Marilyn Manson

Released: October 8, 1996

Songwriter: Marilyn Manson

Producer: Dave Ogilvie Sean Beavan Marilyn Manson

[Intro]
From a dead man...
Greetings

[Verse 1]
There's not much left to love
Too tired today to hate
I feel the empty
I feel the minute of decay

[Pre-Chorus]
I'm on my way down now, I'd like to take you with me
I'm on my way down
I'm on my way down now, I'd like to take you with me
I'm on my way down

[Chorus]
The minute that it's born
It begins to die
I'd love to just give in
I'd love to live this lie

[Verse 2]
I've been to black and back
I've whited out my name
A lack of pain, a lack of hope
A lack of anything to say

[Pre-Chorus]
I'm on my way down now, I'd like to take you with me
I'm on my way down
I'm on my way down

[Chorus]
The minute that it's born
It begins to die
I'd love to just give in
I'd love to live this lie
I'd love to live this lie

[Bridge]
How do you see it?
How do you know?
How do you see it?
I looked ahead and everything was dead
How do you know?
I guess that I am, too
How do you see it?
I looked ahead and everything was dead
How do you know?
I guess that I am
I guess that I am, too

[Chorus]
The minute that it's born
It begins to die
I'd love to just give in
I'd love to live this lie
I'd love to live this lie

[Outro]
I'm on my way down now, I'd like to take you with me
I'm on my way down
I'm on my way down now, I'd like to take you with me
I'm on my way down

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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