Marilyn Manson

Released: May 20, 2009

Songwriter: Jeordie White Chris Vrenna Marilyn Manson

Producer: Jeordie White Chris Vrenna Marilyn Manson Sean Beavan

[Verse 1]
If you can hear this
Don't assume that I'm talking to you
Yesterday everything, I thought I believed in died
But today is my birthday
Today is my birthday

I don't need you, I'll say it to myself
It doesn't mean I won't need somebody
Anyone with half of a soul
Will hear this and they'll never leave me

[Pre-Chorus]
If you don't know what forever feels like
I'll show you what it feels like without it
I'll show you what it feels like without it

[Chorus]
This time I won't hesitate
To kill to protect what I believe in
This time I won't hesitate
To kill to protect what I believe in

[Verse 2]
I can get by now, I'm not really dead
But I really needed someone to save me
Leaving me alone to die
Is worse than having the guts to kill me

[Pre-Chorus]
If you don't know what forever feels like
I'll show you what it feels like without it
I'll show you what it feels like without it

[Chorus]
This time I won't hesitate
To kill to protect what I believe in
This time I won't hesitate
To kill to protect what I believe in

[Outro]
Not letting you win, won't satisfy me
I'll teach you about loss
Not letting you win, won't satisfy me
I'll teach you about loss

(If you don't know what forever feels like)
Not letting you win, won't satisfy me
(I'll show you what it feels like without it)
I'll teach you about loss (Ooh, ooh)
Not letting you win, won't satisfy me
(I'll show you what it feels like without it)
I'll teach you about loss (Ooh, ooh)

Not letting you win, won't satisfy me (Ooh, ooh)
I'll teach you about loss (Ooh, ooh)
Not letting you win, won't satisfy me (Ooh, ooh)
I'll teach you about loss

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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