"Ruiner" is the sixth track on The Downward Spiral. In 2004, a demo version was released with the 10th Anniversary 2-disc Deluxe Edition of The Downward Spiral. Trent Reznor stated it was "the hardest song to write" for the record in a 1994 interview. "I still don't know if I got it right," he said. "I have such a bad vibe from that song now--from it sucking in so many different ways. That was actually two different songs stuck together." Dominated through its verses and pre-choruses by a danceable drum loop and accompanying synthesizers

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