Editing Cupid Carries a Gun

{{Disambiguation|the song|the single|Cupid Carries a Gun (single)}}

{{Song
| Name        = Cupid Carries a Gun
| Cover       = ThePaleEmperor.jpg
| Artist      = [[Marilyn Manson]] and Tyler Bates
| Album       = [[The Pale Emperor]]
| Released    = April 20, 2014
| Recorded    = 2014
| Genre       = Blues rock, gothic rock
| Length      = 4:59
| Label       = 
| Writer      = Marilyn Manson and [[Tyler Bates]]
| Composer    = Marilyn Manson and Tyler Bates
| Producer    = 
}}


"'''Cupid Carries a Gun'''" is the ninth track on the 2015 release ''[[The Pale Emperor]]''. The song was recorded in collaboration with composer Tyler Bates for the opening titles of ''Salem'', marking Marilyn Manson's television scoring debut.<ref>[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/video-marilyn-manson-sings-opening-698730 ''hollywoodreporter.com'']</ref> "Cupid Carries a Gun" is the second song [[Marilyn Manson]] completed for a television series, following "[[Food Pyramid]]" in 2002, and the first to be featured on a studio album. The song was officially released as a digital single on January 7th, 2015.

== Versions ==
* "Cupid Carries a Gun" appears on ''The Pale Emperor''.

== Video ==
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| ycGClZhNRjw = Opening titles - WGN's ''Salem''
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== Lyrics ==

   
    Pound me the witch drums, witch drums
    Pound me the witch drums
    Pound me the witch drums, the witch drums
    Better pray for hell, not hallelujah
    
    I'm the curled up fists
    Dead and hardened spiders
    Like two mangled crowns
    On the white heads of the meanest coiled snakes
    Folks say that I
    Look like Death
    Lived in the hotel of my eyes
    Blinds wide open like a whore
    Paid in spit from that hearse between her thighs
    
    Keep your halos tight
    I'm your god or your guardian
    Keep your halo tight
    One hand on the trigger, the other hand in mine
    Because now
    Cupid carries a gun
    Now, now
    Cupid, Cupid carries a gun
    
    She had those crow-black eyes
    Starless, but she fucks like a comet
    Laid as still as a Bible
    And it felt like Revelations when I looked inside

== Personnel ==
* [[Marilyn Manson]] – vocals, producer
* [[Tyler Bates]] - producing
* [[Gil Sharone]] - drums

== Trivia ==
* "The song 'Cupid Carries a Gun' was the last track we just finished for my new album. The occult and witchcraft [are] so often used in cinema with a heinous disregard for even researching its origins. However, I liked the themes of Salem. It looks at the witch trials without being cliche like most modern films." - Marilyn Manson regarding WGN's ''Salem''.<ref>[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/video-marilyn-manson-sings-opening-698730 ''hollywoodreporter.com'']</ref>
* "Manson and I wrote a draft of 'Cupid Carries a Gun' shortly before I began working on the score for Salem. A couple weeks later I saw the title sequence and the song immediately came to mind. I showed it to Manson for fun more than anything, and it inspired us to finish the song that night. The next day I played it for '''Brannon Braga''' and he said that 'Cupid Carries a Gun' was the perfect tone and attitude for the show's main titles." - Tyler Bates regarding 'Cupid Carries a Gun' and ''Salem''.<ref>[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/video-marilyn-manson-sings-opening-698730 ''hollywoodreporter.com'']</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:The Pale Emperor era]]
[[Category:Marilyn Manson songs]]
[[Category:Songs from The Pale Emperor]]
[[Category:Marilyn Manson songs featuring guitar solos]]