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| length = 4:33
| BPM = 130
| versions = The Day The World Went Away<br>The Day The World Went Away (Instrumental) (Apple Music)<br>The Day The World Went Away (Instrumental) (''Deviations 1'')<br>The Day The World Went Away (Single Version)<br>The Day The World Went Away (Quiet)<br>The Day The World Went Away (Porter Ricks mix)<br>The Day The World Went Away (''[[And All That Could Have Been (halo)|And All That Could Have Been]]'')<br>The Day The World Went Away (''[[Still]]'')| live = [[Fragility]] through [[Performance 2007]]<br>[[Wave Goodbye Tour]] through [[Tension 2013 Tour]]<br>[[NIN 2014 Europe/UK Tour]] through present
}}'''"The Day The World Went Away"''' is the second track on the Left disc of ''[[The Fragile (halo)|The Fragile]].'' It was released as a single preceding the release of ''The Fragile'' and received the designation of Halo 13.
*''[[The Day The World Went Away (halo)|The Day The World Went Away]]''
*''The Fragile''
*''[[The Fragile: Deviations 1]]''
*''[[We're In This Together (halo)|We're In This Together]]''
*''[[And All That Could Have Been (halo)|And All That Could Have Been]]'' (CD/DVD {Easter egg on the DVD})
===Other===
*Both the single and quiet versions became available via streaming links on nin.com the preceding day to ''Halo 13'' release date. (The RealMedia versions are still available: [http://play.rbn.com/?url=mediapubs/mediapubs/g2demand/awwtdt.smi&proto=rtsp TDTWWA]|[http://play.rbn.com/?url=mediapubs/mediapubs/g2demand/awwtdtq.smi&proto=rtsp TDTWWAQ])
*The song was used in the trailer for ''Terminator: Salvation,'' released in 2009. It can be viewed [httphttps://movieswww.yahooyoutube.com/feature/terminator-salvation.htmlwatch?showVideov=1 gn0h9oLl59I here].
==Versions==
===The Day The World Went Away===
This is the original album version, found on ''The Fragile.'' It follows the percussive and aggressive "[[Somewhat Damaged]]," and is one of NIN's most uniquely structured songs. Musically the opposite of "Somewhat Damaged" in almost every way, it lacks the use of any standard form of percussion, and begins with drones that fade in during the ending of "Somewhat Damaged." These soon give way to loud, distorted guitars and bass playing a simple five-chord progression. As it repeats, a synthesizer melody enters on top, ascending in intensity and pitch until it drops out along with the guitars. The bass continues playing the progression above the drones while Reznor sings the song's verse, backed with a distant harmony for the second half. The song features the use of a mandolin in this section, another first for NIN, and it is the mandolin alone that strums a bridge from the end of the verse and into the final section, characterized by a return of the loud guitar and bass playing a new progression, joined by group vocals singing a wordless melody. This all gives way at the end of the phrase to a quiet percussive sound that ends the song, repeating while fading out into the opening soundscape layers of "[[The Frail]]." The song's introductory guitar chords are extended by roughly 30 seconds on ''The Fragile'' vinyl version. ===The Day The World Went Away (Instrumental) (Apple Music)==='''''Running Time: 6:19''''' Released exclusively through Apple Music as part of ''The Fragile Instrumental''. Instead of the album arrangement, this is an instrumental of the "Quiet" version, though it retains the wordless opening vocal layers. ===The Day The World Went Away (Instrumental) (''Deviations 1'')==='''''Running Time: 5:29''''' Released exclusively on ''The Fragile: Deviations 1''. This is an instrumental of the original album version.
===The Day The World Went Away (Single Version)===
'''''Running Time: 4:03'''''
In this version, the introductory drone does not fade in, the verse vocals are a different take, and the final section is only half as long. It also does not repeat the quiet percussive sound that ends the song as on the album version.
===The Day The World Went Away (Quiet)===
'''''Running Time: 6:20'''''
This is a very different version of the song. The structure was changed significantly, moving a different version of the chanting to the beginning of the song and featuring additional vocals by Kim Prevost. The first half features mainly atmospherics and piano behind the vocals, while the second half features the final bass riff, quiet guitar, and keyboard pads. This remix was done by Reznor and seems to have formed the basis of the ''Still'' version as well as the extended version played live as exemplified on ''And All That Could Have Been.''
===The Day The World Went Away (Porter Ricks Mix)===
'''''Running Time: 7:04''''' This dub remix by [[Porter Ricks]] revolves around a thumping beat. The distant vocals can be heard beneath it.
===The Day The World Went Away (''And All That Could Have Been'')===
===The Day The World Went Away (''Still'')===
'''''Running Time: 5:17'''''
A stripped down, acoustic version of this song was included on the ''Still'' album. It mostly resembles the Quiet mix of the original song, but adapts the end of the song as played on tour into a more relaxed, atmospheric version.
*Performance: Trent Reznor, [[Robin Finck]], [[Danny Lohner]], [[Jerome Dillon]], [[Keith Hillebrandt]]
*Mix engineering: [[Alan Moulder]]
*Engineering: [[Jon Lemon]], [[Chris Shepard]]*Second engineering: [[Leo Herrera]], [[Ron Lowe]]
*Programming: Keith Hillebrandt
When performed live, the second half of the song is extended after the verse and the guitar progression. This extension seems to be modeled after the Quiet mix, but features a tom-driven drum rhythm as well as the guitar doubling the bassline in a higher register. This new section builds in intensity as melodic synthesizers and distorted guitars welcome in the wordless group vocals, eventually becoming more bombastic and louder until ending with two power chords. An example of this altered structure can be found on ''And All That Could Have Been''.
On the European leg of the [[NIN 2013-2014]] tour, the album arrangement was played for the first time. During the [[Tension 2013 Tour]], this song featured backing vocals by [[Lisa Fischer]] and [[Sharlotte Gibson]].
==Lyrics==