Editing Coma White

{{Disambiguation|the song|the single|Coma White (single)}}

{{Song
|Name        = Coma White
|Cover       = MechanicalAnimals.png
|Artist      = [[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]]
|Album       = [[Mechanical Animals]]
|Released    = September 14, 1998
|Recorded    = 1997–1998 at the White Room, Westlake Recording Studios in West Hollywood, California and Conway Studios
|Genre       = Alternative rock, power ballad
|Length      = 5:38
|Label       = [[Nothing]], [[Interscope Records|Interscope]]
|Writer      = [[Marilyn Manson]]
|Composer    = [[Twiggy Ramirez]], [[Madonna Wayne Gacy]], [[Zim Zum]]
|Producer    = Michael Beinhorn, Marilyn Manson
}}
"'''Coma White'''" is the fourteenth track of the 1998 release ''[[Mechanical Animals]]''. It is also the fourth and final single spawned from this album. It was only released promotionally and was followed by a music video. The song was inspired by a friend of [[Marilyn Manson|Manson]]'s who was addicted to drugs, and eventually killed herself. It is considered a fan favorite, and one of Manson's most powerful songs vocally and emotionally. In the [[Triptych]], "Coma White" also serves as the sequel song to [[Coma Black]].

Also see the in-depth analysis of the Coma White theme on [http://www.nachtkabarett.com/ComaWhite The Nachtkabarett].

== Appearances ==
=== Albums ===
* ''[[Mechanical Animals]]''
* ''[[Lest We Forget – The Best Of]]''

=== Singles ===
* "[[Coma White (single)|Coma White]]"

== Versions ==
* "Coma White" <small>— Appears on ''[[Mechanical Animals]]'' and ''[[Lest We Forget – The Best Of]]''.</small>
* "Coma White" (Radio Edit) <small>— Appears on the "Coma White" promotional single.</small>
* "Coma White" (Acoustic) <small>— Appears on the "Coma White" promotional single and the UK version of ''[[The Last Tour on Earth]]''.</small>

== Music video ==
[[File:ComaWhiteScreenshot.jpg|thumbnail|right|200px|Manson on the wooden cross]]

The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQPJYnr48yU&ob=av3e music video], directed by Samuel Bayer, features a twisted reenactment of the assassination of John F. Kennedy. [[Marilyn Manson|Manson]], portraying Kennedy, is seen with Coma White waving to his fans who are clearing way for the car. Halfway through the video Manson is shot, and eventually lays his head on Coma White's lap, dying. In the scenes following Manson is seen nailed to a wooden crucifix, similar to Jesus Christ, and is carried past the onlooking fans in the street.

The music video was first alluded to in a February 4, 1999 post by Manson on [[MarilynManson.net]]'s message board, where Manson revealed "we are making the most beautiful and disturbing video we have ever done-- Coma White."<ref>''TO REAL FANS OF ANY KIND''. [[MarilynManson.net]]. [[Marilyn Manson]]. February 4, 1999.</ref> It was filmed between February 20 and 21.<ref>http://www.mtv.com/news/1431715/manson-shooting-coma-white-video/</ref> Later in an August 16 post, Manson confirmed that MTV had received the video, but was uncertain if they would air it due to its content. He went on to assure that the video would be included with the then-upcoming home video ''[[God Is in the T.V.]]''.<ref>''this is the end, my only friends''. [[MarilynManson.net]]. [[Marilyn Manson]]. August 16, 1999.</ref>

While the story shown is unrelated to the song’s lyrics, the video's contents foreshadowed some of the themes on the band’s next album, ''[[Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death)]]''.

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== Track listing ==
=== Promotional ===
# "Coma White" (Radio Edit) – 4:19

== Lyrics ==
     There's something cold and blank behind her smile
     She's standing on an overpass
     In her miracle mile
     (Coma):
     "You were from a perfect world
     A world that threw me away today
     Today to run away"
     
     A pill to make you numb
     A pill to make you dumb
     A pill to make you anybody else
     But all the drugs in this world
     Won't save her from herself
     
     Her mouth was an empty cut
     And she was waiting to fall
     Just bleeding like a polaroid that
     Lost all her dolls
     (Coma):
     "You were from a perfect world
     A world that threw me away today
     Today to run away"
     
     A pill to make you numb
     A pill to make you dumb
     A pill to make you anybody else
     But all the drugs in this world
     Won't save her from herself

== Personnel ==
* [[Marilyn Manson]] – vocals and piano
* [[Twiggy Ramirez]] – lead and rhythm guitars, bass
* [[Madonna Wayne Gacy]] – keyboards and mellotron
* [[Zim Zum]] – acoustic and lead guitar
* [[Ginger Fish]] – drums

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== Trivia ==
* "Coma White", along with "[[Get Your Gunn]]" and "[[Tourniquet]]", was made available to download as a playable track on ''Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock'' on February 8, 2011 as part of the February Megapack.

== See also ==
* [[Coma White: Video World Premiere Address]]

== References ==
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[[Category:Mechanical Animals era]]
[[Category:Marilyn Manson songs]]
[[Category:Songs from Mechanical Animals]]
[[Category:Songs from The Last Tour on Earth]]
[[Category:Songs from Lest We Forget (The Best Of)]]
[[Category:Marilyn Manson songs with music videos]]