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The Day The World Went Away (song) (view source)
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The song's lyrics are rumored to be about the death of [[Trent Reznor]]'s maternal grandmother, Clara, which occurred before ''The Fragile'' was recorded. Analysis of the lyrics do support the theory of this song being about a reaction to death, but Reznor has not explicitly revealed his lyrical inspiration.
The "Buddha Debutante Choir", credited for background chants on this track, was actually a random group of bar patrons who were brought in from Igor's Buddha Belly across the street from [[Nothing Studios]].[http://www.theninhotline.net/archives/articles/manager/display_article.php?id=788]
===Song Credits===
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.''
Ms. Prevost's inolvement on the track was explained in an interview[https://www.theninhotline.com/features/interviews/prevost/] with [[The NIN Hotline]]:
<blockquote>'''How did you get the gig working with Nine Inch Nails?'''
<br>Well, actually, it was really weird because I got a call from my agent with the information that Trent was looking a vocalist for his new album. He said Trent wanted me, and I said OK, so I showed up and I asked Trent personally “how had you found out about me?” He said he had seen my name in the local papers, had gotten some really good response about my vocals in the Jazz genre, and he just wanted to try it and see how it went. It was a good collaboration, and I should say Trent was very pleasant to work with, and he made me feel very comfortable. We even exchanged some ideas. I thought that was really cool.</blockquote>
===The Day The World Went Away (Porter Ricks Mix)===
In November 2000, a post was made to the forum at now defunct dirty.org, stating the following about the footage shot by Tomato for the original, unreleased version of the video:
<blockquote>"The video was black and white. I have seen rushes of it. It featured a funeral, Trent at the funeral (in the style of '"November Rain'"). I also saw footage of a black haired beautiful girl. She really did stand out, the other people had '"common' '" "nonspecific' " faces. It was Trent attending a funeral and seeing this girl. Then he follows her. That's about all I can remember. Trent thought it was too personal, because of the connection of the song with his grandmother. So that's why we never got to see it."</blockquote>
==Live==
"The Day The World Went Away" made its live debut on [[1999/11/14 Barcelona, Spain|November 14, 1999]]. It has been performed live regularly, but infrequently, since the [[Fragility]] tour started in 1999.
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''.