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"Angel with the Scabbed Wings"
Song by Marilyn Manson
Album	Antichrist Superstar
Released	October 8, 1996
Recorded	1996 at Nothing Studios in New Orleans, Louisiana
Genre	Industrial metal, Speed metal
Length	3:53
Label	Nothing, Interscope
Writer	Marilyn Manson
Composer	Marilyn Manson, Twiggy Ramirez, Madonna Wayne Gacy
Producer	Trent Reznor, Dave Ogilvie, Marilyn Manson

"Angel with the Scabbed Wings" is the tenth track on the 1996 release Antichrist Superstar. The song features a riff strikingly similar to the main theme of the Broadway Jesus Christ Superstar, of which Antichrist Superstar is a parody.

Appearances

Albums

• Antichrist Superstar

Versions

• Angel with the Scabbed Wings — Appears on Antichrist Superstar.
• Angel with the Scabbed Wings (Live) — Appears on Dead to the World.
• Angel with the Scabbed Wings (Demo) — Appears on Antichrist Final Songs.

Demo Version

Lyrics

   he is the angel with the scabbed wings
   hard-drug face, want to powder his nose
   he will deflower the freshest crop
   dry up all the wombs with his rock and roll sores
   dead
   is what he is, he does what he please
   the things that he has you'll never want to see
   what you're never gonna be now
   sketch a little keyhole for looking-glass people
   you don't want to see him
   you only want to be him
   mommy's got a scarecrow, gotta let the corn grow
   man can't always reap what he sow
   "he is the maker"
   (he is the taker)
   "he is the saviour"
   (he is the raper)
   dead
   is what he is, he does what he please
   the things that he has you'll never want to see
   what you're never gonna be now
   sketch a little keyhole for looking-glass people
   you don't want to see him
   you only want to be him
   mommy's got a scarecrow, gotta let the corn grow
   man can't always reap what he sow
   "he is the maker"
   (he is the taker)
   "he is the saviour"
   (he is the raper)
   get back you're never gonna leave him
   get back you're always gonna please him

Trivia

• The song's mention of "looking-glass people" is likely a reference to the Lewis Carroll story Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There. Marilyn Manson later attempted to incorporate characters from this book, including Alice, Tweedledee and Tweedledum, into the film Phantasmagoria: The Visions of Lewis Carroll.
• It is one of the few songs to be written in and recorded using the Eb Standard guitar tuning.
• The song bears lyrical similarities, particularly the line "man can't always reap what he sow", to "Scapegoat", a track recorded originally during a rehearsal session sometime in late Autumn of 1993 and (for reasons unknown) shelved until the release of "The Spooky Kids' second remasters compilation".