Tourniquet (song)

"Tourniquet"

"Tourniquet" is the second single of the second album Antichrist Superstar. In the first few seconds of the song, backmasked vocals can be heard which are, "This is my most vulnerable moment". In The Long Hard Road out of Hell, Manson states that he had been under the influence of cocaine and was crying in the studio during the time when he recorded the aforementioned vocal.

Appearances

Albums

• Antichrist Superstar
• Lest We Forget (The Best Of)

Singles

• "Tourniquet" Pt. 1 and 2

Versions

• Tourniquet — Appears on Antichrist Superstar and Lest We Forget (The Best Of).
• The Tourniquet Prosthetic Dance Mix — Appears on the "Tourniquet" Pt. 1 single.
• The Tourniquet Prosthetic Dance Mix (Edit) — Appears on the "Tourniquet" Pt. 1 single, Remix & Repent, and the Deluxe Edition of Lest We Forget (The Best Of).

Music video

Manson observing his creation

The video is mostly concentrated around an odd humanoid, suggested by the lyrics to be a creation of Manson's, set up on wheels to move. He feeds the creature insects with the help of a another midget like creature. The band is seen in a large variety of grotesque costumes as they perform the song.

Track listing

Australia

1. "Tourniquet" – 4:29
2. "The Tourniquet Prosthetic Dance Mix" – 7:24
3. "The Horrible People" – 5:12

UK, Pt. 1/Germany

1. "Tourniquet" – 4:29
2. "The Tourniquet Prosthetic Dance Mix" (Edit) – 4:09
3. "The Tourniquet Prosthetic Dance Mix" – 7:24

UK, Pt. 2

1. "Tourniquet" – 4:29
2. "Lunchbox" – 7:24
3. "Next Motherfucker" – 5:12

Picture Disc

1. "Tourniquet" – 4:29
2. "The Tourniquet Prosthetic Dance Mix" – 7:24

Promotional, United States

1. "Tourniquet" – 4:29

Promotional, UK

1. "The Tourniquet Prosthetic Dance Mix" – 7:24
2. "The Tourniquet Prosthetic Dance Mix" (Edit) – 4:09

Lyrics

    she's made of hair and bone and little teeth
    and things I cannot speak
    she comes on like a crippled plaything
    spine is just a string
    I wrapped our love in all this foil
    silver-tight like spider legs
    I never wanted it to ever spoil
    but flies will always lay their eggs
    Take your hatred out on me
    make your victim my head
    you never ever believed in me
    I am your tourniquet
    prosthetic synthesis with butterfly
    sealed up with virgin stitch
    if it hurts just tell me
    preserve the innocence
    I never wanted it to end this way,
    but flies will lay their eggs

Trivia

• Like many Marilyn Manson songs from the first three albums, the lyrics to this song were previously a poem Manson had wrote prior to the formation of the band.