Nine Inch Nails
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Opening with a distant e-bow guitar drone from the end of “We’re in This Together”, the first verse soon enters, characterized by live drums incorporating the use of a floor tom with a tambourine on top, a simple bassline, and Reznor’s soft vocals.
The first chorus features merely the new bass riff...
[Verse 1]
She shines in a world full of ugliness
She matters when everything is meaningless
Fragile, she doesn't see her beauty
She tries to get away
Sometimes it's just that nothing seems worth saving
I can't watch her slip away
[Chorus]
I won't let you fall apart
I won't let you fall apart
I won't let you fall apart
I won't let you fall apart
[Verse 2]
She reads the minds of all the people as they pass her by
Hoping someone can see
If I could fix myself I'd—
But it's too late for me
[Chorus]
I won't let you fall apart
I won't let you fall apart
I won't let you fall apart
I won't let you fall apart
[Bridge]
We'll find the perfect place to go where we can run and hide
I'll build a wall and we can keep them on the other side
But they keep waiting...and picking...
...and picking...and picking...
...and picking...and picking...
...and picking...and picking...
...and picking...and picking...
[Outro]
It's something I have to do
(I won't let you fall apart)
I was there, too
(I won't let you fall apart)
Before everything else
(I won't let you fall apart)
I was like you
(I won't let you fall apart)
The Fragile was written by Trent Reznor.
The Fragile was produced by Alan Moulder & Trent Reznor.
Nine Inch Nails released The Fragile on Tue Sep 21 1999.