Run away I’ve got to
Get away
From the pain that you drive into the heart of me
The love we share
Seems to go nowhere
I’ve lost my lights
I toss and turn I can’t sleep at night
Once I ran to you (I ran)
Now I’ll run from you
This tainted love you’ve given
I give you all a boy could give you
Take my tears and that’s not nearly all
Tainted love
Tainted love
Now I know I’ve got to
Run away I’ve got to
Get away
You don’t really want any more from me
To make things right
You need someone to hold you tight
You think love is to pray
I’m sorry I don’t pray that way
Once I ran to you (I ran)
Now I’ll run from you
This tainted love you’ve given
I give you all a boy could give you
Take my tears and that’s not nearly all
Tainted love
Tainted love
Don’t touch me please
I cannot stand the way you tease
I love you though you hurt me so
Now I’m going to pack my things and go
Touch me baby, tainted love
Touch me baby, tainted love
Touch me baby, tainted love
Once I ran to you (I ran)
Now I’ll run from you
This tainted love you’ve given
I give you all a boy could give you
Take my tears and that’s not nearly all
Tainted love
Tainted love
Tainted love baby i love you and i will never let you go!
A nostros nos gusta más la original de Soft Cell, pero Marily Manson volvió a sacar a relucir sus dotes versioneadoras al pasar por su siniestra turmix el ‘Tainted Love’ de la banda de Leeds. El motivo: el tema central del film ‘Not Another Teen Movie’ -’No es otra película adolescente’, en España-.
Además, la canción fue incluida como bonus en el disco ‘The Golden Age of Grothesque’. Lo cierto es que la versión causó furor en Europa, logrando el número 5 en la lista de singles del Reino Unido, el número 1 en Portugal y el 2 en Suiza, Italia y Austria.