in response to what lefttheretodrown said about the title not being negative, I think either up or down could be the mood and message of the song. like, "I am leaving all hope I have, I'm giving up" could be the negative perspective, but in a less likely(in my opinion) interpretation of what reznor is expressing in this song, maybe he's saying "this is my only hope of leaving, my leaving hope, I need to get going, I need to go back to making a studio album that is going to make everything else I've done seem like I was just fuckin' around"
in response to what lefttheretodrown said about the title not being negative, I think either up or down could be the mood and message of the song. like, "I am leaving all hope I have, I'm giving up" could be the negative perspective, but in a less likely(in my opinion) interpretation of what reznor is expressing in this song, maybe he's saying "this is my only hope of leaving, my leaving hope, I need to get going, I need to go back to making a studio album that is going to make everything else I've done seem like I was just fuckin' around"