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:''This article is about the song. For other uses, see [[Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death)]] and [[Holy Wood (novel)]].''
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{{Disambiguation|the song|the album|Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death)|the novel|Holy Wood (novel)}}
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{{Song
 
{{Song
 
| Name        = In the Shadow of the Valley of Death
 
| Name        = In the Shadow of the Valley of Death
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| Released    = November 13, 2000
 
| Released    = November 13, 2000
 
| Recorded    = 1999–2000 at the Mansion in Death Valley, California
 
| Recorded    = 1999–2000 at the Mansion in Death Valley, California
| Genre      = Alternative metal
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| Genre      = Alternative rock, experimental rock, art rock
 
| Length      = 4:09
 
| Length      = 4:09
| Label      = [[Nothing Records|Nothing]], [[Interscope Records|Interscope]]
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| Label      = [[Nothing]], [[Interscope Records|Interscope]]
 
| Writer      = [[Marilyn Manson]]
 
| Writer      = [[Marilyn Manson]]
 
| Composer    = [[Twiggy Ramirez]], [[John 5]]
 
| Composer    = [[Twiggy Ramirez]], [[John 5]]
 
| Producer    = Marilyn Manson, Dave Sardy
 
| Producer    = Marilyn Manson, Dave Sardy
 
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"'''In the Shadow of the Valley of Death'''" is the seventh track on the 2000 release ''[[Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death)]]''. The song is characterized by the presence of acoustic guitars that are quite similar to many of the ballads found on ''[[Mechanical Animals (album)|Mechanical Animals]]''.
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"'''In the Shadow of the Valley of Death'''" is the seventh track on the 2000 release ''[[Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death)]]''. The song is characterized by the presence of acoustic guitars that are quite similar to many of the ballads found on ''[[Mechanical Animals]]''.
  
==Analysis==
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== Appearances ==
Babies squall in misery and the guitar strums softly and sadly. "Heaven wasn't made for me." Black this shadow, black indeed, the depths of self-doubt and dark despair, the feeling that all our brave and shiny commerce is just maggots dealing in shit. "sometimes I feel so worthless...sometimes I feel discarded...I wish that I was good enough," mourns Manson. And in the midst of the song's death litany - death is authority, death is the media, "death is our God" (the only capital-G God on the record) comes the strange pronouncement, "death is the Tarot." What does this mean? The album features interpretations of ten of the 22 trumps of the Major Arcana-offer a story of spiritual journey through magickal study culminating in submission to the divine will, self-immolation, in order to gain true wisdom. The purest sacrifice has always been the one that went consenting to death: the offering of oneself on the altar or the cross, as Odin and Jesus and Manson all know, has tremendous power.
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=== Albums ===
 
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==Appearances==
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===Albums===
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* ''[[Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death)]]''
 
* ''[[Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death)]]''
  
==Versions==
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== Versions ==
* In the Shadow of the Valley of Death <small>&mdash; Appears on ''Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death)''.</small>
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* In the Shadow of the Valley of Death <small>Appears on ''Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death)''.</small>
 
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==Bootlegs==
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2/06/2001 - Bologna, Italy/Palamalaguti<br>
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2/10/2001 - Vienna, Austria/Libro Music Hall<br>
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2/19/2001 - Stockholm, Sweden/Johanneshovs Isstadion<br>
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2/21/2001 - Helsinki, Finland/Ice Hall<br>
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2/24/2001 - Moscow, Russia/Olympisky Arena<br>
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3/11/2001 - Tokyo, Japan/Tokyo International Forum<br>
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3/13/2001 - Osaka, Japan/Castle Hall<br>
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3/15/2001 - Fukuoka, Japan/Fukuoka Sun Palace<br>
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3/17/2001 - Hiroshima, Japan/Hiroshima Sun Plaza<br>
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3/19/2001 - Tokyo, Japan/Tokyo Bay NK Hall<br>
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3/20/2001 - Tokyo, Japan/Tokyo Bay NK Hall<br>
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3/22/2001 - Nagoya, Japan/Nagoya Century<br>
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==Lyrics==
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== Lyrics ==
 
     We have no future
 
     We have no future
 
     heaven wasn't made for me
 
     heaven wasn't made for me
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     and I'm just the ashes
 
     and I'm just the ashes
  
[[Category:Marilyn Manson Songs]]
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[[Category:Marilyn Manson songs]]
 
[[Category:Songs from Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death)]]
 
[[Category:Songs from Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death)]]
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[[Category:Holy Wood era]]

Latest revision as of 09:31, 6 February 2024

This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. This article is about the song
"In the Shadow of the Valley of Death"
In the Shadow of the Valley of Death cover
Song by Marilyn Manson
Album Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death)
Released November 13, 2000
Recorded 1999–2000 at the Mansion in Death Valley, California
Genre Alternative rock, experimental rock, art rock
Length 4:09
Label Nothing, Interscope
Writer Marilyn Manson
Composer Twiggy Ramirez, John 5
Producer Marilyn Manson, Dave Sardy

"In the Shadow of the Valley of Death" is the seventh track on the 2000 release Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death). The song is characterized by the presence of acoustic guitars that are quite similar to many of the ballads found on Mechanical Animals.

Appearances[edit]

Albums[edit]

Versions[edit]

  • In the Shadow of the Valley of Death — Appears on Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death).

Lyrics[edit]

    We have no future
    heaven wasn't made for me
    we burn ourselves to hell
    as fast as it can be
    and I wish that I could be the king
    then I'd know that I am not alone
    
    Maggots put on shirts
    sell each other shit
    sometimes I feel so worthless
    sometimes I feel discarded
    I wish that I was good enough
    then I'd know that I am not alone
    
    Death is policeman
    Death is the priest
    Death is the stereo
    Death is a TV
    Death is the Tarot
    Death is an angel and
    Death is our God
    killing us all
    
    she put the seeds in me
    plant this dying tree
    she's a burning string
    and I'm just the ashes