Marilyn Manson

Released: May 5, 2003

Songwriter: Marilyn Manson John 5

Producer: Tim Sköld Marilyn Manson

[Verse 1]
I'll pretend that I want you for what is on the inside
But when I get inside I'll just want to get out
I'm your first and last deposit through sickness and in Hell
I'll never promise you a garden, you'll just water me down

[Pre-Chorus]
I can't believe that you are for real
But I don't care as long as you're mine

[Chorus]
When I said "We", you know I meant "Me"
And when I said "Sweet", I meant "Dirty" (Hey, hey)
When I said "We", you know I meant "Me"
And when I said "Sweet", I meant "Dirty" (Hey, hey)

[Post-Chorus]
I'm unsafe, I'm unsafe
I won't repent and so I memorize the words to the porno movies
It's the only thing I wanna believe
I memorize the words to the porno movies
This is a new religion to me

[Verse 2]
I'm a VCR funeral of dead-memory waste
And my smile's a chain-link fence that I have put up
I love the enemy, my love is the enemy
They say they don't want fame, but they get famous when we fuck

[Chorus]
When I said "We", you know I meant "Me"
And when I said "Sweet", I meant "Dirty" (Hey, hey)
When I said "We", you know I meant "Me"
And when I said "Sweet", I meant "Dirty" (Hey, hey)

[Post-Chorus]
I'm unsafe, I'm unsafe
I won't repent and so I memorize the words to the porno movies
It's the only thing I wanna believe
I memorize the words to the porno movies
This is a new religion to me

[Bridge]
I never believed the Devil was real
But God couldn't make someone filthy as you

[Chorus]
When I said "We", you know I meant "Me"
And when I said "Sweet", I meant "Dirty" (Hey, hey)
When I said "We", you know I meant "Me"
And when I said "Sweet", I meant "Dirty" (Hey, hey)
When I said "We", you know I meant "Me"
And when I said "Sweet", I meant "Dirty" (Hey, hey)
When I said "We", you know I meant "Me"
And when I said "Sweet", I meant "Dirty" (Hey, hey)

[Outro]
You are the church, I am the steeple
When we fuck, we're all God's people
You are the church, I am the steeple
When we fuck, we're all God's people

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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