Marilyn Manson

Released: May 20, 2009

Songwriter: Jeordie White Chris Vrenna Marilyn Manson

Producer: Jeordie White Marilyn Manson Chris Vrenna Sean Beavan

[Verse 1]
I'll build you a shiny dollhouse or church
For you to shrink into a tiny wight spider
And gorge on horrid memories with conceited wings
Smother the past in a cocoon for me
And I'll help you move all the bodies

[Pre-Chorus]
I'll possess you but I don't need you
To be another one of my possessions
I don't need you to be my possession

[Chorus]
And I won't make you kneel for anyone but me
I won't promise a star, don't promise your soul
We'll say that we don't believe

[Verse 2]
I'll keep you wet when the world is dry
I can see them coming, I'll take you back inside
If they came for answers
I'll wrap my claws 'round your mouth tight
We'll consume each other until there's nothing left to hide
And they can all drown in our blood

[Pre-Chorus]
I'll possess you but I don't need you
To be another one of my possessions
I don't need you to be my possession

[Chorus]
And I won't make you kneel for anyone but me
I won't promise a star, don't promise your soul
We'll say that we don't believe
And I won't make you kneel for anyone but me
I won't promise a star, don't promise your soul
We'll say that we don't believe
Say that we don't believe

[Outro]
We can't haunt this home, home anymore
No, no, no, no, no
We can't haunt this home, home anymore
No, no, no, no, no
We can't haunt this home, home anymore
No, no, no, no, no
We can't haunt this home, home anymore
No, no, no, no, no

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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