Pistol Whipped

"Pistol Whipped"
Song by Marilyn Manson
Album	Born Villain
Released	April 25, 2012
Recorded	2009–January 2011 at Zane-a-Due in California
Genre	Industrial rock, glam rock, dark rock
Length	4:10
Label	Hell, etc., Cooking Vinyl
Writer	Marilyn Manson
Composer	Marilyn Manson
Producer	Marilyn Manson, Chris Vrenna
External links	Search ISRC Search at Musicstax

"Pistol Whipped" is the third song on Marilyn Manson's eighth studio album Born Villain. The title was revealed in the March 2012 issue of Revolver magazine. "Pistol Whipped" is one of the few songs by the band to be written and composed solely by frontman Marilyn Manson, and was one of four songs from the album to premiere on Spotify on April 23, 2012.

Versions

• "Pistol Whipped" appears on Born Villain.

Lyrics

    You look so pretty
    When you cry.
    Don’t wanna hit you
    But the only thing,
    Between our love is
    (1) a bloody nose
    (2) a busted lip
    And
    (3) a blackened eye

    You look so pretty
    When you cry.
    Don’t wanna hit you
    But the only thing,
    Between our love is
    (1) a bloody nose
    (2) a busted lip
    And
    (3) a blackened eye

    You’re a little pistol
    And I’m fucking pistol whipped
    You’re a little pistol
    And I’m fucking pistol whipped

    (cock, cock, cock it)

    When I undo my belt,
    You melt and you walk away
    With a red, red, red, red welt
    (or so they say)

    When I undo my belt,
    You melt and you walk away
    With a red, red, red, red welt
    (or so they say)

    You’re a little pistol
    And I’m fucking pistol whipped
    You’re a little pistol
    And I’m fucking pistol whipped

    I wanna have your ache
    And beat you too
    I wanna have your ache
    And beat you too
    I wanna have your ache
    And beat you too
    I wanna have your ache
    And beat you too

    You’re a little pistol
    And I’m fucking pistol whipped
    You’re a little pistol
    And I’m fucking pistol whipped

    (cock, cock, cock it)

Trivia

• The line "I wanna have your ache/And beat you too" is a play on the common English phrase "you can't eat your cake and have it too" (commonly, but incorrectly, rendered as "you can't have your cake and eat it too").
• Manson has played the guitar solo of the song on live performances.