Tourniquet (song)

This article is about the song. For the single see Tourniquet (single).

"Tourniquet"
Song by Marilyn Manson
Album	Antichrist Superstar
Released	October 8, 1996
Recorded	1996 at Nothing Studios in New Orleans, Louisiana
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	4:29
Label	Nothing, Interscope
Writer	Marilyn Manson
Composer	Twiggy Ramirez, Daisy Berkowitz
Producer	Trent Reznor, Dave Ogilvie, Marilyn Manson

"Tourniquet" is the second single 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". In the book The Long Hard Road Out of Hell, Manson states that he had been under the influence of cocaine and was crying in the studio during the time that he recorded the aforementioned vocal.

Appearances

Albums

• Antichrist Superstar
• Lest We Forget (The Best of)

Singles

• Tourniquet

Versions

• Tourniquet — Appears on Antichrist Superstar and Lest We Forget (The Best of).
• The Tourniquet Prosthetic Dance Mix — Appears on the "Tourniquet" single and The Nobodies: 2005 Against All Gods Mix.
• The Tourniquet Prosthetic Dance Mix (Edit) — Appears on the "Tourniquet" Pt. 1 single, Remix & Repent, and the Deluxe Edition of Lest We Forget (The Best of).

Music video

Manson observing his creation.

The 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.

Lyrics

    She's made of hair and bone and little teeth,
    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
    
    Chorus:
    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 baby please tell me,
    Preserve the innocence
         
    I never wanted it to end like this,
    But flies will lay their eggs (Mmm, Mmm, Mmm)
    
    Chorus
    
    What I wanted,
    What I needed,
    What I got for me...x2
    
    Mmm, Mmm, Mmm, Mmm, Mmm, Mmm, Mmm
    
    Chorus
    
    Take it out, take it out
    Your not fighting me,
    I don't believe me!
    I never ever believed in me,
    I am your tourniquet

Trivia

• Like many Marilyn Manson songs from the first three albums, the lyrics to this song were previously a poem Manson had wrote prior to the formation of the band.