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"Leave a Scar" is the third track from Marilyn Manson's 2009 release The High End of Low. Its title was revealed on April 7, 2009, in a blog which described both it and eight other songs from the album.^[1]

Music details

A blog by Metal Hammer describes "Leave a Scar" as "[bursting] open with drums, bass and a swaggering guitar riff with an additional high guitar lick that all subsides before you can grab onto it, as the vocals kick in. The track's mid-tempo 4/4 beats are slow dancefloor fodder and the pleading chorus "whatever doesn't kill you, is gonna leave a scar" are anthemic Manson par excellence. The grating twanging insistent guitar riff comes back with the twinkling and distorted guitar loop that again yield to Manson's vocals. His tone here in the verse is less emotional, but the short middle eight has his signature split harmonies using falsetto and harmony to eerie and evocative effect."^[1]

Appearances

Albums

• The High End of Low

Versions

• "Leave a Scar" — Appears on The High End of Low
• "Leave a Scar" (Alternate Version)
• "maybeharmfulifswallowed" — Early mix; appears on Unruly Demos.

Lyrics

The following represents the lyrics as they are heard in the song's demo version:

    It's not like I made myself a list 
    Of new and different ways of murdering your heart
    I'm just a painting that's still wet
    If you touch me I'll be smeared, you'll be stained
    Stained for the rest of your life
    
    So turn around walk away before you confuse the way we abuse each other
    You're not afraid of getting hurt
    And I'm not afraid of how much I hurt you
    
    Well aware I'm a danger to myself
    Are you aware I'm a danger to others?
    There's a crack in my soul you thought was a smile
    
    Whatever doesn't kill you is gonna leave a scar
    Whatever doesn't kill you is gonna to leave a scar
    Leave a scar, leave a scar
    Whatever doesn't kill you is gonna to leave a scar
    
    I'm more like a silver bullet
    And I'm like a gun, not easy to hold
    I'm moving fast and if I stay inside your heart
    Assume that this will be the end of your life
    
    So turn around walk away before you confuse the way we abuse each other
    You're not afraid of getting hurt
    And I'm not afraid of how much I hurt you
    
    Well aware I'm a danger to myself
    Are you aware I'm a danger to others?
    There's a crack in my soul you thought was a smile
    
    Whatever doesn't kill you is gonna leave a scar
    Whatever doesn't kill you is gonna to leave a scar
    Leave a scar, leave a scar
    Whatever doesn't kill you is gonna to leave a scar
    
    Should warn you that you may fuck me
    But chances are I'm gonna fuck you over
    Should warn you that you may fuck me
    But chances are I'm gonna fuck you over
    Should warn you that you may fuck me
    But chances are I'm gonna fuck you over
    Should warn you that you may fuck me
    But chances are I'm gonna fuck you over

References

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Marilyn Manson 'High End Of Low' Album Track-By-Track. Metal Hammer. April 7, 2009.