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| BPM = 84
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| live=N[[Tension 2013 Tour]] through [[NIN 2014 Japan Tour]]<br>[[NIN 2014 Europe/AUK Tour]]}} '''"Various Methods Of Escape"''' is the ninth track on the 2013 release ''[[Hesitation Marks]]''.
===Song Credits===
*[[Adrian Belew]]: Additional Guitar Treatments
*[[Pino Palladino]]: Bass
*[[Trent Reznor]]: Vocals, Electronics, Percussion, Guitar, Bass, Dulcitone
==Appearances==
===Halos===
*''Hesitation Marks''
===Other===
*''[[The Definitive NIN - Deep Cuts]]'' - online playlist(s); not on original Seed release
==Versions==
===Various Methods Of Escape===
This is the only known version. It begins with its bassline and some atmosphere layering, soon joined by a beat which also refines the bassline into muted chunks. Distant and manipulated vocals sing the verses below these, while prominent guitar and louder vocals with many high notes create the choruses. They also feature backing vocal harmony layering reminiscent of "[[Every Day Is Exactly The Same (song)|Every Day is Exactly the Same]]." Its second chorus suddenly gives way to a quiet bridge of bass and piano with muted percussion layers, building with distant and whispering vocals. These usher in a return to the chorus but with 'swarm' guitar layers and a more realistic-sounding, tom-led drum beat. After two repetitions of the chorus, the instrumentation ends, allowing the vocal echoes to fade away alone.
==Live==
This song debuted live on the [[2013/09/30 Kansas City, MO|second night]] of the [[Tension 2013 Tour]]. It featured backing vocals by [[Lisa Fischer]] and [[Sharlotte Gibson]].
==Lyrics==
Why'd you have to make it so hard?
Let me get away
I think I could lose myself in here
I've got to let it go
I've got to get straight
Why'd you have to make it so hard?
Let me get away
Got to let him go
Find another way
Why'd you have to make it so hard?
Let me get away
In the final version, the line in the first verse:
Built from my own hand
was changed to:
The blood from my own hand
The first line of each chorus also seems to omit the word "it".
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