Marilyn Manson

Released: July 22, 1997

Featuring: Sneaker Pimps

Songwriter: Jeordie White Marilyn Manson

Producer: Sean Beavan Marilyn Manson

[Verse 1]
I want to fly into your sun
Need faith to make me numb
Live like a teenage Christ
I'm a saint, got a date with suicide

[Pre-Chorus]
Oh Mary, Mary
To be this young is, oh, so scary
Mary, Mary
To be this young — I'm, oh, so scared

[Chorus]
I wanna live, I wanna love
But it's a long hard road out of hell
I wanna live, I wanna love
But it's a long hard road out of hell

[Post-Chorus]
You never said forever could ever hurt like this
You never said forever could ever hurt like this

[Verse 2]
Spin my way out of hell
There's nothing left this soul to sell
Live fast and die fast too
How many times to do this for you?
How many times to do this for you?

[Pre-Chorus]
Mary, Mary
To be this young — I'm, oh, so scared

[Chorus]
I wanna live, I wanna love
But it's a long hard road out of hell
I wanna live, I wanna love
But it's a long hard road out of hell

[Post-Chorus]
You never said forever could ever hurt like this
You never said forever could ever hurt like this

[Bridge]
I wanna live, I wanna love
But it's a long hard road out of hell
Long hard road, out of hell
I wanna live, I wanna love
But it's a long hard road out of hell

[Outro]
Sell my soul for anything, anything but you
Sell my soul for anything, anything but you

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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