Wight Spider
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| Song by Marilyn Manson | ||
| Album | The High End of Low | |
| Released | May 20, 2009 | |
| Recorded | March 2008–January 2009 in Los Angeles and Hollywood, California | |
| Length | 5:32 | |
| Label | Interscope | |
| Writer | Marilyn Manson | |
| Composer | Marilyn Manson, Twiggy, Chris Vrenna | |
| Producer | Marilyn Manson, Chris Vrenna, Twiggy, Sean Beavan | |
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"Wight Spider" is the tenth track from the 2009 release The High End of Low. Its title was revealed on April 7, 2009, in a blog which described both it and eight other songs from the album.[1]
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[edit] Music details
A blog by Metal Hammer describes "Wight Spider" as having "Massive chords replete with omonious semi-tones. This may not be groundbreaking stuff for the band, but it is what they do best. Spooky black-glam vocal delivery and taunting bullying choruses with falsetto layers that dance round you like a black mass meets the hokey-cokey. Lyrically, the themes fit, with accusations of "possession" and an aggressive recurring "you". Again there are melodic similarities to material from Holywood, but not so much as to be embarrassing. The pop-structures of previous tracks from the album are gone and what he learned from Trent Reznor is back – whether conscious or not: the track builds and builds without changing direction. Again the slower tempo brings the album average down, and you might find yourself wanting something a bit quicker to plug-in the aggression – the kind that has you pounding your steering wheel and you pass a born again Christian who's been blocking you since the service station on the motorway. Or something."[1]
In his review for The Quietus, John Robb explains that the song "drives along with a bass line that sounds like it was borrowed from everyone's favourite uber-Viking Peter Hook- that kind of snaking, one fingered, minor key thing."[2]
[edit] Appearances
[edit] Albums
[edit] Versions
- "Wight Spider" — Appears on The High End of Low
- "Wight Spider (Alternate Version)" — Appears on the deluxe edition of The High End of Low
[edit] Lyrics
I'll build you a shiny dollhouse or church
for you to shrink
into a tiny wight spider
and gorge on horrid memories
with conceited wings
smother the past in a cocoon
or me
and i'll help you move
all the bodies
oh oh
i'll possess you but i don't
need you
to be another one
of my possessions
i don't need you to be my possession
and i won't make you kneel
for anyone
but me
i won't promise a star
don't promise your soul
we'll say that we don't believe
i'll keep you wet
when the world is dry
I can see them coming
I'll take you back inside
if they came for answers i'll
wrap my claws round your mouth tight
we'll consume each other
until there's nothing left to hide
and they can all drown in our blood
i'll possess you but i don't
need you
to be another one
of my possessions
i don't need you to be my possession
and I won't make you kneel
for anyone
but me
i won't promise a star
don't promise your soul
we'll say that we don't believe
and I won't make you kneel
for anyone
but me
i won't promise a star
don't promise your soul
we'll say that we don't believe
we can't haunt this home
home anymore
no no no no nowe can't haunt this home
home anymore
no no no no nowe can't haunt this home
home anymore
no no no no nowe can't haunt this home
home anymore
no no no no nowe can't haunt this home
home anymore
no no no no nowe can't haunt this home
home anymore
no no no no no
[edit] References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Marilyn Manson 'High End Of Low' Album Track-By-Track. Metal Hammer. April 7, 2009.
- ↑ Marilyn Manson's High End Of Low Reviewed Track-By-Track. John Robb. The Quietus. May 12, 2009
