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| Genre = Alternative metal | | Genre = Alternative metal | ||
| Length = 3:16 | | Length = 3:16 | ||
− | | Label = [[Nothing]], [[Interscope Records|Interscope]] | + | | Label = [[Nothing Records|Nothing]], [[Interscope Records|Interscope]] |
| Writer = [[Marilyn Manson]] | | Writer = [[Marilyn Manson]] | ||
| Composer = [[Twiggy Ramirez]], [[John 5]] | | Composer = [[Twiggy Ramirez]], [[John 5]] | ||
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"'''The Love Song'''" is the second track on the 2000 release ''[[Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death)]]''. The song was inspired by society's common obsession with fire arms, the harmful values of conservative Middle America, and what [[Marilyn Manson|Manson]] believes are its 3 core preoccupations: Guns, God and the Government, metaphors the father as the arm, the mother as the gun, and the children as the bullet. | "'''The Love Song'''" is the second track on the 2000 release ''[[Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death)]]''. The song was inspired by society's common obsession with fire arms, the harmful values of conservative Middle America, and what [[Marilyn Manson|Manson]] believes are its 3 core preoccupations: Guns, God and the Government, metaphors the father as the arm, the mother as the gun, and the children as the bullet. | ||
− | == | + | ==Analysis== |
− | + | "do you love your guns, god, government? FUCK YEAH!" --That's the love song that's killing us. "Got a crush on a pretty pistol". Mom and Dad may tell us not to get involved with it, but the promise and seduction of the gun who "tells me that I'm a pretty bullet" - useless, of course, without a gun - and "gonna be a star someday" - is too strong to resist. The allure of weapons for the powerless. | |
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− | === | + | ==Appearances== |
− | * ''[[The | + | ===Albums=== |
+ | * ''[[Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death)]]'' | ||
+ | * ''[[Lest We Forget (The Best of)]]'' | ||
− | == Versions == | + | ==Versions== |
− | * The Love Song <small> | + | * The Love Song <small>— Appears on ''Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death)'' and ''Lest We Forget (The Best of)''.</small> |
− | * [[The Love Song (Bon Harris Remix)]] <small> | + | * [[The Love Song (Bon Harris Remix)]] <small>— Appears on the "[[The Fight Song]]" Pt. 1 and 2 single.</small> |
− | * The Love Song (Live) <small> | + | * The Love Song (Live) <small>— Appears on the ''[[Guns, God and Government World Tour]]'' DVD.</small> |
− | * The Love Song (Live) <small> | + | * The Love Song (Live) <small>— Appears on the ''Ozzfest 2001: Second Millennium'' CD.</small> |
− | == Lyrics == | + | ==Lyrics== |
− | + | The bullet: | |
− | + | "I've got a crush on a pretty pistol | |
− | + | should I tell her that I feel this way? | |
− | + | Father told us to be faithful | |
− | + | I've got a crush on a pretty pistol | |
− | + | should I tell her that I feel this way | |
− | + | I've got love songs in my head | |
− | + | that are killing us away" | |
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− | + | The Father:"do you love your guns?" | |
− | + | (yeah) | |
− | + | "god?" | |
− | + | (yeah) | |
− | + | "the government?" | |
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− | + | "do you love your guns?" | |
− | + | (yeah) | |
− | + | "god?" | |
− | + | (yeah) | |
− | + | "the government?" | |
− | + | (fuck yeah) | |
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− | + | The bullet: | |
− | + | "She tells me I'm a pretty bullet | |
− | + | I'm gonna be a star someday | |
− | + | Mother says that we should look away | |
− | + | She tells me I'm a pretty bullet | |
− | + | an Imitation Christ | |
− | + | I've got love songs in my head | |
− | + | that are killing us away" | |
− | + | The Father: | |
− | + | "do you love your guns?" | |
− | + | (yeah) | |
− | + | "god?" | |
− | + | (yeah) | |
− | + | "the government?" | |
− | + | (fuck yeah) | |
− | + | [[Category:Marilyn Manson Songs]] | |
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[[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)]] | ||
[[Category:Songs from Lest We Forget (The Best Of)]] | [[Category:Songs from Lest We Forget (The Best Of)]] | ||
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