Marilyn Manson

White Knuckles

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White Knuckles

smack dab flat on my back
solid ground beginning 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
you pulled me through with white knuckles
white knuckles
white knuckles

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manson_spookykids On Aug 14, 2002

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by darkspot

22y ago

Sounds like it's about really rough, weird sex ... like there's no love in this act, only a desire to be satisfied by the other person.

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by octopuseyes

20y ago

fist fuck

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by ZYTV THE [s]AINT

20y ago

I personaly see this song completly different. It sounds like some one who hit rock bottom and the person they think they are dragging down with them is actually helping getting them hence the "you pulled thrugh" now the part"her place distaste we fell from grace red smears across our face" sounds like even though the person that is helping normaly wouldn't but they are and they fell fromg grace as they went thrugh hel together and ended doing things they never thought they would But thats just me as far as I know it might have been just fist fucking

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by TryingToBeHuman

14y ago

Its definitely a song about desire.

For a long time, Marilyn Manson confused desire with weakness. This song describes how he'd "fallen for" an attractive woman and that made her stronger than him. It was a woman he could fear.

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