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‘The Vampires Are Out: 11 Vampirical Songs’ features vampirical songs courtesy of Artic Monkeys, Jason Isbell, Marilyn Manson, and My Chemical Romance among others.

“If I was your vampire, death waits for no one / Hold my hands across your face / Because I think our time has come.” Marilyn Manson is one of 11 artists who appear on this vampirical playlist.  What’s the criteria for 11 Vampirical Songs? The song-title MUST have the word vampire in its title.  In addition to Manson, other musicians appearing on this list include Arctic Monkeys, Jason Isbell, and My Chemical Romance.

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1. Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, “If We Were Vampires”

The Nashville Sound • Southeastern • 2017

“It’s know that this can’t go on forever / Likely one of us will have to spend some days alone / Maybe we’ll get forty years together / But one day I’ll be gone / Or one day you’ll be gone.” On “If We Were Vampires,” Isbell discusses the fact that one day him or his wife will die and one will be left alone.  On the second verse, the vampires come into play. “If [they] were vampires,” they’d have nothing to worry about after all. Obviously, Isbell realizes this isn’t realistic in the least.

“Maybe time running out is a gift / I’ll work hard ‘til the end of my shift / and give you every second I can find / And hope it isn’t me who’s left behind.”

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2. Marilyn Manson, “If I Was Your Vampire”

Eat Me, Drink Me • Interscope • 2007

“You press the knife against your heart / Say that, ‘I love you so much / You must kill me now’…” The ever-charismatic Marilyn Manson opens up Eat Me, Drink Me with “If I Was Your Vampire.” What a fitting start, to say the least.  Manson sounds as coarse and hellish as ever on this dark, mysterious number.

“If I was your vampire, certain as the moon / Instead of killing time / We’ll have each other until the sun / If I was your vampire, death waits for no one / Hold my hands across your face / Because I think our time has come.”

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3. My Chemical Romance, “Vampire Money”

Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys • Reprise • 2010

“3,2,1, we came to fuck / Everybody party ‘til the gasman comes / Sparkle like Bowie in the morning sun / And get a parking violation on La Brea ‘til it’s done.” Woo! “Vampire Money” concludes MCR’s final studio album, Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys, serving as the 15^th track.  This isn’t the first times vampires have been part of the script for Gerard Way and company.  Back in 2002, they asserted “Vampires Will Never Hurt You.”

“The kids don’t care if you’re alright, honey / Pills don’t help, but it sure is funny / Give me, give me some of that vampire money / Come on!”

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4. Cody Jinks, “Vampires”

I’m Not the Devil • Cody Jinks • 2016

“Where do dreams die along the way? / Dreams are all we had yesterday / Who told all the vampires of the world / They were welcome anyway?” “Vampires” serves as the penultimate track on country musician Cody Jinks’ 2016 album, I’m Not the Devil.  Relatively slow and bluesy, Jinks manages to incorporate some J.D. Salinger into the picture – Holden Caulfield and Catcher in the Rye.

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5. Arctic Monkeys, “Perhaps Vampires is a Bit Strong But…”

Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not • Domino • 2006

“‘Cause all you people are vampires / And all your stories are stale / And through you pretend to stand by us / I know you’re certain we’ll fail.” Old-school Arctic Monkeys, sigh.  Back when Alex Turner and company were truly young, the dropped this oddly-titled gem on their wordily-titled 2006 album, Whatever People Say I am, That’s What I’m Not.  The verses are certainly colorful.

“I’ve seen your eyes as they fix on me, full of confusion / Your snarl is just so condescending! / Trying to explain that we’re on to a win / If the fee we get in near recoups what we’re spending…”

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6. Falling in Reverse, “I’m Not a Vampire”

The Drug in Me is You • Epitaph • 2011

“I’m not a vampire but I feel like on / Sometimes I sleep all day because I hate the sunlight / My hands are always shaking, body’s always aching / And the dark is when I feed.” Oh boy Falling in Reverse. The energy level is ‘turnt’ on “I’m Not a Vampire,” the fourth track from The Drug in Me is You. Continuing the vampirical lyrics excerpted from verse one:

“…Well I can lure any woman that I want to in my bed with me / And whiskey seems to be my holy water / Mother better lock your doors and hide your daughters.”

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7. The Mountain Goats, “Damn These Vampires”

All Eternals Deck • Merge • 2010

“Brave young cowboys / Of the near north side / Mount those bridge rails / Ride all night / Scream when captured / Arch your bac / Let this whole town hear / Your knuckles crack.” Okay – poetic, dramatic stuff there. “Damn These Vampires” serves as the opener for All Eternals Deck, the thirteenth (or fourteenth) album by alternative band, The Mountain Goats.  Beyond the uniqueness of the verses, the centerpiece is clearly the chorus.

“Crawl ‘til dawn / On my hands and knees / God damn these bite marks / Deep in my arteries / Crawl ‘til dawn / On my hands and knees / God damn these vampires / For what they’ve done to me.”

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8.HIM, “Vampire Heart”

Dark Light • Sire • 2005

“You can’t escape the wrath of my heart / Beating to your funeral song / All faith is lust for hell regained / And love dust in the hands of shame.” Hmm, darkly poetic. Finnish metal band HIM get into the vampire action with “Vampire Heart.” “Vampire Heart” opens the collective’s 2005 album, Dark Light.

“Hold me like you held on to life / When all fears came alive and entombed me / Love me like you loved the sun / Scorching the blood in my vampire heart.”

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9. Atmosphere, “Vampires”

God Loves Ugly • Rhymesayers Entertainment • 2002

“This world is a vampire, she eats her kids / Let’s hide the bodies under the bridge…/ This country’s a vampire, she eats her kids / Let’s hid the bodies under the bridge / This city’s a vampire, she eats her kids / Let’s hid the bodies under the bridge.”

According to Atmosphere, the world is a bad place. Throughout the course of the song from 2002 album, God Loves Ugly, Slug paints the picture of the bad things happening to the human race.

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10. Godsmack, “Vampires”

Awake • Republic • 2000

“The mysteries of the undead will continue to fascinate the living / …Will continue to fascinate the living, vampires.” Sully Erna and Godsmack dropped this vampirical joint back in 2000, filled with spoken word about human fascination with vampires. That’s the year that Awake arrived, with “Vampires” serving as the ninth track of the album.

 

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11. Macabre, “Acid Bath Vampire”

Murder Metal • Decomposed • 2003

“You will die by surprise / When I take your life I will smile.” Macabre kills it when it comes to writing and performing songs about serial killers and mass murderers.  Safe to say, these deviants are fuel for their creative fire.  On “Acid Bath Vampire,” Macabre tackles English serial killer John George Haigh, an evil, greedy ‘son-of-a-gun’ who killed so he could collect money from the victims. Furthermore, Haigh dissolved the corpses in acid.

“John George Haigh was a vampire / Who drank old ladies blood / Then put them in a non-corrosive drum / And with acid he’d dissolve them / …Now that you’re dead / In a metal drum you’ll stay / I pump the acid in / To melt your corpse away.”

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