Editing Into the Fire

{{Song
| Name        = Into the Fire
| 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       = Piano rock, power ballad, alternative rock
| Length      = 5:14
| Label       = [[Interscope Records|Interscope]]
| Writer      = [[Marilyn Manson]]
| Composer    = [[Twiggy]], [[Chris Vrenna]]
| Producer    = Marilyn Manson, Chris Vrenna, Twiggy, [[Sean Beavan]]
}}
"'''Into the Fire'''" is the fourteenth track from [[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]]'s 2009 release ''[[The High End of Low]]''. Its title was revealed on April 16, 2009, in an update on the band's official website. Initially thought to be an optimistic track, it is actually one of Manson's most desperate, consisting of lyrics he wrote on the night of December 25, 2008 having [[Interview:2009/03/18 I Gave Myself 158 Scars in One Day (Kerrang! magazine)|cut himself 158 times]] with a razor blade for every unanswered call he placed to estranged girlfriend [[Evan Rachel Wood]]. After listening to the track throughout January 4, 2009, Manson decided it could not finish the album as originally intended and, according to his own account, left to record [[15]].

== Music details ==

{{cquote|"The record is really about the metaphor that exists in all great and historic literature: Lucifer falling from heaven, losing his wings, and wanting to fall in love with someone who is mortal. [It's about] the inability to find love, so you want to destroy everyone else's love. that's the story of my life. By the time I got to Into the Fire, I thought that was the last song on the record. It has a very epic musical ending with one of the greatest guitar solos in music. Twiggy blew me away; it made me cry. I thought this was the way the record has to end, this is the way my life is, at the edge of no real hope. I've become a total cold-hearted monster..." |source=—[[Marilyn Manson]] Interview with Revolver Magazine}}

Into The Fire's tone with heavy use of piano and strings finds many to believe this to have more than a slight resemblance to brit band Oasis. Reviewing for The Quietus, John Robb described the song as "Another dramatic neo-ballad" which "rolls in with piano and, gasp! an orchestra." He also cited it as "like Manson's 'Imagine' but it doesn't lull you into a false sense of security- there are still billowing clouds of gloom, and it all sounds as if it should be shoehorned into the next Tim Burton gothic horror masterpiece. There is something quite 70s about the song - possibly a hint of the great Mott the Hoople when Ian Hunter sung his ace weary ballads."<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> The song features a lengthy guitar solo at the end, quite unusual for a Marilyn Manson track. Manson noted that on track 14, this track, "Twiggy really shines as a guitarist."

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

== Versions ==
* "Into the Fire" <small>— Appears on ''The High End of Low''</small>
* "[[Into the Fire (Alternate Version)]]" <small>— Appears on the Japanese deluxe edition of ''The High End of Low'' and as a bonus track received with pre-orders of both the standard and deluxe digital albums</small>

== Lyrics ==
     This is the film
     close to the third act and the misery
     this isn't rain
     you rapist werewolves
     this is god pissing down on you
     Don't worry,
     you won't die alone
     I'll break off my own arms and
     sharpen my bones and
     stab you once for each time
     I thought of you,
     trying to take something
     you'll never be good enough
     to even look upon
     
     it's better to push something when it's slipping
     than to risk being dragged down
     
     If you want to hit bottom
     don't bother taking me with you
     and I won't answer if you call
     I'm two heartbeats ahead in hell
     trying to break your fall
     
     this isn't a mob,
     i won't need to change
     to change the names
     everyone around you has murdered
     someone's something sacred
     there isn't one nail without dirt under it
     there isn't any "white cotton panties"
     that aren't soaked and stained red
     
     it's better to push something when it's slipping
     than to risk being dragged down
     
     If you want to hit bottom
     
     and I won't answer if you call
     I'm two heartbeats ahead in hell
     trying to break your fall
     
     into the fire
     into the fire
     into the fire
     into the fire
     into the fire
     into the fire
     into the fire
     into the fire

== Trivia ==
* An excerpt from the lyrics of "Into the Fire" appears on the current homepage of [[MarilynManson.com]] ("that aren't soaked and stained red").
* This is the second song Manson wrote on Christmas day, the other being "[[If I Was Your Vampire]]" two years prior.
* Consistent with a biblically apocalyptic theme, similarly demonstrated in "[[Four Rusted Horses]]" and "[[Arma-goddamn-motherfuckin-geddon]]", the phrase "into the fire" is likely an allusion to the Great White Throne Judgment, found in Revelation 20:11-15 (particularly the last two verses).

== References ==
<references/>

[[Category:Marilyn Manson songs]]
[[Category:Marilyn Manson songs featuring guitar solos]]
[[Category:Songs from The High End of Low]]
[[Category:Never performed live]]
[[Category:The High End of Low era]]