Marilyn Manson

Released: November 11, 2000

Songwriter: John 5 Jeordie White Marilyn Manson

Producer: Dave Sardy Marilyn Manson

[Verse 1]
Am I sorry your sky went black?
Put your knives in babies' backs
Am I sorry you killed the Kennedy's and Huxley, too?
But I'm sorry Shakespeare was your scapegoat
And your apple's sticking into my throat
Sorry your Sunday smiles are rusty nails
And your crucifixion commercials failed

[Refrain]
But I'm just a pitiful anonymous (Yeah!)

[Chorus]
I see all the young believers
Your target audience
I see all the old deceivers
We all just sing their song

[Verse 2]
Am I sorry just to be alive
Putting my face in the beehive?
Am I sorry for Booth and Oswald, pinks and cocaine, too?
Sorry you never check the bag in my head for a bomb
And my halo was a needle hole
Sorry I saw a priest being beaten
And I made a wish

[Refrain]
But I'm just a pitiful anonymous

[Chorus]
I see all the young believers
Your target audience
I see all the old deceivers
We all just sing their song
I see all the young believers
Your target audience
I see all the old deceivers
We all just sing their song

[Post-Chorus]
We all just sing their song
We all just sing their song

[Bridge]
"Valley of Death, we are free
Your father's your prison, you see"
"Valley of Death, we are free
Your father's your prison, you see"

[Chorus]
I see all the young believers
Your target audience
I see all the old deceivers
We all just sing their song

[Outro]
You're just a copy of an imitation
You're just a copy of an imitation
The president is dead, let us pray

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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