Released: May 5, 2003

Songwriter: Marilyn Manson

My pilot light has flickered out
You've knocked me off the hook
The person you are trying to reach is no longer here
I'm not really tall, dark and handsome
I just look that way
I'm a canvas that bleeds
And I'm painted with fingers
Childish pictures
Of you that still linger
Bury you're wasted into the moon
Hoping that it sinks to the earth soon
Bury you're wasted into the moon
I hope that it sinks into the earth soon

My pilot light has flickered out
You've knocked me off the hook
The person you are trying to reach is no longer here
I'm a canvas that bleeds
And I'm painted with fingers
Childish pictures of you that still linger
I am a VCR
A funeral of dead memory waste
I'm a VCR
A funeral of dead memory waste
You can see it on my face
I'm a VCR funeral
Of dead memory waste
You can see it on my face
My smile is a chain link fence
I dare not frown
For fear of what comes out
My smile is a chain link fence
And I dare not frown for fear of what comes out

Sing a song, kitty
Sing it
Sing it, kitty
Sing it
Some people don't think that Lily
Is smart enough to understand what I'm thinking
But I know if she could she would kill
Everybody that I hate, 'cause she loves me
'Cause I took care of her since she was a little baby

I am a VCR funeral of dead memory waste
You can see it in my face
As drink crawls down the esophagus staircase
Into my bowels of Hell
Naked like clown faces all smeared clean
Naked like clown faces all smeared clean in the spotlight
Naked like clown faces all smeared clean in the spotlight

I'm a VCR funeral of dead memory waste you can see it on my face
Dead memory waste

Kill me, kill everyone, you can let them all die
The only thing in this world that does not die is money
You can kill me, you can kill them, you can let everyone die
The only thing in this world that does not die is money
You can kill me, you can kill them, you can let everyone die
The only thing that is immortal in this world is money
You can kill me, you can kill them, you can let everything die
The only thing immortal in this world is money
The only thing immoral in this world is money
The only thing oral in this world is money
The only thing in this is money
The only thing is ney
The
Me
The
The only thing immortal in this world is money
The person you are trying to reach is no longer here
You have knocked me off the hook
The person you are trying to reach is no longer here
You have knocked me off the hook

You are afraid that you are no equal
While you are spending my money
You are afraid you are no equal while you are spending my money
You can kill me, you can kill them, you can let everyone die
The only thing immortal in this world is money
Why would I want to be equal with anyone?
You think you're not equal while you're spending my money
Why would I want to be equal with anyone?
Why would I want to be equal with anyone?
To be equal you have to add or subtract
And I have never liked math
To be equal you have to add or subtract
And I have never liked math
You are recognizable, as just another part in a vast machine
You are recognizable, as just another part in a vast machine
The only thing immortal in this world is money
The only thing original in this world is the way we destroy things
Everything has already been created
So we can only deal with new ways of destroying them
Everything has already been created
So we can only think of new ways of destroying them
Stop rehearsing alcohol and start performing narcotics
Stop rehearsing alcohol and start performing narcotics
Stop rehearsing alcohol and start performing narcotics
Do you think that animals believe in God?
Do you think that animals believe in God?
Do you think that animals believe in God?
To be equal you must add or subtract
People who want to be equal have lives that are filled with subtractions and auditions
To be equal you must add or subtract
People who want to be equal's lives' are filled with subtractions and auditions

We will call you back and tell you
Don't call us, we'll call you
Don't call us, we'll call you
Do animals believe in God?
Do animals believe in God?
Do animals believe in God?
Do animals believe in God?

Stop rehearsing alcohol and start performing narcotics
This is a Caucasian occasion
This is a Caucasian occasion
Could someone please autograph the frontal lobe?
Could someone please autograph the frontal lobe?
The insurance will not cover this
Could someone please autograph the frontal lobe?
The insurance will not cover this
Can someone please autograph the frontal lobe
The insurance will not cover this

And the young are too senile
The young are too senile
The young are too senile
The young are too senile
The young are too senile
The young are too senile
The young are too senile
The young are too senile
The young are too senile
The young Sieg Heil
The young Sieg Heil
Young are too senile
The young Sieg Heil

Do animals believe in God?
Do animals believe in God?
Do animals believe in God?
I'm a kickstand in your mouth
I am a kickstand in your mouth
I am a kickstand in your mouth
I am a kickstand in your mouth
The insurance won't cover this
The insurance won't cover this

You can run as fast as you want
But you can never outrun the cliché
You can run as fast as you want
But you can never outrun the cliché
You can run as fast as you want
But you can never outrun the cliché
The young are senile
The young are senile
Have I outgrown my spotlight?
Have I outgrown my spotlight?
Have I outgrown my spotlight?
My pupils are not students, they dilate but they never learn
My pupils are not students, they dilate but they never learn
My pupils are not students, they dilate but they never learn
My pupils are not students, they dilate but they never learn
Each time we roll up the dollar bill, we suffocate the President
Each time we roll up a dollar bill, we suffocate the President
Each time we roll up the dollar bill, we are suffocating the President
Each time we roll up the dollar bill, we suffocate the President

Just say now
Would you suck America's tits?
I want you to just say now, would you suck America's tits?
I want you to just say now, would you suck America's tits?
I want you to just say now, would you suck America's tits?
I want downloadable suicide
I want downloadable suicide
I want downloadable suicide
I want downloadable suicide
I want downloadable suicide
I want everything when I want it and I want it now
I want everything when I want it and I want it now
I want everything before I want it and I already wanted it so I don't want it anymore
I want everything when I want it and I want it now
I want everything before I want it so I don't want it anymore
I want downloadable suicide
I want a newer version
I want downloadable suicide
I want a newer version
I want downloadable suicide
Version I don't know
Version I don't point know
Version I don't point no
Version I point the gun at me
Oh
Oh
Version I don't know
Version I point the gun at me point
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
I want downloadable suicide

If I sneeze will anyone bless me?
If I sneeze will anyone bless me?
If I sneeze will anyone bless me?
Stop rehearsing alcohol and start performing narcotics
I keep watering a dead flower
Keep watering a dead flower
Keep watering the dead flower
Keep watering a dead flower
Keep watering a dead flower
Keep watering a dead flower
Keep watering a dead flower
Keep watering a dead flower
Everything I make is a piece of plant
And some day it could have been a flower
And the things that are flowers are dead
Till I keep watering a dead flower
Keep watering a dead flower
There's not enough of me to make a bouquet
There's not enough of me to make a bouquet
Stop watering the dead flower
Stop watering a dead flower
Stop watering a dead flower

I have no balance
I am like snow
And I melt away
I have no balance
I am like snow
And I melt away
I have no balance
I am like snow
And I melt away

As you are listening
I want you to know
That you are nothing
But a screen that I will project
My images of sorrow, pain and sex upon
Although there is no difference between the three
As you are listening
I want you to know
That you are nothing
But a screen that I will project
My images of sorrow, pain and sex upon
Although there is no difference between the three
As you are listening
I want you to know
That you are only a screen
That I project my images of sorrow, pain and suffering and sex upon
Although there is no difference between the three and the one
As you are listening
I want you to know
That you are nothing but a screen
That I project my images of suffering, sorrow, pain, sex
And the brief glimmer of happiness I find in the misery
Of those who are sitting in the theatre of which this screen exists
I want you to know as you are listening
That you are nothing but a screen
That I project my images of sorrow, pain, suffering, sex
And the brief glimpse of happiness I get from the misery
Of those who sit in the theatre that this screen exists will feel while they listen
The brief glimpse of happiness that I feel as
Those who sit in the theatre that this screen exists will feel as they listen

This isn't about music
This is about the difference between you and me
This isn't about music
This is about the difference between you and me
This isn't about music
This is about the difference between you and me
This isn't about music
This is about the difference between you and me
This isn't about music
This is about the difference between you and me

I am a birthday cake that we light up, blow out, cut apart and forget
I am a birthday cake that you light up, blow out, cut apart and forget
I am a birthday cake that you light up, blow out, cut apart, devour and forget
I am a birthday cake that you light up, blow out, cut apart, devour and forget

And I'm just like a holiday because I make everyone in the family cry
And I'm just like a holiday because I make everyone in the family cry
And I'm just like a holiday because I make everyone in the family cry

Love your enemy because love is the enemy
Love your enemy because love is the enemy
Love your enemy because love is the enemy
Love your enemy because love is the enemy
Your sell by date has expired
Your sell by date has expired
Your sell by date has expired
Your sell by date has expired

Our commercial should be faster because we are all just slowguns
Waiting to have our triggers pulled
The commercials need to be faster because we are all just slowguns
Waiting to have our triggers pulled
The commercials should be faster because we are just slowguns
Waiting to have our triggers pulled
The commercials should be faster because we are just slowguns
Waiting to have our triggers pulled
The commercials should be faster because we are just slowguns
Waiting to have our triggers pulled
The commercials should be faster because we are just slowguns
Waiting to have our triggers pulled
The commercials should be faster because we are just slowguns
Waiting to have our triggers pulled

Don't bother trying to save the brainforest
Don't bother trying to save the brainforest
Don't bother trying to save the brainforest
My pain is not ashamed to repeat itself
My pain is not ashamed to repeat itself
My pain is not ashamed to repeat itself
My pain is not ashamed to repeat itself
My pain is not ashamed to repeat itself

The aspiration to save the world is a morbid phenomenon of today's youth
The aspiration to save the world is a morbid phenomenon of today's youth
The aspiration to save the world is a morbid phenomenon of today's youth

It's time someone believes what I say, I've become a lie
Each time someone believes what I say, I become a lie
Each time someone believes what I say, I become a lie
Each time someone believes what I say, I become a lie

We have reached the end of history
The only thing left is cosmetic changes
We have reached the end of history
The only thing that's left is cosmetic changes

Marilyn Manson

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