Just a Car Crash Away
Marilyn Manson Lyrics
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Burns down all that it sees
Burns down everything
Everything you think burnt down
Everything you say
She blew me her death-kiss and the mouth-marks bled down my eyes
Like her dying on my windshield, I can already feel her worms eating my spine
Is this all we get for our lives? Is love only sweeter when one of us dies?
Then I knew that our love was just a car crash away
I knew that our love was just a car crash away
I knew that our love was just a car crash away
I knew that our love was just a car crash away
Love is a fire
Burns down all that it sees
Burns down everything
Everything you think burns down
Everything you say
Love is a fire
Burns down all that it sees
Burns down everything
Everything you think burns down
Everything you say
Love is a fire
Burns down all that it sees
Burns down everything
Everything you think burns down
Everything you say
I knew that our love was just a car crash away
Knew that our love was just a car crash away, just a car crash away
Everything you think
Everything you think
Everything you think burns down
Everything you say
Love is a fire
Burns down all that it sees
Burns down everything
Everything you think burns down
Everything you say
The lyrics to Marilyn Manson's "Just A Car Crash Away" explore the destructive and fiery nature of love. The song opens with the lines "Love is a fire / Burns down all that it sees / Burns down everything / Everything you think burnt down / Everything you say." These lines set the tone for the rest of the song, which uses the metaphor of a car crash to convey the inevitable destruction that comes with love.
In the second verse, the singer describes a haunting image of a woman who has blown him a "death-kiss" and left "mouth-marks" that "bled down [his] eyes." He also imagines her dying on his windshield and her worms eating his spine. The imagery is gruesome and unsettling, and it adds to the sense that love is a dangerous and potentially deadly force.
The chorus of the song repeats the lines "I knew that our love was just a car crash away" several times, underscoring the theme of impending doom that runs throughout the song. The final lines of the song, "Everything you think burns down / Everything you say," suggest that even our thoughts and words are not safe from the flames of love.
Overall, "Just A Car Crash Away" is a powerful meditation on the destructive power of love. Manson's lyrics weave together vivid imagery and evocative metaphors to create a haunting portrait of a love that is doomed to end in tragedy.
Line by Line Meaning
Love is a fire
Love takes over our lives like a raging inferno
Burns down all that it sees
Love spares nothing, destroying everything in its path
Burns down everything
Love leaves nothing untouched, reducing everything to ashes
Everything you think burnt down
In the wake of love, all our thoughts and beliefs are transformed or destroyed
Everything you say
Love shapes our words, making us speak from the heart
She blew me her death-kiss and the mouth-marks bled down my eyes
The memory of a dying loved one haunts us like a painful, bloody vision
Like her dying on my windshield, I can already feel her worms eating my spine
The fear of losing a loved one can be so overwhelming that it feels like death creeping up on us
So how can it be this lonely?
Even though love brings us together, it can also make us feel painfully alone
Is this all we get for our lives? Is love only sweeter when one of us dies?
Is love worth the pain and suffering it entails? Or is it our mortality that gives it meaning?
Then I knew that our love was just a car crash away
The fragility of life makes us realize that our happiness can be shattered at any moment by an unforeseeable tragedy
Knew that our love was just a car crash away, just a car crash away
The fear of losing each other hangs over us like the threat of an imminent accident
Everything you think burns down
Our thoughts and beliefs are vulnerable to the transformative power of love
Love is a fire
The intensity and passion of love can burn us to our core
Burns down all that it sees
Love has the power to transform everything within its reach
Burns down everything
Love changes everything, leaving nothing unchanged
Everything you think burns down
All our perceptions and ideas are subject to the transformative nature of love
Everything you say
Love makes us speak with the authenticity of our raw emotions
Lyrics © CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Peermusic Publishing
Written by: TIM SKOLD, BRIAN HUGH WARNER
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