Into the Fire

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"Into the Fire"
Into the Fire 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
Length 5:14
Label Interscope
Writer Marilyn Manson
Composer Twiggy, Chris Vrenna
Producer Marilyn Manson, Chris Vrenna, Twiggy, Sean Beavan

"Into the Fire" is the fourteenth from Marilyn Manson's 2009 release The High End of Low. Its title was revealed on April 16, 2009, in an update on the band's official website. Despite its slow, melancholic sound, "Into the Fire" is one of the more optimistic songs in Marilyn Manson's catalogue, discouraging being influenced by those who "want to hit bottom."

Music details

Reviewing for The Quietus, John Robb described the song as "Another dramatic neo-ballad" which "rolls in with piano and, gasp! an orchestra." He also cited it as "like Manson's 'Imagine' but it doesn't lull you into a false sense of security- there are still billowing clouds of gloom, and it all sounds as if it should be shoehorned into the next Tim Burton gothic horror masterpiece. There is something quite 70s about the song - possibly a hint of the great Mott the Hoople when Ian Hunter sung his ace weary ballads."[1]

Appearances

Albums

Versions

  • "Into the Fire" — Appears on The High End of Low
  • "Into the Fire" (Alternate Version) — Appears on the Japanese deluxe edition of The High End of Low and as a bonus track received with pre-orders of both the standard and deluxe digital albums

Lyrics

    This is the film
    close to the third act and the misery
    It's not rain
    you rapist werewolves,
    It's god pissing down on you
    
    You won't die alone
    Cause I'll break off my own arms and
    sharpen my bones, 
    stab you once for each time
    I thought of you
    trying to take something
    you'll never be good enough
    to even look upon
    
    It's better to push something when it's slipping
    than to risk being dragged down
    
    If you wanna hit bottom
    don't bother trying and taking me with you
    and I won't answer if you call
    Two heartbeats ahead in Hell
    trying to break your fall
    your fall
    
    This isn't a mob,
    Won't need to change the names
    everyone around you has murdered someone's something sacred
    there isn't one nail without dirt under it
    there isn't any "white cotton panties"
    that aren't soaked and stained red
    
    It's better to push something when it's slipping
    than to risk being dragged down
    
    If you wanna hit bottom
    don't bother trying and taking me with you
    and I won't answer if you call
    two heartbeats ahead in Hell
    trying to break your fall
    your fall
    
    (Into the fire)
    (Into the fire)
    (Into the fire)
    (Into the fire)
    (Into the fire)
    (Into the fire)
    (Into the fire)
    (Into the fire)
    
    (Into the fire)

Trivia

  • An excerpt from the lyrics of "Into the Fire" appears on the current homepage of MarilynManson.com ("that aren't soaked and stained red").

References

  1. Marilyn Manson's High End Of Low Reviewed Track-By-Track. John Robb. The Quietus. May 12, 2009