Marilyn Manson

Released: September 15, 1998

Songwriter: Jeordie White Madonna Wayne Gacy Marilyn Manson

Producer: Marilyn Manson Michael Beinhorn

[Verse 1: Marilyn Manson]
She's got eyes like Zapruder, mouth like heroin
She wants me to be perfect like Kennedy

[Pre-Chorus: Marilyn Manson]
This isn't God, this isn't God
This isn't God, this isn't God
God is just a statistic!
God is just a statistic!

[Chorus: Marilyn Manson & Rose McGowan]
Say, "Show me the dead stars, all of them sing" (Hey! Hey! Hey!)
This is a riot, religious and clean (Hey! Hey! Hey!)
(Hey! Hey! Hey!)

[Post-Chorus: Marilyn Manson]
God is a number you cannot count to
You are posthuman and hardwired

[Verse 2: Marilyn Manson]
She's pilgrim and pagan, soft-worn and social
In all of her dreams she's a saint like Jackie O

[Pre-Chorus: Marilyn Manson]
This isn't God, this isn't God
This isn't God, this isn't God
God is just a statistic!
God is just a statistic!

[Chorus: Marilyn Manson & Rose McGowan]
Say, "Show me the dead stars, all of them sing" (Hey! Hey! Hey!)
This is a riot, religious and clean (Hey! Hey! Hey!)
"Show me the dead stars, all of them sing" (Hey! Hey! Hey!)
This is a riot, religious and clean (Hey! Hey! Hey!)

[Post-Chorus: Marilyn Manson]
God is a number you cannot count to
God is a number you cannot count to
God is a number you cannot count to
You are posthuman and hardwired

[Bridge: Rose McGowan]
"All that glitters is cold"
"All that glitters is cold"
"All that glitters is cold"

[Chorus: Marilyn Manson & Rose McGowan]
Say, "Show me the dead stars, all of them sing" (Hey! Hey! Hey!)
This is a riot, religious and clean (Hey! Hey! Hey!)
"Show me the dead stars, all of them sing" (Hey! Hey! Hey!)
This is a riot, religious and clean (Hey! Hey! Hey!)

[Outro]
Ladies and gentlemen
Omēga and the Mechanical Animals

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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