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| Artist = [[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]] | | Artist = [[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]] | ||
| − | | Album = [[Eat Me, Drink Me]] | + | | Album = [[Eat Me, Drink Me (album)|Eat Me, Drink Me]] |
| Released = June 5, 2007 | | Released = June 5, 2007 | ||
| Recorded = October 31, 2006–February 26, 2007 in Beverly Hills and Hollywood, California | | Recorded = October 31, 2006–February 26, 2007 in Beverly Hills and Hollywood, California | ||
| − | | Genre = | + | | Genre = Alternative metal |
| Length = 4:55 | | Length = 4:55 | ||
| Label = [[Interscope Records|Interscope]] | | Label = [[Interscope Records|Interscope]] | ||
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| Producer = Marilyn Manson, Tim Skold | | Producer = Marilyn Manson, Tim Skold | ||
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| − | "'''Just a Car Crash Away'''" is the fifth track on the 2007 release ''[[Eat Me, Drink Me]]''. ''Rolling Stone'' describes it as "a bic-waving ballad, a death march punctuated by [[Tim Skold]]'s searing guitar solo." The song was inspired by the | + | "'''Just a Car Crash Away'''" is the fifth track on the 2007 release ''[[Eat Me, Drink Me (album)|Eat Me, Drink Me]]''. ''Rolling Stone'' describes it as "a bic-waving ballad, a death march punctuated by [[Tim Skold]]'s searing guitar solo." The song was inspired by the break-up with now ex-wife [[Dita Von Teese]]. In an interview with ''Revolver'' magazine, Manson said, "I compare love to fire, and how it consumes everything, and scars everything, and changes everything. A couple people I have played it for have cried, but I don't think it's sad, I just think it's terribly romantic, in a Bram Stoker sort of way". |
It was also the first song written for the album. | It was also the first song written for the album. | ||
| − | == Music details == | + | ==Music details== |
A subversive ballad with triturated guitars, Manson’s most emotional vocal performance of the album and perhaps most honest lyrics. Another Skold solo lifts the song to lighter-in-the-air territory until Manson belts out his final lines to end the track. | A subversive ballad with triturated guitars, Manson’s most emotional vocal performance of the album and perhaps most honest lyrics. Another Skold solo lifts the song to lighter-in-the-air territory until Manson belts out his final lines to end the track. | ||
| − | == Appearances == | + | ==Appearances== |
| − | === Albums === | + | ===Albums=== |
| − | * ''[[Eat Me, Drink Me]]'' | + | * ''[[Eat Me, Drink Me (album)|Eat Me, Drink Me]]'' |
| − | * ''[[Bonus Track and Instrumentals from the Album Eat Me, Drink Me]]'' | + | *''[[Bonus Track and Instrumentals from the Album Eat Me, Drink Me]]'' |
| − | == Versions == | + | ==Versions== |
| − | * Just a Car Crash Away <small> | + | * Just a Car Crash Away <small>— Appears on ''Eat Me, Drink Me''.</small> |
| − | * Just a Car Crash Away (Instrumental) <small> | + | * Just a Car Crash Away (Instrumental) <small>— Appears on ''Bonus Track and Instrumentals from the Album "Eat Me, Drink Me"''.</small> |
| − | == Lyrics == | + | ==Lyrics== |
| − | + | She blew me her death-kiss | |
| − | + | And the mouth-marks | |
| − | + | bled down my eye | |
| − | + | like her dying, | |
| − | + | on my windshield. | |
| − | + | I can already feel | |
| + | her worms | ||
| + | eating my spine. | ||
| + | So how can it be this lonely? | ||
| + | Is this all we get | ||
| + | for our lives? | ||
| + | Is love only sweeter when one | ||
| + | of us dies? | ||
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| + | Then I knew that our love was | ||
| + | just a car crash away. | ||
| + | I knew that our love was just a car crash away | ||
| + | I knew that our love was | ||
| + | just a car crash away. | ||
| + | I knew that our love was | ||
| + | just a car crash away. | ||
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| + | Love is a fire. | ||
| + | Burns down all that it sees. | ||
| + | Burns down everything. | ||
| + | Everything you think | ||
| + | will burn everything you say | ||
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| + | Love is a fire. | ||
| + | Burns down all that it sees. | ||
| + | Burns down everything. | ||
| + | Everything you think | ||
| + | will burn everything you say | ||
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| + | I knew that our love was | ||
| + | just a car crash away. | ||
| + | Knew that our love was | ||
| + | just a car crash away. | ||
| + | Just a car crash away. | ||
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| + | I knew that our love was | ||
| + | just a | ||
| + | car | ||
| + | crash | ||
| + | away. | ||
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| + | I knew that our love was | ||
| + | just a | ||
| + | car | ||
| + | crash | ||
| + | away. | ||
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| + | Love is a fire. | ||
| + | Burns down all that it sees. | ||
| + | Burns down everything. | ||
| + | Everything you think | ||
| + | will burn everything you say | ||
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| + | Love is a fire. | ||
| + | Burns down all that it sees. | ||
| + | Burns down everything. | ||
| + | Everything you think | ||
| + | will burn everything you say | ||
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