Editing Four Rusted Horses

{{Song
| Name        = Four Rusted Horses
| Cover       = The-High-End-of-Low.jpg
| Artist      = [[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]]
| Album       = [[The High End of Low]]
| Released    = May 20, 2009
| Recorded    = March 2008–January 2009 in Los Angeles and Hollywood, California
| Genre       = Country rock, alternative rock
| Length      = 5:00
| Label       = [[Interscope Records|Interscope]]
| Writer      = [[Marilyn Manson]]
| Composer    = [[Twiggy]], [[Chris Vrenna]]
| Producer    = Marilyn Manson, Chris Vrenna, Twiggy, [[Sean Beavan]]
}}
"'''Four Rusted Horses'''" is the fourth track from [[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]]'s 2009 release ''[[The High End of Low]]''. Its title was revealed on March 10, 2009, in a MySpace blog entry by producer [[Sean Beavan]].

== Music details ==
"Four Rusted Horses" contains a riff originally written by [[Twiggy]] in 2007, for the [[Goon Moon]] song "SomewheretoHide".

A blog by ''Metal Hammer'' describes "Four Rusted Horses" as "Sounding like Seasick Steve, the track opens with an Americana-inspired acoustic guitar and foot-stomp. [[Marilyn Manson|Manson]]'s voice soon joins the ensemble – along with synth strings – reminiscent of '[[Coma White]]'. The track keeps you anticipating a massive chorus as the chorus bridge teases you with what we all love – huge searing soaring Manson screams and ma-hoo-sive guitars. The track builds from the bottom up, with layers being added and added, only to be stripped down again. Fucking, tease. Manson has always been good at autobiographical catharsis by spinning an extended metaphor (dare we say 'concept') It's less clear here what that might be, but the lyrics "Everyone will come to my funeral to make sure I'm dead" hint at a faux-persecution complex (though Manson's history of complex narrative, allegory and irony it'll be nearly impossible to tell until he tells us). Sadly the massive money-shot climax never happens and the track just fades into amp feedback and disappears. Sonically this is another step forward for Manson, but musically the song lacks the peaks we crave."<ref>[http://www.metalhammer.co.uk/uncategorized/marilyn-manson-high-end-of-low-album-track-by-track/ Marilyn Manson 'High End Of Low' Album Track-By-Track]. ''Metal Hammer''. April 7, 2009.</ref> Reviewing for The Quietus, John Robb highlighted the song's "stripped down bluesy" acoustics, "pounding back beat" and "gutter poetry." Robb urged that "This is the one for the mobile phones to flicker in the night air," and went on to explain how the song reminded him of material from The Doors.<ref>[http://thequietus.com/articles/01639-marilyn-manson-high-end-of-low-album-review Marilyn Manson's High End Of Low Reviewed Track-By-Track]. John Robb. The Quietus. May 12, 2009</ref>

In his review for Allmusic, Phil Freeman, who was unsatisfied by the album, criticized the song's lyrics "Everyone will come to my funeral to make sure that I stay dead" for feeling "like [Manson]'s trying to convince himself as much as the audience."<ref>[http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:wcfoxzy0ldde The High End of Low]. Phil Freeman. Allmusic. May 16, 2009.</ref>

== Appearances ==
=== Albums ===
* ''[[The High End of Low]]''

== Versions ==
* "Four Rusted Horses" <small>— Appears on ''The High End of Low''</small>
* "[[Four Rusted Horses (Opening Titles Version)]]" <small>— Appears on the "[[We're from America]]" single and the deluxe edition of ''The High End of Low''</small>

== Lyrics ==
     Who'll ride this dying carousel?
     four rusting horses strangled by their own rope.
     What children love a singing wheel,
     now that their tight hearts it broke.
     
     everyone will come
     everyone will come to my funeral to make sure that i stay dead
     everyone will come
     everyone will come to my funeral to make sure that i stay dead
     dead
     
     i can see the coffin shining through my tinted window
     I must have missed the signs that said it was a fire sale
     i can see the coffin shining through my tinted window
     I must have missed the signs that said it was a fire sale
     
     everyone will come
     everyone will come to my funeral to make sure that i stay dead
     everyone will come
     everyone will come to my funeral to make sure that i stay dead
     dead
     
     you can't take this from me
     forbidden in heaven
     and useless in hell
     you can't take this from me
     forbidden in heaven
     and useless in hell
     
     useless in hell
     
     I can see my coffin shining through my tinted window
     must have missed the signs that said it was a fire sale
     I can see my coffin shining through my tinted window
     must have missed the signs that said it was a fire sale
     
     everyone will come
     everyone will come to my funeral to make sure that i stay dead
     everyone will come
     everyone will come to my funeral to make sure that i stay dead
     dead
     
     you can't take this from me
     forbidden in heaven
     and useless in hell
     you can't take this from me
     forbidden in heaven
     and useless in hell
     
     useless in hell
     
     Who'll ride this dying carousel?
     four rusted horses strangled by their own rope.
     What children love a singing wheel,
     now that their tight hearts it broke?
     now that their tight hearts it broke.

=== SomewheretoHide lyrics ===

    They say that you never get in
    And they say that you hate where you've been
    And they say that there's something to hide
    There's a little person growing inside

    And when you're alone in your bedroom
    Thinking of where to go
    I'll let you know that you're already there

    Sing your vanilla phone wire?
    And you're never the reason to ask why
    And you say that you're silent at times
    And you wonder when or how you'll get by

    And when you're alone in your bedroom
    Thinking of where to go
    I'll let you know that you're already there

    Anyday now
    Anyday now
    Anyday now
    Anyday

    ... slithered inside
    And you see that there's nothing for you to hide
    And you wonder oh where have you gone
    All the love that's been lost in your lifetime alone

    And when you're alone in your bedroom
    Thinking of where to go
    I'll let you know that you're already there

    Anyday now
    Anyday now
    Anyday now
    We'll make it in time

    There's a hole inside my heart, wow

== Trivia ==
* The main riff was recycled from a youtube video uploaded by [[Twiggy]] for the [[Goon Moon]] song "somewheretohide".
* The song contains a reference to a tinted window. Tinted Windows is the name of a supergroup joined by James Iha, who was rumored to be involved with Marilyn Manson early in the process of what would become ''The High End of Low''. This is, however, highly unlikely as the group also included members of Hanson, Cheap Trick, and Fountains of Wayne.
* The song has recently been used in the TV ad for the video game ''F.E.A.R. 3'' (stylized as ''F.3.A.R.'').
* The phrase "four rusting horses" is likely a reference to the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse found in Revelation 6:1-8 and similarly in Zechariah 6:1-8.

== References ==
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[[Category:Marilyn Manson songs]]
[[Category:Songs from The High End of Low]]
[[Category:The High End of Low era]]