No Reflection

"No Reflection"
Song by Marilyn Manson
Album	Born Villain
Released	March 20, 2012 (Amazon) March 13, 2012 (iTunes)
Genre	Industrial rock, alternative rock
Label	Cooking Vinyl, Hell, etc.
Writer	Marilyn Manson
Producer	Marilyn Manson

This article is about the song. For the single, see No Reflection (single)

"No Reflection" is the first single from Marilyn Manson's eighth studio album, Born Villain. It was released over a month ahead of the album, through Cooking Vinyl and Hell, etc. on March 13, 2012. The single was released in digital format to the public. The single also has a limited physical format available in the UK.

Appearances

Album

• Born Villain

Single

• No Reflection

Versions

• "No Reflection" - 4:36 — Appears on Born Villain and No Reflection.
• "No Reflection" (Radio Edit) - 3:31 — The version premiered by KROQ on March 7, 2012. Appears on No Reflection.

Music video

A music video directed by Quentin Dupieux will reportedly be released to promote the single. Manson stated in an interview with NOVA while touring Australia in early 2012 that the video would contain segments shot with "never before used technology" stating that he has a friend that "works for National Geographic". The music video will feature Roxane Mesquida who also featured in Dupieux's 2010 film "Rubber" which Manson stated was his favourite film to come out that year. On February 19th, 2012 Mesquida posted a picture of a roasted bird on a platter with the caption "Shooting Marilyn Manson new music video :)".

Reception

Critical Reception

The song received a positive review from Loudwire.com who gave it a 4/5 star rating. They said of the single "We could call 'No Reflection' a "comeback" single, since it’s reminiscent of some of the Antichrist Superstar’s best work." Loudwire also posted a "readers poll" where fans could rate the song. The song maintained strong popularity with the majority of fans voting favourably for the song and also adding dozens of positive comments. As of March 10th only 4.35% of fans voted unfavourably for the song. Fans also received the song very well on YouTube. Cooking Vinyl uploaded the single to YouTube on the 8th of March 2012 and in the first week of 'No Reflection' being available it received over 130,000 views and almost no dislikes. The song received thousands of positive comments from the Marilyn Manson fan base, often stating that the single is Manson's best work for some time.

Lyrics

[Not 100% accurate, due to not having the correct lyrics made available yet.]

    Crushing, cheating, changing.
    Am I deaf or dead?
    Is this constricting construction,
    or just streets with rusted signs
    of something violent coming?

    This'll hurt you worse than me,
    I'm weak, seven days, I'm weak.
    Don't run from me,
    I won't bother counting one, two, three.

    I don't know which me that I love,
    Got no reflection.
    I don't know which me that I love,
    Got no reflection.

    I show myself how to make a noose,
    A gun's cliché and a razor's too.
    I'm not a deathshare-vacation-vacant-station,
    made of scars and filled with my own wounds.

    This'll hurt you worse than me,
    I'm weak, seven days, I'm weak.
    Don't run from me,
    I won't bother counting one, two, three.

    I don't know which me that I love,
    Got no reflection.
    I don't know which me that I love,
    Got no reflection.

    You, you don't even want to know what I'm gonna do to you.
    You don't even want to know what I'm gonna do to you.
    You don't even want to know what I'm gonna do to you.
    You don't even want to know what I'm gonna do to you.
    You don't even want to know what I'm gonna do to you.

    I don't know which me that I love,
    Got no reflection.
    I don't know which me that I love,
    Got no reflection.

    No reflection, no reflection.
    I got no reflection.

Trivia

• No Reflection is most likely the song LA Weekly discussed in their short review of Born Villain; a song with "an extremely catchy chorus, that would likely do the KROQ rounds." No Reflection was played on American radio station KROQ a few days before it was released.
• The cover of the single features the i-ching lettering prominent to the Born Villain era.