Angel with the Scabbed Wings
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| Song by Marilyn Manson | ||
| Album | Antichrist Superstar | |
| Released | October 8, 1996 | |
| Recorded | 1996 at Nothing Studios in New Orleans, Louisiana | |
| Genre | Heavy metal, thrash metal, groove metal | |
| Length | 3:53 | |
| Label | Nothing, Interscope | |
| Writer | Marilyn Manson | |
| Composer | Marilyn Manson, Twiggy Ramirez, Madonna Wayne Gacy | |
| Producer | Trent Reznor, Dave Ogilvie, Marilyn Manson | |
| External links | Search ISRC Search at Musicstax |
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"Angel with the Scabbed Wings" is the tenth track on the 1996 release Antichrist Superstar. The song features a riff strikingly similar to the main theme of the Broadway Jesus Christ Superstar, of which Antichrist Superstar is a parody.
Appearances[edit]
Albums[edit]
Versions[edit]
- Angel with the Scabbed Wings — Appears on Antichrist Superstar.
- Angel with the Scabbed Wings (Live) — Appears on Dead to the World.
- Angel with the Scabbed Wings (Demo) — Appears on Antichrist Final Songs.
Demo Version[edit]
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Demo lyrics[edit]
he is the angel with the scabbed wings hard-drug face, want to powder his nose he will deflower the freshest crop dry up all the wombs with his rock and roll sores
rock and roll sores rock and roll sores
dead is what he is he does what he please the things that he has you'll never want to see what you're never gonna be now sketch a little keyhole for looking-glass people you don't want to be him you only want to see him mommy's got a scarecrow gotta let the corn grow man can't always reap what he sow
he is the maker he is the taker he is the saviour he is the raper
dead is what he is he does what he please the things that he has you'll never want to see what you're never gonna be now sketch a little keyhole for looking-glass people you don't want to be him you only want to see him mommy's got a scarecrow gotta let the corn grow man can't always reap what he sow
he is a she is a (?) you'll never want to see what you're never gonna be now
he is a (?) (?) you'll never want to see what you're never gonna be now
he is the maker he is the taker he is the saviour he is the raper
get back you're never gonna leave him get back you're always gonna please him get back you're never gonna leave him get back you're always gonna please him
he is the angel with the scabbed wings hard-drug face, want to powder his nose he will deflower the freshest crop dry up all the wombs with his rock and roll sores
greater than god greater than god greater than god greater than god
greater than god greater than god greater than god greater than god
get back you're never gonna leave him get back you're always gonna please him get back you're never gonna leave him get back you're always gonna please him
Lyrics[edit]
he is the angel with the scabbed wings hard-drug face, want to powder his nose he will deflower the freshest crop dry up all the wombs with his rock and roll sores dead is what he is, he does what he please the things that he has you'll never want to see what you're never gonna be now sketch a little keyhole for looking-glass people you don't want to see him you only want to be him mommy's got a scarecrow, gotta let the corn grow man can't always reap what he sow "he is the maker" (he is the taker) "he is the saviour" (he is the raper) dead is what he is, he does what he please the things that he has you'll never want to see what you're never gonna be now sketch a little keyhole for looking-glass people you don't want to see him you only want to be him mommy's got a scarecrow, gotta let the corn grow man can't always reap what he sow "he is the maker" (he is the taker) "he is the saviour" (he is the raper) get back you're never gonna leave him get back you're always gonna please him
Trivia[edit]
- The song takes a play Galantians 6: 7-9: "7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. 8 For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. 9 And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not."
- The song's mention of "looking-glass people" is likely a reference to the Lewis Carroll story Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There. Marilyn Manson later attempted to incorporate characters from this book, including Alice, Tweedledee and Tweedledum, into the film Phantasmagoria: The Visions of Lewis Carroll.
- It is one of the few songs to be written in and recorded using the Eb Standard guitar tuning.
- The song bears lyrical similarities, particularly the line "man can't always reap what he sow", to "Scapegoat", a track recorded originally during a rehearsal session sometime in late Autumn of 1993 and (for reasons unknown) shelved until the release of "The Spooky Kids' second remasters compilation".
