Marilyn Manson

Released: October 24, 1995

Songwriter: Anthony Valcic Joe Bishara Dave Ogilvie Marilyn Manson

Producer: Trent Reznor Marilyn Manson

[Verse 1]
I am the face of piss and shit and sugar
I do a crooked little dance with my funny little monkey
What I want, what I want is just your children
I hate what I have become, to escape what I hated being

Calliopenis envy from your daddy
You're not going to hear what he doesn't want to hear
What I say disgusts him
He wants to be me and that scares him
Let's do a funny little dance with my funny little monkey
The black keys

Actually, he loves you

[Chorus 1]
Here is my real head
Here is my real head
I wear this fucking mask because you cannot handle me
Here is my real head
Come along, kiddie winkies!

[Verse 2]
They try to blink me, not to think me
Don't want to bring me out
I am the rotten teeth, my fists are lined with suckers
My prison skins an eyesore-mirror-sketch-pad
I am your son
Your dad
You fag
I am your fad

[Chorus 1]
Here is my real head
Here is my real head
I wear this fucking mask because you cannot handle me
Here is my real head
Come along, kiddie winkies!

[Chorus 2]
Here we are, children! Come and get your lollipops!
I have to take your voice and and stick my fingers in it
Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck

[Chorus 1]
Here is my real head
Here is my real head
I wear this fucking mask because you cannot handle me
Here is my real head
Come along, kiddie winkies!

[Bridge]
I wear this fucking mask because you cannot handle me
Here is my real head

[Outro]
Here we are, children! Come and get your lollipops!
I have to take your voice and and stick my fingers in it
Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck

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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Smells Like Children EP

From the albums

Smells Like Children EP (1995)
Nowhere: Music from the Gregg Araki Movie (1997)

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Smells Like Children EP