"Killed By Love"

I hate it when the metaphorical anvil falls on my head because of something someone says, not because I discover something myself.

I have to say that even though I'm a loyal fan to Alice Cooper, I haven't been too impressed with some of his later work. See, I'm more of a "Welcome to my Nightmare" type of guy, or "Mascara and Monsters", not "Dirty Diamonds" or "Brutal Planet". Sure, "The Eyes of Alice Cooper" was a pretty good album, especially with songs like "Spirits Rebellious", "What Do You Want From Me?", and even the softer "Be With You Awhile" (that album's "Only Women Bleed"), but anything he produces now just feels really paled compared to songs like "No More Mr. Nice Guy", "I'm Eighteen" and "School's Out". However, I've been delving deep into the world of Alice the past few days and am pleasantly surprised with what I've been learning about his most recent album, "Along Came A Spider".

Now, I thought this album was just a cruddy follow-up to the aforementioned "Dirty Diamonds", but I was luckily mistaken. Here's a little back story for those of you interested - First off, Alice Cooper always loves to tell a story, and usually does so with each of his albums. "Welcome to my Nightmare" was about his trip through the dream world, while "Constrictor" was about his battle with alcoholism, and I'm fairly certain you can guess what his disco album "Go to Hell" was about. Believe my surprise when I heard his most recent album was about a serial killer who was constructing a spider out of human body parts, only to fall in love with one of his victims AND have a religious epiphany! (Take a moment to process this if you need, I'll wait.)

Remember that anvil I mentioned earlier? Yeah, well, it actually took me watching some Alice Cooper interviews to figure all of this stuff out about "Along Came A Spider". Trust me, I died a little on the inside... What's more, one of the songs I had been listening to off the album for awhile now is actually the key turning point to the story, the one where "The Spider" (who I just found out could be Steven from some of his other stories) falls in love with his victim and discovers his faith. With that, I reveal that the song is none other than "Killed by Love".

I was always given the impression that it was just another song about love being a hurtful bitch, but I wasn't really listening to the lyrics. It's not a person that's dying, not in the physical sense anyways. "The Spider" has fallen in love with the last person he needs to kill, only to have that love kill his personality. On top of that, he's starting to have doubts about everything he's been doing and looks to God for answers. Epicness Level - Over 9,000!

I know Alice Cooper isn't for everyone. After all, not a lot of people like seeing a decapitated head spit blood all over an executioner, only to magically be reattached to its body, but hey, not everything Alice Cooper does is like that. Go look at "I Never Cry", that is the epitome of one of the worst break-up songs ever! Anyways, I leave you with the lyrics for "Killed by Love", and the music video. Give it a gander if you're inclined. Oh, and another song worth a listen is his tune "Cleansed by Fire" off of "The Last Temptation". Enjoy!

P.S - I'd like to give a big thanks to everyone who has been showing me tremendous support through this situation, everyone who loved my last blog, and everyone who keeps saying things like "But you're made of *WIN*, why would this happen?!" I don't know who lied to you guys and made you believe I'm a nice dude, but the thought is truly appreciated! Thanks!

Killed by Love - Alice Cooper

I've got more to lose, more to lose than you
Cause I'm the only one in love between us too
I know that I've been struck by lightning from above
Cause I've been killed by love

I got a longer fall, a longer fall to take
Cause I'm a bigger fool with a bigger heart to break
You pushed me way to far, a push became a shove
And I was killed by love

Drop me off in a crowded lonely city
Everybody there was crying
Drop me off in a town without pity
And let me be the one that's dying

Killed by love
Killed by love
Killed by love
Oh bye bye love

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Killed by love (killed by love)
Killed by love (killed by love)
Killed by love (killed by love)
Oh bye bye love (oh bye bye)

Killed by love oh yeah
Killed by love, I'm thinking fast baby
Killed by love, you know you're killing me baby
Baby, baby
Oh bye bye love