Marilyn Manson

Released: November 11, 2000

Songwriter: John 5 Marilyn Manson

Producer: Dave Sardy Marilyn Manson

[Verse 1]
We are damned, we are dead
All God's children to be sent
To our perfect place
In the sun, in the dirt
There's a windshield in my heart
We are bugs so smeared and scarred
Could you stop the meat from thinking 'fore I swallow all of it?
Could you, please?

[Chorus]
Put me in the motorcade
Put me in the death parade
Dress me up and take me
Dress me up and make me your dying God

[Verse 2]
Angels with needles poked through our eyes
Let the ugly light world in
We were no longer blind
We were no longer blind

[Chorus]
Put me in the motorcade
Put me in the death parade
Dress me up and take me
Dress me up and make me your dying God

[Outro]
Now we hold the "ugly head"
The Mary-whore is at the bed
They cast the shadow of our perfect death
In the sun and in the dirt

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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