Marilyn Manson

Released: September 15, 1998

Songwriter: Zim Zum Madonna Wayne Gacy Jeordie White Marilyn Manson

Producer: Marilyn Manson Michael Beinhorn

[Verse 1]
There's something cold and blank
Behind her smile
She's standing on an overpass
In her miracle mile

[Pre-Chorus]
'Cause you were from a perfect world
A world that threw me away, today
Today, to run away

[Chorus]
A pill to make you numb, a pill to make you dumb
A pill to make you anybody else
But all the drugs in this world
Won't save her from herself

[Verse 2]
Her mouth was an empty cut
And she was waiting to fall
Just bleeding like a polaroid
That lost all her dolls

[Pre-Chorus]
You were from a perfect world
A world that threw me away, today
Today, to run away

[Chorus]
A pill to make you numb, a pill to make you dumb
A pill to make you anybody else
But all the drugs in this world
Won't save her from herself
A pill to make you numb, a pill to make you dumb
A pill to make you anybody else
But all the drugs in this world
Won't save her from herself

[Bridge]
You were from a perfect world
A world that threw me away, today

[Chorus]
A pill to make you numb, a pill to make you dumb
A pill to make you anybody else
But all the drugs in this world
Won't save her from herself
A pill to make you numb, a pill to make you dumb
A pill to make you anybody else
But all the drugs in this world
Won't save her from herself

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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