Editing Compass and the Ruler

{{Song
| Name        = Compass and the Ruler
| Cover       = HolyWoodDemos.PNG
| Artist      = [[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]]
| Album       = 
| Released    = 
| Recorded    = 1999–2000 at the Mansion in Death Valley, California
| Genre       = Alternative metal
| Length      = 
| Label       = 
| Writer      = [[Marilyn Manson]]
| Composer    = 
| Producer    = Marilyn Manson, Dave Sardy
}}

"'''Compass and the Ruler'''" is a demo intended for Marilyn Manson's aborted soundtrack to the film ''From Hell'', recorded around the same time as the album ''[[Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death)]]''. A portion of the song was released in a low-quality fifty-second recording in a podcast, placed back to back with another demo titled "[[Jack Eats Dinner]]". Along with these demos was released a low-quality one-minute recording of a cover of Wes Montgomery's "[[Little Child]]", and a fourth song in high-quality, a cover of Charles Manson's "[[Sick City]]". "Compass and the Ruler" takes up the remaining 31 seconds of the podcast file, also containing "Jack Eats Dinner".

== Versions ==

* "[[Jack Eats Dinner]]"/"Compass and the Ruler"

== Audio ==
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| 67ubj85uPm4 = The song begin at 00:20 after the song is "[[Jack Eats Dinner]]"
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== Lyrics ==

The lyrics below are not complete in the sense that the song does continue, by implication. The only publicly known clip of the song in existence runs for thirty-one seconds (0:31), and so the lyrics below reflect what is heard in the released clip.

     I know it's complicated 
    My heart keeps breaking and I keep taking it
    I know my life is fading
    I sit here shaking, 
    I can't deal with this
    I can't see you for fear of addiction
    And now it's so sad that I caught this affliction...

== See also ==

* [[List of unreleased Marilyn Manson projects]]

[[Category:Holy Wood era]]
[[Category:Marilyn Manson songs]]
[[Category:Unreleased works]]