Marilyn Manson

Released: November 11, 2000

Songwriter: Jeordie White John 5 Marilyn Manson

Producer: Dave Sardy Marilyn Manson

[Part 1: Eden Eye]

[Intro]
"A loved one laid his head in her lap
Red roses fell to the floor
And the world stood still"

[Verse 1]
My mouth was a crib and it was growing lies
I didn't know what love was on that day
Heart's a tiny blood clot, I picked at it
It never heals, it never goes away

[Pre-Chorus]
Burned all the good things in the Eden eye
We were too dumb to run, too dead to die
Burned all the good things in the Eden eye
We were too dumb to run, too dead to die

[Chorus]
This was never my world, you took the angel away
I'd kill myself to make everybody pay
This was never my world, you took the angel away
I'd kill myself to make everybody pay

[Verse 2]
I would have told her then, she was the only thing
That I could love, in this dying world
But the simple word of love itself
Already died and went away

[Chorus]
This was never my world, you took the angel away
I'd kill myself to make everybody pay
This was never my world, you took the angel away
I'd kill myself to make everybody pay

[Pre-Chorus]
Burned all the good things in the Eden eye
We were too dumb to run, too dead to die
Burned all the good things in the Eden eye
We were too dumb to run, too dead to die

[Chorus]
This was never my world, you took the angel away
I'd kill myself to make everybody pay
This was never my world, you took the angel away
I'd kill myself to make everybody pay
This was never my world, you took the angel away
I'd kill myself to make everybody pay
This was never my world, you took the angel away
I'd kill myself to make everybody pay

[Part 2: Apple of Discord]

[Outro]
Her heart's a bloodstained egg, we didn't handle with care
It's broken and bleeding, and we could never repair
Her heart's a bloodstained egg, we didn't handle with care
It's broken and bleeding, and we could never repair
And we can never repair

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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