Editing I Have to Look Up Just to See Hell

{{Song
| Name        = I Have to Look Up Just to See Hell
| Cover       = The-High-End-of-Low.jpg
| Artist      = [[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]]
| Album       = [[The High End of Low]]
| Released    = May 20, 2009
| Recorded    = March 2008–January 2009 in Los Angeles and Hollywood, California
| Genre       = gothic rock, dark wave
| Length      = 4:11
| Label       = [[Interscope Records|Interscope]]
| Writer      = [[Marilyn Manson]]
| Composer    = [[Twiggy]], [[Chris Vrenna]]
| Producer    = Marilyn Manson, Chris Vrenna, Twiggy, [[Sean Beavan]]
}}
"'''I Have to Look Up Just to See Hell'''" is the thirteenth track from the 2009 release ''[[The High End of Low]]''. Its title was revealed on April 16, 2009, in an update on [[MarilynManson.com|the band's official website]]. As "high end of low" is a recurring lyric in the song, "I Have to Look Up Just to See Hell" is essentially the album's title track.

== Music details ==
In his review for The Quietus, John Robb gave a surprisingly sparse analysis of "I Have to Look Up Just to See Hell", although he did declare it "Another maggot-infested ride into the trough of melancholy."<ref>[http://thequietus.com/articles/01639-marilyn-manson-high-end-of-low-album-review Marilyn Manson's High End Of Low Reviewed Track-By-Track]. John Robb. The Quietus. May 12, 2009</ref>

In his review for Allmusic, Phil Freeman, who was unsatisfied by the album, noted that the title "I Have to Look Up Just to See Hell" reads "like Manson-by-numbers."<ref>[http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:wcfoxzy0ldde The High End of Low]. Phil Freeman. Allmusic. May 16, 2009.</ref>

== Appearances ==
=== Albums ===
* ''[[The High End of Low]]''

== Versions ==
* "I Have to Look Up Just to See Hell" <small>— Appears on ''The High End of Low''</small>
* "[[I Have to Look Up Just to See Hell (Alternate Version)]]" <small>— Appears on the deluxe edition of ''The High End of Low''</small>

== Lyrics ==
     the fruit is speechless
     before our sorceries
     the party has just begun.
     timelapse and dancing and rotting in place.
     and we have reached the high end of low
     the high end of low
     the high end of low
     
     you can take me
     the grave can take me
     the earth is waiting to eat us alive
     i love you damaged,
     i need human wreckage
     i have to look up
     just to see hell
     
     fallen fallen fallen from grace,
     now for you
     this is why you should run
     fallen fallen fallen from grace,
     now for you
     this is why you should run
     
     the core of a woman
     is where her body
     chooses to revolve like a corpse.
     centrifugal, melted under the skin,
     bacteria...
     into the napalm heart i explode,
     I explode
     I explode
     
     you can take me
     the grave can take me
     the earth is waiting to eat us alive
     i love you damaged,
     i need human wreckage
     i have to look up
     just to see hell
     
     fallen fallen fallen from grace,
     now for you
     this is why you should run
     fallen fallen fallen from grace,
     now for you
     this is why you should run
     
     the light shines in the darkness
     and the darkness will never understand it
     the light shines in the darkness
     and the darkness will never understand it
     the light shines in the darkness
     and the darkness will never understand it
     the light shines in the darkness
     and the darkness will never understand it
     
     you can take me
     the grave can take me
     the earth is waiting to eat us alive
     love you damaged i need human wreckage
     have to look just to see hell
     
     you can take me
     the grave can take me
     the earth is waiting to eat us alive
     love you damaged i need human wreckage
     I have to look just to see hell

== Trivia ==
* The song's [[List of working titles for Marilyn Manson material|working title]] was "The High End of Low".
* The bridge: "The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness will never understand it" is from the Bible verse John 1:5.
* The chorus: the phrase "fallen from grace" likewise can be found in Galatians 5:4.

== References ==
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[[Category:Marilyn Manson songs]]
[[Category:Songs from The High End of Low]]
[[Category:Never performed live]]
[[Category:The High End of Low era]]