The Flowers of Evil

"The Flowers of Evil"
Song by Marilyn Manson
Album	Born Villain
Released	April 30th, 2012 (UK), May 1st (Worldwide)
Recorded	2009 – 2011, California
Label	Cooking Vinyl, Hell, etc.
Writer	Marilyn Manson

"The Flowers of Evil" is a song set to appear on Marilyn Manson's upcoming album Born Villain.

Appearances

• Born Villain

Lyrics

The day they covered us in the dirt

like stars in the ground
that will grow into dead flowers
The day they covered us in the dirt
like stars in the ground
that will grow into dead flowers

Your body’s on me

like sleepless spiders.
Your touch is so empty
Your touch is so empty

Your bodies on me like

sleepless spiders.
Your touch is so empty
Your touch is so empty
Your touch is so empty
Your touch is so empty

I’ve been running

from the bloodless
for fear of exile
for all of my sorceries
that shun the light
I’ve been running
from the bloodless
for fear of exile
for all of my sorceries
that shun the light

The day they covered us in the dirt

like scars in the ground
that will grow into dead flowers
The day they covered us in the dirt
like scars in the ground
that will grow into dead flowers

I’ve been running

from the bloodless
for fear of exile
for all of my sorceries
that shun the light
I’ve been running
from the bloodless
for fear of exile
for all of my sorceries
that shun the light
light
light
light
light

Trivia

• This song's title does not mark Manson's first use of the phrase. A painting by Manson premiered at the 2006 Celebritarian Corporation Gallery of Fine Art exhibition under the name Les Fleurs du Mal, French for "The Flowers of Evil." The following year, the Flowers of Evil exhibition opened in Moscow, Russia.