Difference between revisions of "The Telephone"
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| − | "'''The Telephone'''" is the seventh track on the 1990 release ''[[The Beaver Meat Cleaver Beat]]''. | + | "'''The Telephone'''" is the seventh track on the 1990 release ''[[The Beaver Meat Cleaver Beat]]''. |
| − | ==Appearances== | + | == Appearances == |
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* ''[[The Beaver Meat Cleaver Beat]]'' | * ''[[The Beaver Meat Cleaver Beat]]'' | ||
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| − | * "The Telephone" <small> | + | * "The Telephone" <small>— Appears on ''The Beaver Meat Cleaver Beat''.</small> |
| − | ==Lyrics== | + | == Lyrics == |
Another night of too much cough syrup. | Another night of too much cough syrup. | ||
I am awakened by the incessant ringing of the telephone. | I am awakened by the incessant ringing of the telephone. | ||
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Just you and me | Just you and me | ||
| − | ==Trivia== | + | == Trivia == |
| − | * The instrumental at the end of the song is titled "The Nighthawks". | + | * The instrumental at the end of the song is titled "[[The Nighthawks]]". |
| − | * The song has been incorrectly referred to by such names as "Jesus Is My Boyfriend", and "Talk of One, Thought of None". | + | * The song has been incorrectly referred to by such names as "[[Jesus Is My Boyfriend]]", and "[[Talk of One, Thought of None]]". |
* "The Telephone" is one of [[Marilyn Manson]]'s favorite poems, according to his autobiography ''[[The Long Hard Road Out of Hell]]''. | * "The Telephone" is one of [[Marilyn Manson]]'s favorite poems, according to his autobiography ''[[The Long Hard Road Out of Hell]]''. | ||
| − | * According to [[Daisy Berkowitz]], the correct title for the track is "Bitchy Beginnings | + | * According to [[Daisy Berkowitz]], the correct title for the track is "[[Bitchy Beginnings of an Oversexed Twelve Year Old]]". |
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[[Category:Marilyn Manson & the Spooky Kids songs]] | [[Category:Marilyn Manson & the Spooky Kids songs]] | ||
Latest revision as of 11:10, 28 March 2024
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| Song by Marilyn Manson & the Spooky Kids | ||
| Album | The Beaver Meat Cleaver Beat | |
| Released | March 1990 | |
| Recorded | January–March 1990 | |
| Genre | Alternative metal | |
| Length | 4:49 | |
| Label | Beat Up Your Mom | |
| Writer | Marilyn Manson | |
| Producer | Frank Falestra | |
"The Telephone" is the seventh track on the 1990 release The Beaver Meat Cleaver Beat.
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Versions[edit]
- "The Telephone" — Appears on The Beaver Meat Cleaver Beat.
Lyrics[edit]
Another night of too much cough syrup.
I am awakened by the incessant ringing of the telephone.
I still have dreams caked in the corners of my eyes and
my mouth is dry and tastes shitty.
Again—the ringing. Slowly, I bustle out of bed.
The remnants of an erection still lingering in
my shorts like a bothersome guest.
Again the ringing. Carefully I abscond to the bathroom
so as to not display my manhood to others.
There I make the perfunctory morning faces,
which always seem to precede my daily contribution to
the once-blue toilet water that I always enjoy making green.
Again the ringing. I shake twice like most others,
as I am annoyed by the dribble that always seems to remain,
causing a small acreage of wetness on the front of my briefs.
I slowly, languidly, lazily, crazily stumble into the den where
my father smokes his guitars—I mean cigars—In his easy chair.
I know all about easy chairs. And then I sing a song for my friends:
"Jesus is my boyfriend
Jesus is my boyfriend
You can't have him
Because Jesus is my boyfriend"
Ringing, ringing. Dang it goddamn motherfucking son-of-a-bitch is ringing.
I walk into the kitchen and I stare blankly at that shrieking plastic bastard.
Since it keeps ringing I know it's her,
and since it keeps ringing she knows it's me.
We are the world, we are the children
We are the ones who make a darker day
So let's start killing
There's a choice you're making
We're sparing our own lives
It's true we'll make a darker day
Just you and me
Trivia[edit]
- The instrumental at the end of the song is titled "The Nighthawks".
- The song has been incorrectly referred to by such names as "Jesus Is My Boyfriend", and "Talk of One, Thought of None".
- "The Telephone" is one of Marilyn Manson's favorite poems, according to his autobiography The Long Hard Road Out of Hell.
- According to Daisy Berkowitz, the correct title for the track is "Bitchy Beginnings of an Oversexed Twelve Year Old".
