There is a point in One Assassination Under God – Chapter 2 where the language of survival finally becomes the language of retaliation. “The Arsonist” is that point. The song is not simply about having survived an attempt to destroy you. It is about what happens afterward, when the person who has been burned decides that the fire did not finish him and that the scars it left behind have become part of his strength. Manson himself described the song as the moment when the narrative of the two chapters “crystallizes into a battle stance,” and, referring to the painting he created for it, said that the “burned scar tissue” had formed into armor. That description gets very close to the heart of the song. The fire has not disappeared. It has changed him. The title is important because Manson does not call the song The Survivor or The Victim . He calls it "The Arsonist." An arsonist deliberately starts a fire, and this changes the entire perspective of the song. The speaker is no...
The Relationship of Marilyn Manson and Evan Rachel Wood (Part 2: Timeline of the Relationship 2006 - 2010)
Below is a brief timeline of the entire relationship of Marilyn Manson and Evan Rachel Wood for a reference guide so that there is no confusion:
August-September(?) 2006 -- MM and ERW become friends.
October 2006 -- MM and Dita Von Teese separate.
December 29, 2006 -- DVT files for divorce.
January 2007-October 2008 -- MM and ERW are dating.
June 5, 2007 -- Eat Me, Drink Me is released.
October 2008-February 2009 -- First breakup of MM and ERW.
Early December 2008 -- MM briefly in a fling with Isani Griffith.
December 25, 2008 -- A "lonely and self-destructive" Christmas for MM.
January 2-5, 2009 - MM records new album, The High End of Low.
February 2009 -- MM and ERW reunite and break up again.
March 2009-November 2009 -- MM and Stoya are dating and break up.
May 20, 2009 -- The High End of Low is released.
June 2009-July 2009 -- ERW and Shane West are dating and break up.
September 2009 -- ERW and Alexander Skarsgard are dating and break up.
November 2009-January 2010 -- MM and ERW are dating a third time.
January 2010-August 2010 -- MM and ERW are engaged.
August 2010 -- MM and ERW break up for the third and last time.
August 14, 2010 -- MM and current wife Lindsay Usich seen together for the first time.