Marilyn Manson

Released: September 15, 1998

Songwriter: Madonna Wayne Gacy Jeordie White Zim Zum Marilyn Manson

Producer: Marilyn Manson Michael Beinhorn

[Verse 1]
In space, the stars are no nearer
Just glitters like a morgue
And I dreamed I was a spaceman
Burned like a moth in a flame
And our world was so fucking gone
I'm not attached to your world
Nothing heals, nothing grows
I'm not attached to your world
Nothing heals, nothing grows

[Pre-Chorus]
'Cause it's a great big white world
And we are drained of our colors
We used to love ourselves
We used to love one another

[Chorus]
All my stitches itch, my prescription's low
I wish you were queen, just for today
In a world so white, what else could I say?

[Verse 2]
And hell was so cold
All the vases are so broken
And the roses tear our hands open
Mother Mary, miscarry
But we pray just like insects
And the world is so ugly now

[Pre-Chorus]
'Cause it's a great big white world
And we are drained of our colors
We used to love ourselves
We used to love one another

[Chorus]
All my stitches itch, my prescription's low
I wish you were queen, just for today
All my stitches itch, my prescription's low
I wish you were queen, just for today
In a world so white, what else could I say?

[Bridge]
'Cause it's a great big white world
And we are drained of our colors
We used to love ourselves
We used to love one another

[Chorus]
All my stitches itch, my prescription's low
I wish you were queen, just for today
All my stitches itch, my prescription's low
I wish you were queen, just for today
In a world so white, what else could I say?

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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