Marilyn Manson
Marilyn Manson
Marilyn Manson
Marilyn Manson
Marilyn Manson
Marilyn Manson
Marilyn Manson
Marilyn Manson
Marilyn Manson
Marilyn Manson
Marilyn Manson
Marilyn Manson
Marilyn Manson
Marilyn Manson
Marilyn Manson
Marilyn Manson
Marilyn Manson
The fourth song and second single from Antichrist Superstar, Marilyn Manson’s second album.
In the beginning of the song, an audible backmasked vocal can be heard:
This is my lowest point of vulnerability
Manson claims that this was recorded intentionally in the studio while crying and under the...
[Intro]
Ytilibarenluv fo tniop tsewol ym si siht
Ytilibarenluv fo tniop tsewol ym si siht
[Verse 1]
She's made of hair and bone and little teeth
And things I cannot speak
She comes on like a crippled plaything
Spine is just a string
I wrapped our love in all this foil
Silver tight like spider legs
I never wanted it to ever spoil
But flies will lay their eggs
[Chorus]
Take your hatred out on me
Make your victim my head
You never ever believed in me
I am your tourniquet
[Verse 2]
Prosthetic synthesis with butterfly
Sealed up with virgin stitch
If it hurts, baby, please tell me
Preserve the innocence
I never wanted it to end like this
But flies will lay their eggs
[Chorus]
Take your hatred out on me
Make your victim my head
You never ever believed in me
I am your tourniquet
[Bridge]
What I wanted, what I needed
What I got for me
What I wanted, what I needed
What I got for me
[Chorus]
Take your hatred out on me
Make your victim my head
You never ever believed in me
I am your tourniquet
Take your, take your, get up out of me
I'm not proud with me
I never, ever believed in me
I am your tourniquet
Tourniquet was written by Jeordie White & Daisy Berkowitz & Marilyn Manson.
Tourniquet was produced by Sean Beavan & Dave Ogilvie & Marilyn Manson & Trent Reznor.
Marilyn Manson released Tourniquet on Mon Sep 08 1997.
The introduction is backwards masked, and when reversed, reveals Manson whispering “This is my lowest point of vulnerability.”
In his 1998 autobiography, The Long Hard Road Out of Hell, Manson described recording this intentionally in the studio:
In a daze, I picked up the microphone plugged into...