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The Speed Of Pain
Key:
/ = slide up
= slide down
h = hammer on
"When you want it, it goes away too fast"
A--------------------------------------------12h14
E---------5-----------5-----0-0----0-0-0--14-----
1 2 3 4; 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 e +
"When you hate it, It always seems to last" "Just...
A---------0-----------------------------------12h14
E---------------------5-----0-0----0-0-0--14-----
1 2 3 4; 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 e +
"The crack inside your ***ing heart is me"
A---------------------------------------------------
E-----5---------------3-------2---3---0-------------- (fading)
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
"awwwwwwwwww, I wanna outrace the speed of pain.....etc"
(no bass for this bit, as you probably know already)
Now Play the Verse Above Again but whole notes are broken up into half notes and quarter
notes. (you'll get the feel of it after a while)
"Awwwwwwwwwwwwww, I wanna outrace the speed of pain, for another day"
A-----------------------12h14|-----------------------------12h14
E-0---0----0-0----0---0------|0---8-----8---8-----8-8-----8------
1 2 3 4 e |1 2 3 4 e
Repeat this riff over a few times, then
"Lie to me, Cry to me, Give to me, I would"
D----------------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------------
E-3-----------3/--11---------11--8-----------8/--10-------------
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
"Lie with me, Cry with me, Give to me, I would"
D---------------------------13-10---------------------------------
A--------------------------------13-10----------------------------
E-3-----------3/--11------------------11-8-----8/--10-------------
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 e + a 1+2+3+4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
"Keep all your secrets wrapped in dead hair...........always"
A-------------------------------------------------8-10-8----8-10-8-
E-4---------------2---------------1-----------1/---------10-------10
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
"Keep all your secrets wrapped in dead hair........always"
A-------------------------------------------------8-10-8----8-10-8-
E-4---------------2---------------1-----------1/---------10-------10
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
Then play the "Lie with me....." Riff again twice and then the "Keep all your secrets"
riff again a few times until the end of the song.
Taken from The BassMasta -- http://www.bassmasta.net
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Will Average |
#1 by Will Traylor (Gone) at Feb 21, 1972 at 4:32 AM EST |
| i believe that what the song means to marilyn manson and what it's suposed to mean to you are completely different. and everyone interprets them differently. | |
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reece Average |
#2 by reece f at Dec 5, 1974 at 4:54 AM EST |
| I think this song is mostly about a painful relationship, looking back on it after it has ended, and seeing how both of the people came out of it worse than they started. He wants to outrace the speed of pain so that he can stop thinking about her, and about what they have lost, about how quickly it was gone. "When you want it, it goes away too fast." Everything beautiful in the world is ephemeral, and he's just now realizing it, of course when it's already too late. But the true beauty of this song is even though the character in the song wants his ex to feel pain like he has felt ("Just remember, when you think you're free, the crack inside your fucking heart is me"), he still has a small bit of catharsis dropped in at the end - "I hope at least we die holding hands," which seems to say to me that there can be two people so steeped in misery and hate, but in the end there is always hope, even in death. | |
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Jon Average |
#3 by Jon D at Jun 21, 1987 at 1:34 AM EST |
| I don't know, but I get the impression that he doesn't want to face the truth and feel the pain of a situation. That he isn't ready for it. | |
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Dave Average |
#4 by Dave Led at Feb 11, 1990 at 4:28 AM EST |
| i think all songs have a different meaning to anyone listening to them, but for me the line "when you want it, goes away to fast, times you hate it, always seems to last" is about self-harm... how when you need the pain, it always seems to go away too quickly, and when you hate it, but do it anyway, it seems to last longer.. thats what it means t me anyway. | |
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Brian Average |
#5 by Brian at Dec 22, 1995 at 5:58 PM EST |
| I think that after Omega's "repression from reality" as Akasha puts it on Disassociative he begins to feel used and abused - I guess is the best way to put it. | |
