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 metal, gothic rock
Length	4:29
Label	Nothing, Interscope
Writer	Marilyn Manson
Composer	Twiggy Ramirez, Daisy Berkowitz
Producer	Trent Reznor, Dave Ogilvie, Marilyn Manson
External links	Search ISRC Search at Musicstax

"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

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.
• Tourniquet (Edit)— Appears on Lest We Forget – The Best Of.
• Tourniquet (Demo)— Released by Scott Putesky through his Soundcloud page in 2011 and appears on Antichrist Final Songs.

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.

See also the journal entry 2002/12/16 DON'T BE A NEGAHOLIC

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 always 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 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.