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| − | + | :''This article is about the song. For other uses, see [[Smells Like Children (album)]] and [[Smells Like Children (tour)]].'' | |
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{{Song | {{Song | ||
| Name = Smells Like Children | | Name = Smells Like Children | ||
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| Label = | | Label = | ||
| Writer = [[Marilyn Manson]] | | Writer = [[Marilyn Manson]] | ||
| − | | Composer = [[Daisy Berkowitz | + | | Composer = [[Daisy Berkowitz]] |
| Producer = | | Producer = | ||
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Though live recordings of the song had been widely bootlegged for decades, a studio recording was not released until 2011, when Scott Putesky released it via the music website, SoundCloud. | Though live recordings of the song had been widely bootlegged for decades, a studio recording was not released until 2011, when Scott Putesky released it via the music website, SoundCloud. | ||
| − | == Audio == | + | ==Audio== |
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| − | } | + | ! width="" rowspan="1" | "Smells Like Children (Demo)" |
| + | ! width="160" rowspan="1" | "Smells Like Children (Live)" | ||
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| − | == Versions == | + | ==Versions== |
| − | * "Smells Like Children" <small> | + | * "Smells Like Children"<small>— [[Kinderfeld]] Demo of Antichrist Superstar.</small> |
| − | * "Smells Like Children" (Live) <small> | + | * "Smells Like Children" (Live)<small>—Widely bootlegged recordings from the [[Smells Like Children Tour]]. Was, for years, the only version of the song available</small> |
| − | == Lyrics == | + | ==Lyrics== |
| − | + | He lives inside my head, tells me what to say | |
When he turns the trains on, and he makes it go away | When he turns the trains on, and he makes it go away | ||
| − | The hands are cracked and | + | The hands are cracked and dirty, and the nails are beetle wings |
When he turns the trains on, he unties all of the strings | When he turns the trains on, he unties all of the strings | ||
Show me something beautiful, show me something free | Show me something beautiful, show me something free | ||
| − | Show me something beautiful, | + | Show me something beautiful, I wish that I could be |
Someone, someone | Someone, someone | ||
Someone, someone | Someone, someone | ||
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Smells like children | Smells like children | ||
Smells like children | Smells like children | ||
| − | He lives inside my head, and tells me what to | + | He lives inside my head, and tells me what to play |
The toys all smell like children, and the scab-knees will obey | The toys all smell like children, and the scab-knees will obey | ||
I'll have to kneel on broomsticks, just to make it go away | I'll have to kneel on broomsticks, just to make it go away | ||
| − | If he turns the trains on | + | If he turns the trains on there is nothing I can say |
Tell me something beautiful, tell me something free | Tell me something beautiful, tell me something free | ||
Tell me something beautiful, I wish that I could be | Tell me something beautiful, I wish that I could be | ||
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Smells like children | Smells like children | ||
| − | == Trivia == | + | ==Trivia== |
| − | * On most bootlegs this track is mislabeled as " | + | * On most bootlegs this track is mislabeled as "Tell Me" and "Inside My Head". |
| − | [[Category:1989-1995 | + | [[Category:1989-1995 Era]] |
| − | [[Category:Marilyn Manson | + | [[Category:Marilyn Manson Songs]] |
