Released: September 14, 1998

Songwriter: Madonna Wayne Gacy Marilyn Manson

Producer: Michael Beinhorn Sean Beavan Marilyn Manson

[Spoken]
In the end, I became them and I led them
After all, none of us really qualified as humans
We were just hard-worn, automatic, and as hollow as the "O" in God
I reattached my emotions, cellular and narcotic
From the top of Hollywood, it looked like space
Millions of capsules and Mechanical Animals
A city full of dead stars and a girl I called Coma White
This is my Omēga

Marilyn Manson

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