Marilyn Manson

Released: October 8, 1996

Songwriter: Jeordie White Marilyn Manson

Producer: Dave Ogilvie Marilyn Manson Sean Beavan

[Verse 1]
You cut off all of your fingers
Trade them in for dollar bills
Cake up on some more makeup to cover all those lines
Wake up and stop shaking, 'cause you're just wasting time

[Bridge]
Don't you want some of this?
Don't you need some of this?

[Verse 2]
You take, but can't be given
You ride, but cannot be ridden
Pinch this tiny heart of mine, wrap it up in soiled twine
You never read what you've written

[Chorus]
I'll be your lover, I'll be forever
I'll be tomorrow, I am anything when I'm high
I'll be your lover, I'll be forever
I'll be tomorrow, I am anything when I'm high

[Bridge]
Don't you want some of this?
Don't you need some of this?
Don't you want some of this?
Don't you need some of this?

[Verse 3]
You shove your hair down my throat
I feel your fingers in me
Tear this bitter fruit to mess and wrap it in your soiled dress
Now, you must spit out the seeds

[Chorus]
I'll be your lover, I'll be forever
I'll be tomorrow, I am anything when I'm high
I'll be your lover, I'll be forever
I'll be tomorrow, I am anything when I'm high

[Post-Chorus]
Anything, when I'm high
Anything, when I'm high

[Chorus]
I'll be your lover, I'll be forever
I'll be tomorrow, I am anything when I'm high
I'll be your lover, I'll be forever
I'll be tomorrow, I am anything when I'm high

[Post-Chorus]
Anything, when I'm high

[Outro]
All dried up and tied up, forever
All fucked up and dead to the world
All dried up and tied up, forever
All fucked up and dead to the world
All dried up and tied up, forever
All fucked up and dead to the world
All dried up and tied up, forever
All fucked up and dead to the world

Brian Hugh Warner who is better known under his stage name of Marilyn Manson is a musician, painter, actor, multimedia artist, and former music journalist. His stage name is a combination of the names of two American icons, actress Marilyn Monroe and multiple murder conspiracy convict Charles Manson.

I picked that (Marilyn Manson) as the fakest stage name of all to say that this is what show business is, fake. Marilyn Monroe wasn’t even her real name, Charles Manson isn’t his real name, and now, I’m taking that to be my real name. But what’s real? You can’t find the truth, you just pick the lie you like the best. As long as you know everything’s a lie, you can’t hurt yourself.

—Marylin Manson

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