White Knuckles

"White Knuckles"
Song by Marilyn Manson & the Spooky Kids
Album	The Beaver Meat Cleaver Beat
Released	March 1990
Recorded	January–March 1990
Genre	Alternative metal
Length	2:16
Label	Beat Up Your Mom
Writer	Marilyn Manson
Composer	Daisy Berkowitz
Producer	Frank Falestra
External links	Search ISRC Search at Musicstax

"White Knuckles" is the first track on the 1990 release The Beaver Meat Cleaver Beat. It has since been re-recorded and subsequently released several times.

Video

The Beaver Meat Cleaver Beat Version with Intro	Big Black Bus Version
The Family Jams Version

Appearances

Cassettes

• The Beaver Meat Cleaver Beat
• Big Black Bus
• The Family Jams

Albums

• Lunch Boxes & Choklit Cows

Versions

• "White Knuckles" — Appears on The Beaver Meat Cleaver Beat.
• "White Knuckles" (Re-recording) — Appears on Big Black Bus.
• "White Knuckles" (Re-recording) — Appears on Thrift.
• "White Knuckles" (Re-recorded vocals) — Appears on The Family Jams.
• "White Knuckles" (Remastered mix from The Beaver Meat Cleaver Beat with different intro) — Appears on Lunch Boxes & Choklit Cows.
• "White Knuckles" (Remastered mix from The Beaver Meat Cleaver Beat) — Appears on The Funnel Zone.

Lyrics

    smack dab flat on my back
    the solid ground beginnin' to crack
    I pulled her down and down and down
    I lost my breath, I thought I'd drown
    
    fistfuls of you, fistfuls of you
    you pulled me through with white knuckles
    fistfuls of you, fistfuls of you
    you pulled me through with white knuckles
    
    her leg, my hand, a smoldering brand
    sticking to her wet body like sand
    her place, distaste, we fell from grace
    red smears across our face
    
    fistfuls of you
    fistfuls of you
    fistfuls of you
    
    fistfuls of you, fistfuls of you
    you pulled me through with white knuckles
    fistfuls of you, fistfuls of you
    you pulled me through with white knuckles
    
    white knuckles
    white knuckles
    white knuckles
    white knuckles

Trivia

• Although it never appeared on any studio albums, "White Knuckles" continued to be played live as late as 1995.
• The version that appears on The Family Jams uses the same instrumental as the Thrift version.
• This song was considered for inclusion on Portrait of an American Family.