Marilyn Manson

Released: January 15, 2015

Songwriter: Marilyn Manson

Producer: Tyler Bates Marilyn Manson

[Verse 1]
I don't want your God and your higher power
I want power to get higher
And I'm not a liar, and I'm not a liar
When you look up, what will you see?
I don't need a motherfucker looking down on me
Motherfucker looking down on me
At least I know wherever I go
I've got the devil beneath my feet
At least I know wherever I go
I've got the devil beneath my feet
Beneath my feet

[Chorus]
Don't bring your black cloud to bed
When I wake up you best be gone
Or you better be dead
Don't bring your black cloud to bed
When I wake up you best be gone
Or you better be dead

[Verse 2]
This what happens when you put an apple on your head
You can laugh all day but you can't laugh the darkness away
Can't laugh the darkness away
Too many pills and not enough kills
I need the Bug House, or the Big House
They'll never take me alive, never take me alive
Never fucking take me alive
It's better to be blamed for robbing Peter
Than guilty for paying Paul
It's better to be blamed for robbing Peter
Than guilty for paying Paul

[Chorus]
Don't bring your black cloud to bed
When I wake up you best be gone
Or you better be dead

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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