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− | * "Smells Like Children"<small>— Kinderfeld Demo of Antichrist Superstar.</small> | + | * "Smells Like Children"<small>— [[Kinderfeld]] Demo of Antichrist Superstar.</small> |
* "Smells Like Children" (Live)<small>—Widely bootlegged recordings from the [[Smells Like Children Tour]]. Was, for years, the only version of the song available</small> | * "Smells Like Children" (Live)<small>—Widely bootlegged recordings from the [[Smells Like Children Tour]]. Was, for years, the only version of the song available</small> | ||
Revision as of 21:57, 3 July 2012
- This article is about the song. For other uses, see Smells Like Children (album) and Smells Like Children (tour).
"Smells Like Children" | ||
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Song by Marilyn Manson | ||
Album | N/A | |
Released | Unreleased | |
Performed | 1995 | |
Genre | Alternative rock | |
Length | 4:29 | |
Writer | Marilyn Manson | |
Composer | Daisy Berkowitz |
"Smells Like Children" is an unreleased song that was initially recorded sometime during the Smells Like Children recording sessions and is considered to be a precursor to the song "Kinderfeld". While "Smells Like Children" is a hard industrial rock song in the vein of Portrait of an American Family and "Kinderfeld" is slow and atmospheric, they share the same basic structure played at different tempos. Also, several lines from "Smells Like Children" would eventually be reused in "Kinderfeld".
Although it shares its name with the Smells Like Children EP, "Smells Like Children" was not released on that album. It was, however, regularly performed live on the supporting tour.
Though live recordings of the song had been widely bootlegged for decades, a studio recording was not released until 2011, when Scott Putesky released it via the music website, SoundCloud.
Contents
Audio
"Smells Like Children (Demo)" | "Smells Like Children (Live)" |
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Versions
- "Smells Like Children"— Kinderfeld Demo of Antichrist Superstar.
- "Smells Like Children" (Live)—Widely bootlegged recordings from the Smells Like Children Tour. Was, for years, the only version of the song available
Lyrics
He lives inside my head, tells me what to say When he turns the trains on, and he makes it go away The hands are cracked and dirty, and the nails are beetle wings When he turns the trains on, he unties all of the strings Show me something beautiful, show me something free Show me something beautiful, I wish that I could be
Someone, someone Someone, someone
I wish that I could be
Someone, someone Someone, someone
I wish tomorrow would never ever come, come
Smells like children Smells like children
He lives inside my head, and tells me what to play The toys all smell like children, and the scab-knees will obey I'll have to kneel on broomsticks, just to make it go away If he turns the trains on there is nothing I can say Tell me something beautiful, tell me something free Tell me something beautiful, I wish that I could be
Someone, someone Someone, someone
I wish that I could be
Someone, someone Someone, someone
I wish tomorrow would never ever come, come
Smells like children Smells like children
Sometimes I'm feeling all those things The things I shouldn't say Sometimes I'm feeling all those things I wish that I'd never, never...
Someone, someone Someone, someone
I wish that I could be
Someone, someone Someone, someone
I wish tomorrow would never ever...
Someone, someone Someone, someone
I wish that I could be
Someone, someone Someone, someone
I wish tomorrow would never ever...
Smells like children
Trivia
- On most bootlegs this track is mislabeled as "Tell Me" and "Inside My Head".