Editing Leave a Scar

{{Song
| Name        = Leave a Scar
| 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       = Alternative rock, hard rock
| Length      = 3:54
| Label       = [[Interscope Records|Interscope]]
| Writer      = [[Marilyn Manson]]
| Composer    = [[Twiggy]], [[Chris Vrenna]]
| Producer    = Marilyn Manson, Chris Vrenna, Twiggy, [[Sean Beavan]]
}}
"'''Leave a Scar'''" is the third track from [[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]]'s 2009 release ''[[The High End of Low]]''. Its title was revealed on April 7, 2009, in a blog which described both it and eight other songs from the album.<ref name="Metal Hammer 04/07/09">[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> Manson told France's Elegy magazine it was written on, "about and for [[Evan Rachel Wood|Evan]] on the day we broke up. Maybe some of the things I say in the song are cruel, but it is how I felt at the time."

== Music details ==
A blog by ''Metal Hammer'' describes "Leave a Scar" as "[bursting] open with drums, bass and a swaggering guitar riff with an additional high guitar lick that all subsides before you can grab onto it, as the vocals kick in. The track's mid-tempo 4/4 beats are slow dancefloor fodder and the pleading chorus "whatever doesn't kill you, is gonna leave a scar" are anthemic Manson par excellence. The grating twanging insistent guitar riff comes back with the twinkling and distorted guitar loop that again yield to Manson's vocals. His tone here in the verse is less emotional, but the short middle eight has his signature split harmonies using falsetto and harmony to eerie and evocative effect."<ref name="Metal Hammer 04/07/09"/> The Quietus' John Robb cited that "This one could be the single but I imagine those cowards at er, 'alternative' radio backing off from the heart of darkness that Manson occupies- their boundaries are defined by Coldplay and not stadium acts like Manson."<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 "If you touch me I'll be smeared/You'll be stained for the rest of your life" 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 ==
* "Leave a Scar" <small>— Appears on ''[[The High End of Low]]''</small>
* "[[Leave a Scar (Alternate Version)]]" <small>— Appears on the deluxe edition of ''The High End of Low''</small>
* "maybeharmfulifswallowed" <small>— Early mix; appears on ''[[The Unruly Demos]]''.</small>

== Lyrics ==
     It's not like I made myself a list
     of new and different ways,
     to murder your heart.
     i'm just a painting that's still wet,
     if you touch me I'll be smeared,
     you'll be stained,
     stained for the rest of your life.
     
     so turn around and walk away
     before we confuse the way, we abuse each other
     if you're not afraid of getting hurt
     then I am not afraid of how much I hurt you
     
     i'm well aware I'm a danger to myself.
     are you aware I'm a danger to others?
     
     there's a crack in my soul that you thought was a smile.
     
     what ever doesn't kill you is gonna leave a scar
     what ever doesn't kill you is gonna leave a scar
     
     i'm more like a silver bullet,
     than I'm like a gun,
     I'm not easy to hold.
     I'm moving fast and if i stay inside your heart,
     I'm certain that this will be the end of your life
     
     so turn around and walk away
     before we confuse the way, we abuse each other
     if your not afraid of getting hurt
     then I am not afraid of how much I hurt you
     
     i'm well aware I'm a danger to to myself
     are you aware I'm a danger to others?
     
     there's a crack in my soul, you thought was a smile
     
     whatever doesn't kill you is gonna leave a scar
     whatever doesn't kill you is gonna leave a scar
     leave a scar, leave a scar, leave a scar
     what ever doesn't kill you is gonna leave a scar
     
     I should warn you that you may fuck me
     but the chances are, I'm gonna fuck you over
     
     whatever doesn't kill you is gonna leave a scar
     whatever doesn't kill you is gonna leave a scar
     leave a scar, leave a scar, leave a scar
     what ever doesn't kill you is gonna leave a scar

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