Marilyn Manson

Released: November 11, 2000

Songwriter: John 5 Marilyn Manson

Producer: Dave Sardy Marilyn Manson

[Verse 1]
We're on a bullet and we're headed straight into God
Even he'd like to end it, too
We take a pill, get a face, buy our ticket
And we hope that heaven's true

[Pre-Chorus]
I saw a cop beat a priest on the TV
And they know they killed our heroes, too

[Chorus]
We sing the death song, kids
'Cause we got no future
And we wanna be just like you
We wanna be just like you
We wanna be just like you
(Let's sing the death song, kids)

[Verse 2]
We light a candle on an Earth we made into hell
And pretend that we're in heaven
Each time we do, we get the blind man's ticket
And we know that nothing's true

[Pre-Chorus]
I saw a priest kill a cop on the TV
And I know now they're our heroes, too

[Chorus]
We sing the death song, kids
'Cause we got no future
And we wanna be just like you
We wanna be just like you
We wanna be just like you

[Post-Chorus]
We sing the death song, kids
We sing the death song, kids

[Bridge]
We sing the death song, kids
We sing the death song, kids
We write our prayers on a little bomb
Kiss it on the face and send it to God

[Chorus]
We sing the death song, kids
'Cause we got no future
And we wanna be just like you
We wanna be just like you
We wanna be just like you

[Outro]
We were the world
Now we got no future
We wanna be just like you
We wanna be just like you
We wanna be just like you
We were the world
We got no future
We wanna be just like you
We wanna be just like you
We wanna be just like you
(Let's sing the death song, kids)

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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