"Ripe (With Decay)" is the final track on The Fragile CD and cassette, with… Read Full Bio ↴"Ripe (With Decay)" is the final track on The Fragile CD and cassette, with an extra part at the end.
The song "Ripe" is a very moody, dark finale to The Fragile. The cassette and CD versions of the song feature an additional section, "Decay". Many of the instruments sound out of tune or oddly tuned, and some of the parts seem to be incomplete. Trent Reznor spoke on this, saying that The Fragile was supposed to be a continuation of The Downward Spiral, with the protagonist going from happy to depressed on the first side (Left), then finding new hope on (Right) only to lose it again.
It is worth noting that since the Apple Music release of The Fragile Instrumental, as well as Deviations 1, the title has lost its parentheses and is printed as "Ripe With Decay". It is unclear if this was intentional or an oversight.
This version is on the original CD and audio cassette releases of The Fragile. The song mutates from a very beautiful piano improvisation by Mike Garson above a methodical, slinking guitar riff in 6/8, gradually descending into chaos with several instruments playing wildly and disharmoniously before all the sounds stop at once. The opening riff returns, this time with insect loops and a deep bass pad, crossfading with "Decay"; this movement initially builds on the "Ripe" riff with horns, bleating synth and piano, then slows down to a cadence of the bass pad surrounded by crickets. The second part of "Decay" begins in 4/4 with a new bass guitar riff, gradually joined by distant drum loops, strange acoustic and electric guitars, and Reznor's wordless, harmonized vocals, which cut off layer by layer.
The song "Ripe" is a very moody, dark finale to The Fragile. The cassette and CD versions of the song feature an additional section, "Decay". Many of the instruments sound out of tune or oddly tuned, and some of the parts seem to be incomplete. Trent Reznor spoke on this, saying that The Fragile was supposed to be a continuation of The Downward Spiral, with the protagonist going from happy to depressed on the first side (Left), then finding new hope on (Right) only to lose it again.
It is worth noting that since the Apple Music release of The Fragile Instrumental, as well as Deviations 1, the title has lost its parentheses and is printed as "Ripe With Decay". It is unclear if this was intentional or an oversight.
This version is on the original CD and audio cassette releases of The Fragile. The song mutates from a very beautiful piano improvisation by Mike Garson above a methodical, slinking guitar riff in 6/8, gradually descending into chaos with several instruments playing wildly and disharmoniously before all the sounds stop at once. The opening riff returns, this time with insect loops and a deep bass pad, crossfading with "Decay"; this movement initially builds on the "Ripe" riff with horns, bleating synth and piano, then slows down to a cadence of the bass pad surrounded by crickets. The second part of "Decay" begins in 4/4 with a new bass guitar riff, gradually joined by distant drum loops, strange acoustic and electric guitars, and Reznor's wordless, harmonized vocals, which cut off layer by layer.
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Rod Jonse
I died another death yesterday
Far above the sky and beyond the mesh
I was unspoken, bereft
I had no form
There was no direction
I pulled out my own self
That which did not fall to the earth coalesced around
I felt alone
I saw fear
I saw a vast jungle of canopy that could not be untwined
A soul of ground in vast company, cities
Vestige
Something unwritten
Something that could not be unwritten
And so, I found myself, back where I left it
I hadn't died a moment
I had become something greater
Newer
More powerful
Unsung
Consenting
Worthy
And eventually, just as redundant
Zebel
I wanna get buried to the ending of the song. Trents vocalizing is so haunting and ghostly
Rod Jonse
I died another death yesterday
Far above the sky and beyond the mesh
I was unspoken, bereft
I had no form
There was no direction
I pulled out my own self
That which did not fall to the earth coalesced around
I felt alone
I saw fear
I saw a vast jungle of canopy that could not be untwined
A soul of ground in vast company, cities
Vestige
Something unwritten
Something that could not be unwritten
And so, I found myself, back where I left it
I hadn't died a moment
I had become something greater
Newer
More powerful
Unsung
Consenting
Worthy
And eventually, just as redundant
rebdomine1
Great vid. A lot of it looks like mycelium growing, the smoke puffs look like mushrooms unfolding. And the flower growing and folding at the end is perfect. If you have the original in higher quality, please upload it to vimeo.
FUZATl
Best played in the dark with the eyes closed.
Dee
Yes
Al Balog
This track would've fit Quake 1 like a glove. No coincidene because Trent worked on the game's music and overall aesthetic/mood.
Jon Minaj
This song is so ominous
I'mSpecial
It always reminded me of the fallout games as it’s dark, gritty and apocalyptic sounding
CHANNEL 333
Beautiful
A H
the decay part is the best