The sex scene, which kicks off the first two-and-a-half minutes of the clip,
depicts Manson and Wood violently kissing while writhing around locked in a
passionate embrace, making purposeful love. The scene then cuts to Manson and
Wood driving down a highway in the dark, with Wood daring Manson to go faster.
The rocker takes his hands off the wheel to snap numerous pictures of Wood, 19,
who lifts her leg up to the wheel and holds a knife to her mouth while wearing
heart-shaped glasses. Manson has said the song was directly inspired by Stanley
Kubrick's 1962 rendition of Vladmir Nabakov's notorious, pedophilic novel
"Lolita".
"Anyone who is lazy or, I guess, has the lack of depth to expect [a video from
me] to be shocking and then say it's not shocking, is essentially the same as
saying your partner is bad in bed when you're a masturbator," Manson explained.
"I wasn't intending to be shocking - I was intending to make something
romantic, in the tradition of 'Bonnie and Clyde' and 'Rebel Without a Cause'.
It's a dark video - I'll say that. It begins with a very explicit sex scene and
ends with this sort of thunderstorm of blood and driving a Corvette off of
Mulholland Drive, on fire. So, I think it's one of those 'buyer beware'
situations. You can't be mad at me when you know what you're asking for."
