Marilyn Manson

Songwriter: Marilyn Manson

Producer: Daisy Berkowitz

[Verse 1]
I'll spread me open, stuck to my ribs
Are all your infants in abortion cribs
You run like roaches, you try to die
I know your poison, in our space we'll lie
To an obscene god, we will dance and spit
The skin is thin, in our beds we sit
We take off our rings and, we kneel
Our scabbed knees are so slow to heal

Sketch a little key hole
For looking-glass people
I don't want to be, no
I don't want to fear, no
Momma's got a scarecrow
Got to let the corn grow
A man can't always reap what he sows

[Chorus]
Cut, cut, cut in pantomime, mime, mime
I'll be your devil if you admit you're mine
Cut, cut, cut in pantomime, mime, mime
I'll be your devil if you admit you're mine
Cut, cut, cut in pantomime, mime, mime
I'll be your devil if you admit you're mine
Cut, cut, cut in pantomime, mime, mime
I'll be your devil if you admit you're mine

[Verse 2]
Leave yourself to be ultra-here
The chill of fall is always crawling near
Spiders in the flowers
Never know their smell
The barbers here know secrets
They will never tell

[Chorus]
Cut, cut, cut in pantomime, mime, mime
I'll be your devil if you admit you're mine
Cut, cut, cut in pantomime, mime, mime
I'll be your devil if you admit you're mine

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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