Marilyn Manson

Released: October 6, 2017

Songwriter: Tyler Bates Marilyn Manson

Producer: Tyler Bates

[Verse 1]
A girl is a man's sickness
We all know the way it ends
No matter how many times we film it
The audience thinks
They've seen it for the first time

[Pre-Chorus]
And things that are pretty
Are always kept behind glass
And someone like me
Someone like me can't make it last

[Chorus]
I like you damaged, but I need something left
Something for me, something for me to wreck
Something for me to wreck

[Verse 2]
You are my sickness
We all know the way it ends
No matter how we film it
The audience thinks
That they saw it for the first time

[Pre-Chorus]
Things that are pretty
Are always kept behind glass
And someone like me
Someone like me can't make it last

[Chorus]
I like you damaged, but I need something left
Something for me, something for me to wreck
I like you damaged, but I need something left
Something for me, something for me to wreck
Something for me to wreck
Something for me to wreck

[Bridge]
My seed would have made new fruit
And you could have been a tree
I could have cut you down
Or just let you be

[Pre-Chorus]
Because things that are pretty
Are always kept behind glass
And someone like me
Someone like me can't make it last

[Chorus]
I like you damaged, I like you damaged
I like you damaged, I like you damaged
I like you damaged, I like you damaged
Damaged, I like you damaged

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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