Marilyn Manson

Released: November 25, 1997

Songwriter: Marilyn Manson

Producer: Marilyn Manson Trent Reznor Dave Ogilvie

[Verse 1]
She's made of hair and bone and little teeth
And things I cannot speak
She comes on like a crippled plaything
Spine is just a string

I wrapped our love in all this foil
Silver-tight like spider legs
I never wanted it to ever spoil
But flies will lay their eggs

[Chorus]
Take your hatred out on me
Make your victim my head
You never ever believed in me
I am your tourniquet

[Verse 2]
Prosthetic synthesis with butterfly
Sealed up with virgin stitch
If it hurts, baby, please tell me
Preserve the innocence

I never wanted it to end like this
But flies will lay their eggs

[Interlude]
What I wanted
What I needed
What I got for me

[Chorus]
Take your hatred out on me
Make your victim my head
You never ever believed in me
I am your tourniquet

I am your tourniquet
I am your tourniquet

[Outro]
You never ever believed in me
You never ever believed
You never ever believed in me
You never ever believed
You never ever believed in me
You never ever believed
You never ever believed in me
You never ever believed
You never ever believed in me
Take your, take your, take your, take your
You never ever believed
Take your, take your, take your, take your
You never ever believed in me
Take your, take your, take your
You never ever believed

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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