Difference between revisions of "If I Was Your Vampire"
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No shadows | No shadows | ||
No reflections here | No reflections here | ||
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You press the knife against your heart | You press the knife against your heart | ||
And say that | And say that | ||
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‘I love you so much you must kill me now’ | ‘I love you so much you must kill me now’ | ||
If I was your vampire | If I was your vampire | ||
− | + | Certain as the Moon | |
Instead of killing time | Instead of killing time | ||
− | We'd have each other | + | We'd have each other |
+ | Until the Sun | ||
If I was your vampire | If I was your vampire | ||
Death waits for no one | Death waits for no one | ||
− | + | Hold my hands across your face | |
Because I think our time has come | Because I think our time has come | ||
Digging your smile apart | Digging your smile apart | ||
With my spade tongue | With my spade tongue | ||
− | + | The hole is where the heart is | |
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We built this tomb together | We built this tomb together | ||
− | I | + | I won't fill it alone |
− | + | Beyond the pale | |
− | Beyond the | + | Everything is black |
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No turning back | No turning back | ||
If I was your vampire | If I was your vampire | ||
− | + | Certain as the Moon | |
Instead of killing time | Instead of killing time | ||
− | We'd have each other | + | We'd have each other |
+ | Until the Sun | ||
If I was your vampire | If I was your vampire | ||
Death waits for no one | Death waits for no one | ||
− | + | Hold my hands across your face | |
Because I think our time has come | Because I think our time has come | ||
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Here comes the Moon again | Here comes the Moon again | ||
− | 6:19 | + | 6:19 and I know I'm ready |
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Drive me off the mountain | Drive me off the mountain | ||
− | You’ll burn | + | You’ll burn |
− | + | I’ll eat your ashes | |
− | + | The impossible wheels seducing | |
+ | Our corpse | ||
If I was your vampire | If I was your vampire | ||
− | + | Certain as the Moon | |
Instead of killing time | Instead of killing time | ||
− | We'd have each other | + | We'd have each other |
+ | Until the Sun | ||
If I was your vampire | If I was your vampire | ||
Death waits for no one | Death waits for no one | ||
− | + | Hold my hands across your face | |
Because I think our time has come | Because I think our time has come | ||
− | Beyond the | + | Beyond the pale |
− | Everything’s black | + | Everything is black |
+ | No turning back | ||
+ | Beyond the pale | ||
+ | Everything’s black | ||
No turning back | No turning back | ||
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This is where it will end | This is where it will end | ||
Here comes the Moon again | Here comes the Moon again | ||
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[[Category: Marilyn Manson Songs]] | [[Category: Marilyn Manson Songs]] |
Revision as of 11:15, 20 April 2007
"If I Was Your Vampire" is the first track on the 2007 release Eat Me, Drink Me. The song was inspired by an experience in Manson's life where he was finally uplifted by a close friend's morbid gesture of devotion. "She picked up a butcher's knife and said, 'Here, you can stab me,'" he says. "When someone was willing to drown with me, I really didn't want to drown anymore," said Manson. Manson has also called it "the new 'Bela Lugosi's Dead'. It's the all-time gothic anthem."
In an interview with Revolver magazine, Manson said, "It’s the centerpiece of the album, I woke up Christmas Day and wrote it. It's kind of my death wish fantasy."
Music details
Begins with a slow and oppressive melody which leads into choruses that saturate the listener with the juxtaposition of screaming vocals against desolate guitar. From here just when one thinks the song is over it launches into an outro of the mid-section repeated.
On April 17, 2007 the song was uploaded to Manson's MySpace.
Appearances
Albums
Versions
- If I Was Your Vampire — Appears on Eat Me, Drink Me.
Trivia
Manson stated at his April 2007 press conference in Paris that If I Was Your Vampire will be the opening song on the forthcoming European tour.
Manson was inspired to use the term 'Vampire' after watching The Hunger. a 1983 film starring David Bowie.
Lyrics
6am Christmas morning No shadows No reflections here Lying cheek to cheek In your cold embrace So soft and so tragic As a slaughterhouse You press the knife against your heart And say that ‘I love you so much you must kill me now’ If I was your vampire Certain as the Moon Instead of killing time We'd have each other Until the Sun If I was your vampire Death waits for no one Hold my hands across your face Because I think our time has come Digging your smile apart With my spade tongue The hole is where the heart is We built this tomb together I won't fill it alone Beyond the pale Everything is black No turning back If I was your vampire Certain as the Moon Instead of killing time We'd have each other Until the Sun If I was your vampire Death waits for no one Hold my hands across your face Because I think our time has come Blood-stained sheets In the shape of your heart This is where it starts This is where it will end Here comes the Moon again 6:19 and I know I'm ready Drive me off the mountain You’ll burn I’ll eat your ashes The impossible wheels seducing Our corpse If I was your vampire Certain as the Moon Instead of killing time We'd have each other Until the Sun If I was your vampire Death waits for no one Hold my hands across your face Because I think our time has come Beyond the pale Everything is black No turning back Beyond the pale Everything’s black No turning back This is where it starts This is where it will end Here comes the Moon again