Marilyn Manson

Released: May 20, 2009

Songwriter: Jeordie White Chris Vrenna Marilyn Manson

Producer: Jeordie White Chris Vrenna Marilyn Manson Sean Beavan

[Part I]

[Verse 1]
I wanna fuck you like a foreign film
And there's no subtitles to get you through this
And I'm a country you don't ever, ever, ever, ever
Ever want to visit again

[Chorus]
Line up, roll camera, you pretend, I'll pretend
And cut, cut, cut, cut, cut, cut
Line up, roll camera, you pretend, I'll pretend
And cut, cut, cut, cut

[Verse 2]
I want to kill you like they do in the movies
Don't worry, there's another one just like you in line
I want to kill you like they do in the movies
Don't worry, there's another one just like you in line
Just like you in line

[Chorus]
Line up, roll camera, you pretend, I'll pretend
And cut, cut, cut
Line up, roll camera, you pretend, I'll pretend
And cut, cut, cut, cut

[Part II]

I'm a strip, strip, strip
And I flicker, flick, flick, flick
A flicker of celluloid
And there's holes, holes, holes in my everything

I'm a strip, strip, strip
And I flicker, flick, flick, flick
A flicker of celluloid
And there's holes, holes, holes in my everything

You're just what I projected
Just what I projected

Come in, come in, come in, come in
Come in, come in, come in, come in, come inside

There's so much, much, much more skin to break
I haven't even taken off my gloves
There's so much, much, much more skin to break
I haven't even taken off my gloves

I feel a little sorry baby, I feel a little sorry baby
I hear the afterlife is poorly scored
I feel a little sorry baby, I feel a little sorry baby
I hear the afterlife is poorly scored

You're lucky you don't have to wake up
Sick, sick, sick, sick
I'm sick of immortality, I'm sick of immortality
I'm sick of immortality, sick

I was only acting, baby
Only acting, baby
You were only acting, baby
Overacting, baby

Don't confuse it with love
Don't confuse it with love
Don't confuse it with love
Don't confuse it with love

Everytime I kill you, I'm really just killing myself
Everytime I kill you, I'm really just killing myself
Everytime I kill you, I'm really just killing myself

Don't flatter yourself
Don't flatter yourself

This is business not pleasure, baby
This is business not pleasure, baby
The business of pleasure, baby
This is business not pleasure, baby

This is business
This is business

[Refrain]
I want to kill you like they do in the movies
Don't worry, there's another one just like you, standing in line
I want to kill you like they do in the movies
Don't worry, there's another one just like you, standing in line

[Chorus]
Line up, roll camera, you pretend, I'll pretend
And cut, cut, cut, cut
Line up, roll camera, you pretend, I'll pretend
And cut, cut, cut, cut

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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