Tainted Love
DJ Zetrous ft. Marilyn Manson Lyrics

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Sometimes I feel I've got to
Run away I've got to
Get away from the pain you drive in the heart of me
The love we share
Seems to go nowhere
And I've lost my light
For I toss and turn I can't sleep at night

Once I ran to you (I ran)
Now I run from you
This tainted love you've given
I'll give you all a boy could give you
Take my tears and that's not nearly all
Tainted love, oh
Tainted love

Now I know I've got to
Run away I've got to
Get away
You don't really want any more from me
To make things right
Need someone to hold you tight
And you'll think love is to pray
But I'm sorry I don't pray that way

Once I ran to you (I ran)
Now I run from you
This tainted love you've given
I'll give you all a boy could give you
Take my tears and that's not nearly all
Tainted love, oh
Tainted love

Don't touch me please
I cannot stand the way you tease
I love you though you hurt me so
Now I'm gonna pack my things and go

Touch me baby, tainted love
Touch me baby, tainted love
Touch me baby, tainted love
Touch me baby, tainted love

Once I ran to you (I ran)
Now I run from you
This tainted love you've given
I'll give you all a boy could give you
Take my tears and that's not nearly all
Tainted love, oh
Tainted love, oh

Tainted love, oh
Tainted love, oh

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Tainted Love by DJ Zetrous ft. Marilyn Manson talk about the pain and heartbreak caused by a tainted and unhealthy love. The singer feels trapped in a relationship that's causing nothing but pain and misery, and he yearns to escape from it. The chorus "Once I ran to you, now I run from you, this tainted love you've given" is a reflection of his realization that the love he thought he had was never true, and he needs to move on to find something pure and real.

The verse "Don't touch me please, I cannot stand the way you tease" shows the frustration and hurt he feels towards his partner, who he perceives as playing games with him. Finally, he decides that he needs to leave the relationship behind, and the verses "Now I'm gonna pack my things and go, touch me baby, tainted love" show his resolve to move on even though he still harbors some feelings for his partner.

Overall, the lyrics of Tainted Love are a poignant reflection on the challenges and heartbreaks of love, and the need for individuals to walk away from unhealthy relationships in order to find peace and happiness.

Line by Line Meaning

Sometimes I feel I've got to
At times, I experience the need to

Run away I've got to
Escape from this situation is imperative

Get away from the pain you drive in the heart of me
I need to distance myself from the emotional distress you cause me

The love we share
Our relationship

Seems to go nowhere
Feels stagnant and unfruitful

And I've lost my light
I've lost hope and happiness

For I toss and turn I can't sleep at night
I'm restless and unable to sleep due to the stress you put me through

Once I ran to you (I ran)
There was a time I sought comfort in you

Now I run from you
Now, I avoid you

This tainted love you've given
The toxic love that you've shown me

I'll give you all a boy could give you
I have given you everything I could offer as a partner

Take my tears and that's not nearly all
You have caused me immense sorrow and pain

Tainted love, oh
This corrupted love

Now I know I've got to
I now understand the importance of

Get away
Leaving you behind

You don't really want any more from me
You are not truly interested in me anymore

To make things right
To fix our relationship

Need someone to hold you tight
You need someone to make you feel secure

And you'll think love is to pray
You perceive love as a religious devotion

But I'm sorry I don't pray that way
I do not share your perception of love

Don't touch me please
Please do not touch me

I cannot stand the way you tease
Your teasing bothers me

I love you though you hurt me so
Despite the fact that you cause me pain, I still have feelings for you

Now I'm gonna pack my things and go
I'm leaving this relationship

Touch me baby, tainted love
Physical touch cannot fix our corrupted love

Tainted love, oh
This corrupted love

Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: Edward Cobb

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02Tainted Love (Dub mix)

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Comments from YouTube:

domboughnique

13y

this is dubstep for sure, old school dubstep at this point! sick track! talent!

Inubito

13y

Thanks mate, would love to play this at a gig soon! ;)

Kris Fjaelberg

14y

i always thought the original could use a bit more... heaviness... and this definately has ticked all the boxes. My new skullcandies are raping my brain with the bass :L

InTheirImage7

13y

Is there such a thing as too awesome? Yes,.. Yes there is!... and it's this song!

HUGGIESroxFace

13y

I think it's a shame that that this awesome little tune is only offered up to 480p quality on Youtube. Dubstep is just being abused below 256 kpbs. :(

adam taylor

13y

awsome mix man the visualisations are sick

joe boulant

13y

Good work, Good sound!

Alize Rosenkreuz

12y

i love the starting and ending voice..from what song is it?? :D

Ben Venum

15y

REALLY good idea, only minor criticism is that there isnt quite enough to differentiate from the original, if it had been a bit more cut up it would be more of a remix rather than the original with some sick overlays. Good work tho, let it be known i def aint hating on it

Oldsmobile

13y

Dubstep at it's finest.

Brad Welch

13y

tainted love already had a little dubstep in it before this remix didn't it?

David

13y

my volume just went from 20% to 100!

Radu

14y

it`s very good actually good job

firebat128

12y

is it wrong that I'm playing my cello to this?

jonathan

13y

the original by manson is legit enough dub just makes every thing so much better with its kick asss bass in the face =]

PSNLCPD911

14y

I JUST SHOUTED OMFG!, this is fucking EPIC!!!!! <3

Heather Dawn

13y

Fuckin' trippy dude... AMAZING shit right there.

Alan Garrett

13y

this 1 made me buzzing on pills, never had a rush sodeep before, tripping?? vampier style dudes

Enrico Franchi

nice remix

Ira Mint

🔥🔥

Zlat M.

13y

why do I always stumble upon these kind of videos when I'm not high? Damn you ganja for not sticking with me in these hard moments, LOL

Stitch Customs

13y

awesome but should have a 480p version

Hunter Schwenk

13y

I like this. It's a bit more aggressive. :)

Adreanna H.

13y

I think the video is trying to hypnotize me so I'm not going to watch, just listen. lmao

MarshMello BMX

13y

this song is sick bro!

Righton2000

13y

What program was used to make the visuals?

Justin Stine

13y

i feel like it could be alot beter if it actually had a drop

Jash

13y

@orlandotnoy Wondershare Audio Recorder has done wonders for me (pun intended). Its a software that records whatever comes out of the speakers with 1:1 quality. Summation: If you can play the song, you can have it

orlandotnoy

13y

hey dude nice song where can i get it ?

rednightmare123

13y

I'm not a huge dance fan but I am a huge dub fan and most dubstep has no dub. So stop arguing about genres and just enjoy the wobble!

hooplablahblahblah

13y

@mrbeastmode32493 Dubstep is a form of electronic music that is in a 4/4 time signature at 140 bpm. The wobble bass isn't a dubstep. It's just a sound that's been over used. What your looking for is brostep.

WonderWomanFan4life

13y

HOT.. i love it

Jay smooth

13y

This is Fire

AndWhatNot

13y

Lol, I'm tripping balls because of the sick background xD

mayostrain

13y

It's my brain on acid!

Ruben Guillemyn

14y

Dubstep FTW !! :D just NEED to take over the world!! :D

Alan Garrett

13y

this 1 made me buzzing on pills, never had a rush sodeep before, tripping??

kaz3kyra

13y

dude nice video.. being stoned is fun to watch this.. what program did you use for this video ?

TrixstyleJC

14y

Milkdrop!!!! this is a sick remix

Kira Forgetmenot

14y↑1

Im in love ;_;

mixtape218

13y

@shamelesskhaos if this song was made recently... or in 2008 as it seems, then THIS SONG should have evolved already. You can't expect current fans of dubstep to go back in time. I expect new artists to evolve if they want new fans

Chiparatu-Sandu Silviu-ionut

13y

superb...

Thead

13y

@tnt2006films thats coz most songs can be turned into dubstep, some done well and some not so well but either way its not overly hard to do if u have the software

Eppoxylips LaDouche

13y

Looks like you used the Nave site's games. Awesome job!

Matthew Shipp

13y

needs more dubbbbbb

Raesed Digital

13y

@d3dreaper agreed, there is too much of the original in this. I love MM, and im growing to love Dubstep, but this....if I wanted MM id open my zune library,

Johnny Anon

13y

@shamelesskhaos Dub and Dubstep are a bit different. Step is actually a music term for half tempo. You can step anything, just tell the drummer to step. :D

Weird0 Channel :p

Respects....☠️🖤

Yargajargsplargmyarg

13y

damn the winamp visualiser is so awesome

necarum

13y

very nice.....

James Potter

13y

turn down the original guitar heavy sound and 'fatten' up the dub but all in all awsome

Psiberzerker

13y

@Zedrous: A dubstep remix of Marilyn Manson's remake of Soft Cell's cover of Gloria Jones' rendition of Ed Cobb's "Tainted Love"? How original!

MeuesenexD

13y

did anyone hea the "Black and Yellow" beat in the background?

Lukas Wraps

13y

sick video, sick song

joshua williams

13y

@11sevrin dude i just did that with it on full screen, it was epic

Captain Morgan

13y

trippy bro

Connor Whitehead

13y

If I wanted to listen to the original song, I would have typed it in. This WAY too close to the original.

Kate Rowbottam

13y

DOPE

Michał W

15y

it is a good dubstep remix hahaha LMAO, love him, love dubsteps but i dont know what is it..

Gary Cifers

13y

When I first heard this mix i thought it was sick as all hell... but the more i listen to it i realize it's not really that great... not bad but not that great either... maybe if you had spent more time in dissecting the original you could've made it into a monster... Maybe you should do a revisit of this mix? I'm not tryin to say "You suck, you should go die of kangaroo herpes" lol just sayin if you had spent more time and had more attention to detail it would be WAAYY better

Erin Andrea

14y

omg i think i just creamed my pants. i love this!!

Weird0 Channel :p

Stupidity is by your side sis! 🤣🤣🤣🤮🤮🤮🤪

No Name

14y

OOMMFFGG...amazing..!!

Infel

13y

Not dubstep in my opinion but its alright.

Mind Xplosion

13y

oh great something else manson isn't good at, (besides getting away with murder)....COVERS!

skiddlecrumms

13y

@flipsIX9 Are you kidding? Dubstep is one of the hardest electronic genres to make sound worth a shit. So are hardstyle and trance. House is what is easy to make.

Revivalist

13y

@shamelesskhaos i wouldnt say that you can really evolve with, and move with dubstep , i do like some of the newer dubstep songs dont get me wrong, the creativity is still there, but most of them songs now are actually just alot of noise now... dont you think dubstep today has lost its power as music? personaly, i see dubstep as more as a fashion to follow these days which is a shame... but as you say, music evolves lol

shaddorry

13y

@goose1065 Ekstrak - massdampers: check it out, pure dubstep without a drop. you'll see that it excists.

Michelle Morgan

13y

this is sic as fuck

dylan sears

14y

sick

dEcLaNmmf

13y

the song doesnt sound alot different......

Desire4Sound

14y

F*?K LOVE Great RMX!

I cant spell

13y

2:50 - 3:09...... that is all

shamelesskhaos

13y

ever heard original dubstep from 98' ?? Trance Dub...No drops. New dubstep technically isnt dubstep...Music evolves, so evolve with it! enjoy the old and new, as long as its good. dont judge based on what everyone else does...stupid followers

Nappygmail

13y

@shamelesskhaos yes i do, and it was " trance dub", not debstep, dubstep is what they got when they added reverb dub, is the same word, step is what is evolved, dubstep, glitchstep, rockstep, drugstep, i mean hell i hear new ones every day, but plain and simple, dubstep is dubstep. wob wob baby wob wob

100redeye

13y

OH FOR THE LOVE OF TAINT!

Nocturnuz

13y

@shamelesskhaos So this means you can't say you'd like it better if it had a drop?

kinkyangel100

12y

dude ok 4 fn real you sooo fn rock like seriousely i think im in love

Cr0wblackDream

13y

The visuals reminds me of some of the shit I saw on Salvia

mooreandrew58

13y

@uzername01 for real I don't even try keeping up with what songs are considered what genre, I mean I know some things but only cause i've heard it in conversations, and people bitchin about it here on facebook, but I guess thats the simple joy of loving almost all forms of music

lstuner8

13y

nice

Andreja Jovičić

13y

this is not dubstep,dubstep is way slower and better!

bbblolol

13y

very fresh n1

Alex Rhodes

14y

dirtier than a vindaloo the morning after

BurntWingedAngel91

13y

wow acid trip without the acid/

Elka y

13y

Wow this would be a great vid to watch stoned as shit too just cause the backround ha.

Andrew Miaoulis

13y

@XanderTheGreatZOMG i think he was tryna say that this remix can't be classified as dub...

disturbed4nw

13y

dont like this let it stay at 666 bc it kicks ass

Gemini Girly

13y

That woman who is like making weird noises at the beginning and end.. what is that from?

Brandon Rijpert

13y

@NE1music Snares can be better then bass...

GuuitBox

13y

not really a remix....more like adding on to it....but nice work anyway

Simon Dornberger

12y↑2

Mostly sounds like the original, just an added background track... Not as good as I'd hoped.

fotoshouho

13y

Milk drop!

Trucid

13y

if the video is of like real windows media player skins i want them! pm me lol

primer

13y

why the fuck isnt my bowl of beans cooling down

Timotje25

15y↑1

amanda download youtube downloader, download this vid with tht program and convert it to mp3

audixv

15y

How was this made??? O_o

JeremyMetal

13y

@ReggaeJungleMassiv personally I see it more as a guilty pleasure :]

Manufactorum

13y

Downloaded dawg. Doog Gob.

Brandon Rijpert

13y

@JW32584 I know dude i got it myself, he used the animation from it for hes clip

Mark Z

11y

File has been re-uploaded ;) Check the link in description.

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