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* The chord progression of "Devour"'s chorus was recycled from the [[Goon Moon]] song "Apple Pie". | * The chord progression of "Devour"'s chorus was recycled from the [[Goon Moon]] song "Apple Pie". | ||
* The line "My pain is not ashamed to repeat itself" was first used in [[Doppelherz (song)|the vocal track]] of the short film ''[[Doppelherz (film)|Doppelherz]]'', which was recorded on April 1, 2002. On October 31, 2005, in the MTV online article Manson Likens New Guitar God to Naked Woman, Manson is quoted as saying "all my records have been based around a central theme...this one is based around my pain and its ability to be unashamed to repeat itself." | * The line "My pain is not ashamed to repeat itself" was first used in [[Doppelherz (song)|the vocal track]] of the short film ''[[Doppelherz (film)|Doppelherz]]'', which was recorded on April 1, 2002. On October 31, 2005, in the MTV online article Manson Likens New Guitar God to Naked Woman, Manson is quoted as saying "all my records have been based around a central theme...this one is based around my pain and its ability to be unashamed to repeat itself." | ||
+ | *many people cite the song as a direct rip off of the ''Xiu Xiu'' song, ''"I Luv the Valley, OH!"'' | ||
==References== | ==References== |
Revision as of 06:29, 6 February 2010
"Devour" | ||
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Devour cover | ||
Song by Marilyn Manson | ||
Album | The High End of Low | |
Released | May 20, 2009 | |
Recorded | March 2008–January 2009 in Los Angeles and Hollywood, California | |
Genre | Alternative rock | |
Length | 3:45 | |
Label | Interscope | |
Writer | Marilyn Manson | |
Composer | Twiggy, Chris Vrenna | |
Producer | Marilyn Manson, Chris Vrenna, Twiggy, Sean Beavan |
"Devour" is the first track from the 2009 release The High End of Low. Former roommate of vocalist Marilyn Manson, Rudy Coby, explains that the song was written after an event where, "my room [was] covered in real blood—none of it my own—and I was driven to an emergency room for the first time in my life." "Devour" was described by Coby as the first song written for the album, "but certainly not the last casualty suffered in its creation."
Manson touched on the song's inspiration and subject matter briefly in a June 2009 interview with Revolver: "It's kind of a murder-suicide story based on the reality of my life that day. The record maybe saved me, and the person I would have killed also. If somebody says they want to be with you until they die, I take that kind of seriously. It became a song...luckily."
Music details
A blog by Metal Hammer describes "Devour" as "a classic Manson-esque 'noise' track – super 8 running a loop or something. This [is] followed by a dulcet clean guitar strum up the neck, which sounds surprisingly gentle and serene – very un-Manson – more like the post-hardcore sounds [of] Isis or Russian Circles. When his voice joins the bass and guitars, it's back to the great old troubled tortured alien of Mechanical Animals – far superior and more earnest than the last album (what was it called again?). The refrain, "I will love you, if you let me" rings out before the heavy guitars and rocking drums hit the mix proper – but only after 3 minutes and only for 40 seconds. The track reaches its crescendo with the repeated phrase "I can't sleep, until I devour you" screamed over and over. This is the best Manson has been since New Shit from The Golden Age Of Grotesque."[1]
Appearances
Albums
Versions
- "Devour" — Appears on The High End of Low
- "Devour" (Extended mix) — Appears on promotional copies of The High End of Low
Lyrics
I'll swallow up all of you like a big bottle of big, big pills but, you're the one that I should never take but I can't sleep until I devour you I cant sleep until I devour you You're a flower that's withering, I can't feel your thorns in my hand This is no embrace your buried deep and you're not crying this is blood all over me you're not crying this is blood all over me you're not crying this is blood all over me and I'll love you if you let me I'll love you if you won't make me stop I used to hold your haunted neck I know I'll miss you, if I close my eyes but this is loaded if I open them, I'll see you and I'll blow your heart to pieces I will blow your heart to pieces I will blow your heart to pieces I will blow your heart to pieces and I'll love you, if you let me and I'll love you, if you wont make me stop My pain is not ashamed to repeat itself My pain is not ashamed to repeat itself My pain is not ashamed to repeat itself My pain is not ashamed to repeat itself I can't sleep until I devour you I can't sleep until I devour you I can't sleep until I devour you I can't sleep until I devour you and I'll love you, if you let me and I'll love you, if you won't make me stop...
Trivia
- The chord progression of "Devour"'s chorus was recycled from the Goon Moon song "Apple Pie".
- The line "My pain is not ashamed to repeat itself" was first used in the vocal track of the short film Doppelherz, which was recorded on April 1, 2002. On October 31, 2005, in the MTV online article Manson Likens New Guitar God to Naked Woman, Manson is quoted as saying "all my records have been based around a central theme...this one is based around my pain and its ability to be unashamed to repeat itself."
- many people cite the song as a direct rip off of the Xiu Xiu song, "I Luv the Valley, OH!"
References
- ↑ Marilyn Manson 'High End Of Low' Album Track-By-Track. Metal Hammer. April 7, 2009.