Editing Tourniquet (song)

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{{Song
| Name        = Tourniquet
| Cover       = AntichristSuperstar.png
| Artist      = [[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]]
| Album       = [[Antichrist Superstar]]
| Released    = October 8, 1996
| Recorded    = 1996 at Nothing Studios in New Orleans, Louisiana
| Genre       = Alternative metal, gothic rock
| Length      = 4:29
| Label       = [[Nothing]], [[Interscope Records|Interscope]]
| Writer      = [[Marilyn Manson]]
| Composer    = [[Twiggy Ramirez]], [[Daisy Berkowitz]]
| Producer    = [[Trent Reznor]], Dave Ogilvie, Marilyn Manson
}}
"'''Tourniquet'''" is the second single and fourth track of the second album ''[[Antichrist Superstar]]''. In the first few seconds of the song, backmasked vocals can be heard, which are: "This is my lowest point of vulnerability".

== Appearances ==
=== Albums ===
* ''[[Antichrist Superstar]]''
* ''[[Lest We Forget – The Best Of]]''

=== Singles ===
* ''[[Tourniquet (single)|Tourniquet]]''

== Versions ==
* Tourniquet <small>— Appears on ''[[Antichrist Superstar]]'' and ''Lest We Forget – The Best Of''.</small>
* [[The Tourniquet Prosthetic Dance Mix]] <small>— Appears on the "Tourniquet" single and [[The Nobodies: 2005 Against All Gods Mix]].</small>
* [[The Tourniquet Prosthetic Dance Mix (Edit)]] <small>— Appears on the "Tourniquet" Pt. 1 single, ''[[Remix & Repent]]'', and the Deluxe Edition of ''Lest We Forget – The Best Of''.</small>
* Tourniquet (Edit)<small>— Appears on ''[[Lest We Forget – The Best Of]]''.</small>
* Tourniquet (Demo)<small>— Released by Scott Putesky through his Soundcloud page in 2011 and appears on ''[[Antichrist Final Songs]]''.</small>

== Demo Version ==
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== Music video ==
[[File:TourniquetScreenshot.jpg|thumbnail|right|200px|Manson observing his creation.]]

The [http://youtube.com/watch?v=VEYY-Wl_VMk video] for "Tourniquet" features an array of grotesque imagery within a dark and surreal environment. It is mostly concentrated around an odd humanoid, suggested by the lyrics to be a creation of Manson's, propped up on wheels to move. He tends to his creation with the assistance of another child-like creature throughout the video.

=== Behind the scenes ===
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== Lyrics ==
   she's made of hair and bone and little teeth
   and things I cannot speak
   she comes on like a crippled plaything
   spine is just a string
   I wrapped our love in all this foil
   silver-tight like spider legs
   I never wanted it to ever spoil
   but flies will lay their eggs
   Take your hatred out on me
   make your victim my head
   you never ever believed in me
   I am your tourniquet
   prosthetic synthesis with butterfly
   sealed up with virgin stitch
   if it hurts just tell me
   preserve the innocence
   I never wanted it to end like this,
   but flies will lay their eggs

== Trivia ==
* Like many Marilyn Manson songs from the first three albums, the lyrics to this song were previously a poem [[Marilyn Manson|Manson]] had written prior to the formation of the band.
* "Tourniquet", along with "[[Coma White]]" and "[[Get Your Gunn]]", was made available to download as a playable track on ''Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock'' on February 8, 2011 as part of the February Megapack.

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[[Category:Antichrist Superstar era]]
[[Category:Marilyn Manson songs]]
[[Category:Songs from Antichrist Superstar]]
[[Category:Songs from Lest We Forget (The Best Of)]]
[[Category:Marilyn Manson songs with music videos]]