Marilyn Manson

Released: October 8, 1996

Songwriter: Daisy Berkowitz Madonna Wayne Gacy Jeordie White Marilyn Manson

Producer: Sean Beavan Dave Ogilvie Trent Reznor Marilyn Manson

[Verse 1]
Ants are in the sugar, muscles atrophied
We're on the other side, the screen is us, and we're TV
Spread me open, sticking to my pointy ribs
Are all your infants in abortion cribs
I was born into this, everything turns to shit
The boy that you loved is the man that you fear

[Chorus]
Pray until your number
Asleep from all your pain
Your apple has been rotting
Tomorrow's turned up dead

[Verse 2]
I have it all and I have no choice but to
I'll make everyone pay and you will see
You can kill yourself now, because you're dead in my mind
The boy that you loved is the monster you fear

[Chorus]
Peel off all those eyes
And crawl into the dark
You've poisoned all of your children
To camouflage your scars

Pray unto the splinters
Pray unto your fear
Pray your life was just a dream
The cut that never heals

[Post-Chorus]
Pray now, baby
Pray your life was just a dream

[Bridge]
I am so tangled in my sins that I cannot escape
I am so tangled in my sins that I cannot escape

[Verse 3]
Pinch the head off, collapse me like a weed
Someone had to go this far
I was born into this, everything turns to shit
The boy that you loved is the man that you fear

[Chorus]
Peel off all those eyes
And crawl into the dark
You've poisoned all of your children
To camouflage your scars

Pray unto the splinters
Pray unto your fear
Pray your life was just a dream
The cut that never heals

[Post-Chorus]
Pray now, baby
Pray your life was just a dream
The world in my hands
There's no one left to hear you scream
No one left for you

[Outro]
When all your wishes are granted
Many of your dreams will be destroyed

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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