15

This article is not to be confused with "Fifteen". For the number's significance to Marilyn Manson, see Recurrences of the number 15 in Marilyn Manson's music.

"15"
15 cover
Song by Marilyn Manson
Album	The High End of Low
Released	May 20, 2009
Recorded	January 2009 in Los Angeles and Hollywood, California
Length	4:20
Label	Interscope
Writer	Marilyn Manson
Composer	Twiggy, Chris Vrenna
Producer	Marilyn Manson, Chris Vrenna, Twiggy, Sean Beavan

"15" is the fifteenth and final track from Marilyn Manson's 2009 release The High End of Low. Its title was revealed on March 10, 2009, in a MySpace blog entry by producer Sean Beavan. Marilyn Manson described "15" to Kerrang! as "very unusual," and the most important song that has been written by the band. It was recorded on January 5, 2009, Manson's 40th birthday.

Music details

Reviewing for Thrash Hits, Hugh Platt was displeased that "after an record featuring some of his best material for nearly a decade, closing the album with the hands-off minimalism of album '15' is akin to ending on a petulant sigh, rather than the defiant final middle-finger salute The High End of Low surely deserves."

In his review for The Quietus, John Robb gave a surprisingly sparse analysis of "15", although he did highlight that with its "descending riff" and its "lying-in-bed, fuck-everything sulkiness, [...] '15' drools with its own lethargic hatred."

Appearances

Albums

• The High End of Low

Versions

• "15" — Appears on The High End of Low
• "Fifteen" — Appears on the digital standard and deluxe editions of The High End of Low

Lyrics

    If you can hear this
    don't assume that I'm talking to you
    Yesterday everything I thought I believed in died
    but today is my birthday,
    today is my birthday
    I don't need you,
    I'll say it to myself
    It doesn't mean I won't need somebody
    anyone with half a soul
    will hear this and they'll never leave me
    
    If you don't know what forever feels like
    I'll show you what it feels like without it
    I'll show you what it feels like without it
    
    This time I won't hesitate
    to kill to protect what I believe in
    This time I won't hesitate
    to kill to protect what I believe in
    
    I can get by now
    I'm not really dead
    but I really needed someone to save me
    leaving me alone to die
    is worse than having the guts to kill me
    
    If you don't know what forever feels like
    I'll show you what it feels like without it
    I'll show you what it feels like without it
    
    This time I won't hesitate
    to kill to protect what I believe in
    This time I won't hesitate
    to kill to protect what I believe in
    
    Not letting you win
    won't satisfy me
    I'll teach you about loss