Marilyn Manson

Released: July 12, 1994

Songwriter: Daisy Berkowitz Gidget Gein Marilyn Manson

Producer: Trent Reznor Marilyn Manson

[Intro]
Goddamn, goddamn, goddamn!
I can't hear you, where are you?
Goddamn, goddamn, goddamn!
Goddamn, goddamn!

[Verse 1]
You spoon fed us Saturday morning mouthfuls of maggots and lies
Disguised in your sugary breakfast cereals
The plates you made us clean were filled with your fears
These things have hardened in our soft pink bellies

We are what you have made us
We have grown up watching your television
We are a symptom of your Christian America
The biggest Satan of all

[Pre-Chorus]
This is your world in which we will grow and we will grow to hate you

Hallelujah, motherfuckers!

[Verse 2]
I eat innocent meat
The housewife, I will beat
The pro-life, I will kill
What you won't do, I will

I bash myself to sleep
What you sow, I will reap
I scar myself, you see
I wish I wasn't me

I am the little stick
You stir me into shit
I hate, therefore I am
Goddamn your righteous hand

[Pre-Chorus]
Goddamn! (Ooh, Lord)
Goddamn! (Ooh, Lord)
Goddamn! (Ooh, Lord)
Goddamn! (Ooh, Lord)

[Chorus]
Pseudo-morals work real well
On the talk shows for the weak (Goddamn!)
But your selective judgments and good guy badges
Don't mean a fuck to me (Goddamn!)

[Bridge]
The court's decision in Roe vs. Wade was wrong, and should be overturned
And I think that when it comes to abortion, there is a better way
The way of adoption

[Verse 3]
I throw a little fit
I slit my teenage wrists
The most that I can learn
Is in records that you burn

[Refrain]
Get your gunn
Get your gunn
Get your gunn
Get your gunn

[Chorus]
Pseudo-morals work real well
On the talk shows for the weak (Goddamn!)
But your selective judgments and good guy badges
Don't mean a fuck to me (Goddamn!)

Pseudo-morals work real well
On the talk shows for the weak (Goddamn!)
But your selective judgments and good guy badges
Don't mean a fuck to me (Goddamn!)

[Bridge]
I am the VHS
Record me with your fist
You want me to save the world
I'm just a little girl

Goddamn!
Goddamn!
Goddamn!
Goddamn!

[Chorus]
Pseudo-morals work real well
On the talk shows for the weak (Goddamn!)
But your selective judgments and good guy badges
Don't mean a fuck to me (Goddamn!)

Pseudo-morals work real well
On the talk shows for the weak (Goddamn!)
But your selective judgments and good guy badges
Don't mean a fuck to me (Goddamn!)

[Refrain]
Get your gunn
Get your gunn
Get your gunn
Get your gunn
Get...

[Outro]
God, I'm not going to do it!
Oh yes, you are!
Oh no, I'm not!
Yes, you are, no, I'm not!
Yes, you are, no, I'm not!

Yes, you are, no, I'm not!
Yes, you are, no, I'm not!
Yes, you are, no, I'm not!
Sound like anybody you know?

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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