[Fragility]] tour ~~in 1999~~, with the [[Lights In The Sky Tour]] the only one it could properly be considered a regular on. During the [[Tension 2013 Tour]], this song featured backing vocals by [[Lisa Fischer]] and [[Sharlotte Gibson]].

==Lyrics==

Piggy

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