Marilyn Manson

Released: July 19, 1994

Songwriter: Daisy Berkowitz Gidget Gein Madonna Wayne Gacy Marilyn Manson

Producer: Marilyn Manson Trent Reznor

[Verse 1]
Cyclops woman got one eye in her head
Mascara-clotted vision she is fed
Cyclops woman can't see nothing at all
She got a pin-prick-spiral hole, yeah

[Chorus]
She can't see nothing here, nothing at all
She can't see nothing here, nothing at all

[Verse 2]
Cyclops woman dying in her shell
Guilt got her trapped in, nailed in well
Cyclops woman is the eye of the world
Whose reflection's in the retina?

[Chorus]
She can't see nothing here, nothing at all
She can't see nothing here, nothing at all
She can't see nothing here, nothing at all
She can't see nothing here, nothing at all

[Refrain]
Dilate
Dilate

[Bridge]
She can't see nothing here, nothing at all
She can't see nothing here, nothing at all
Yeah

[Guitar Solo]

[Refrain]
Dilate
Dilate

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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