Marilyn Manson

Released: November 11, 2000

Songwriter: Jeordie White John 5 Marilyn Manson

Producer: Dave Sardy Marilyn Manson

[Verse 1]
They wanna sell it out, buy it up, dumb it down
A good God is hard to find
Join the crowd that wants to see me dead
Right now, I feel I belong for the first time

[Pre-Chorus]
Multiply your death, divide by sex
Add up the violence, and what do you get?

[Chorus]
We are all just stars and we're waiting
We are all just scarred and we're hating
We are all just stars on your burning flag

[Post-Chorus]
You can point your gun at me and hope it will go away
If God was alive, he would hate you, anyway

[Verse 2]
My right wing is flapping, the left one is grey
Let's hear it for the kids, but nothing they say
They gyrate and G-rate on Election Day
We got our ABC's and our F-U-C-K
F-U-C-K, F-U-C-K

[Pre-Chorus]
Multiply your death, divide by sex
Add up the violence and what do you get?

[Chorus]
We are all just stars and we're waiting
We are all just scarred and we're hating
We are all just stars on your burning flag

[Post-Chorus]
Point your gun at me and hope it will go away
If God was alive, he would hate you, anyway

[Chorus]
We are all just stars and we're waiting
We are all just scarred and we're hating
We are all just stars on your burning flag

[Outro]
Stars on your burning flag
Stars on your burning flag
Stars on your burning flag
Stars on your burning flag
Stars on your burning flag

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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