I.V.-T.V.

"I.V.-T.V."
Song by Marilyn Manson & the Spooky Kids
Album	The Beaver Meat Cleaver Beat
Released	March 1990
Recorded	January–March 1990
Genre	Alternative metal
Length	4:15
Label	Beat Up Your Mom
Writer	Marilyn Manson
Producer	Frank Falestra
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"I.V.-T.V." is the eighth track on the 1990 release The Beaver Meat Cleaver Beat. The lines "Drove the children from their chores,/Handcrafted housewives into whores" were also used in "Wrapped in Plastic".

Appearances

Cassettes

• The Beaver Meat Cleaver Beat

Albums

• The Spooky Kids' second remasters compilation

 

 

Versions

• "I.V.-T.V." — Appears on The Beaver Meat Cleaver Beat.
• "IV-TV" (Remastered Mix) — Appears on Marilyn Manson & the Spooky Kids second studio album.

Lyrics

    black sun came changed our name
    made our lives this simple stain
    drove the children from their chores
    handcrafted housewives into whores

    society snake it ate our brains
    injected poison in our veins
    t.v. minds hip-swing grinds
    faces cracked and filled with lines
    black sun came and changed our name
    made our lives this simple stain

    introveneous t.v. feeds
    bedroom violence all he sees
    ride the lightning to the sky
    stab the clouds and watch them cry
    black sun came and changed our name
    made our lives this simple stain

    all we do is smite
    for what we think is right
    sound of mind bereft of sight 
    denial taking human life

    clouds go by children run
    gulls do nosedives in the sun
    water falling from a spout
    into wanting thirsty mouths
    black sun came and changed our name
    made our lives this simple stain
    made our lives this simple stain
    made our lives this simple stain

    all we do is smite
    for what we think is right
    sound of mind bereft of sight
    denial taking human life
    all we do is smite
    for what we think is right
    sound of mind bereft of sight
    endless blinding cathode light

Trivia

• The remaster for this track swaps the backing vocal track with the main one.