Coma Black
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| Song by Marilyn Manson | ||
| Album | Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death) | |
| Released | November 13, 2000 | |
| Recorded | 1999–2000 at the Mansion in Death Valley, California | |
| Genre | Alternative metal | |
| Length | 5:58 | |
| Label | Nothing, Interscope | |
| Writer | Marilyn Manson | |
| Composer | Twiggy Ramirez, John 5 | |
| Producer | Marilyn Manson, Dave Sardy | |
"Coma Black" is the fifteenth track on the 2000 release Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death). It is comprised of two parts: "Eden Eye" and "Apple of Discord", the former being the majority of the song. The song serves as a prequel to "Coma White" from the Mechanical Animals album.
Analysis
the "eden eye"reference seems to check William Blake's theories on vision, perception, observation, the structure of heaven and the eye (see diagram in the sleeve notes between Twiggy and the Tarot card of the Hierophant). Sounds almost as though it was meant for Mechanical Animals - maybe it's intended to hark forward to that one - with its sad, elegiac tone and references to the loss of heaven and the failure of love, plus this album's first visit from Coma White.
Appearances
Albums
Versions
- Coma Black — Appears on Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death).
Bootlegs
- 2008-01-20 - Miami, FL
- 2008-01-26 - Boston, MA
- 2008-01-27 - Philadelphia, PA
- 2008-01-29 - New York City, NY
- 2008-01-30 - New York City, NY
- 2008-02-04 - Detroit, MA
- 2008-02-05 - Chicago, IL
- 2008-02-17 - Vancouver, B.C.
- 2008-02-20 - San Francisco, CA
- 2008-03-02 - Houston, TX
- 2009-10-22 - Tokyo, Japan
Lyrics
a) EDEN EYE
My mouth was a crib and it was growing lies
I didn't know what love was on that day
my heart's a tiny bloodclot
I picked at it
it never heals it never goes away
I burned all the good things in The Eden Eye
we were too dumb to run too dead to die
I burned all the good things in The Eden Eye
we were too dumb to run too dead to die
This was never my world
you took the angel away
I'd kill myself to make everybody pay
This was never my world
you took the angel away
I'd kill myself to make everybody pay
I would have told her then
she was the only thing
I could love in this dying world
but the simple word "love" itself
already died and went away
This was never my world
you took the angel away
I'd kill myself to make everybody pay
This was never my world
you took the angel away
I'd kill myself to make everybody pay
I burned all the good things in The Eden Eye
we were too dumb to run too dead to die
I burned all the good things in The Eden Eye
we were too dumb to run too dead to die
b)APPLE OF DISCORD
Her heart's bloodstained egg
we didn't handle with care
it's broken and bleeding
and we can never repair
