In the past, band members dressed in outlandish makeup and costumes, and engaged in intentionally shocking behavior both onstage and off. Their lyrics often received criticism for their anti-religious sentiment and references to sex, violence and drugs, while their live performances were frequently called offensive and obscene. On several occasions, protests and petitions led to the group being blocked from performing, with at least three US states passing legislation banning the group from performing at state-owned venues. They released a number of platinum-selling albums, including Antichrist Superstar (1996) and Mechanical Animals (1998). These albums, along with their highly stylized music videos and worldwide touring, brought public recognition to Marilyn Manson. In 1999, news media, infamously, falsely blamed the band for influencing the perpetrators of the Columbine High School massacre.
As this controversy began to wane throughout the 2000s, so did the band's mainstream popularity. Despite this, Jon Wiederhorn of MTV, in June 2003, referred to Marilyn Manson as "the only true artist today". Marilyn Manson is widely regarded as being one of the most iconic and controversial figures in rock music, with the band and its lead singer influencing numerous other groups and musicians, both in metal-associated acts and also in wider popular culture. VH1 ranked Marilyn Manson as the seventy-eighth best rock band on their 100 Great Artists of Hard Rock. They were inducted into the Kerrang! Hall of Fame in 2000, and have been nominated for four Grammy Awards. In the U.S., the band has seen ten of its releases debut in the top ten, including two number-one albums. Marilyn Manson have sold in excess of 50 million records worldwide.
Full Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marilyn_Manson_(band)
Studio albums
Portrait of an American Family (1994)
Antichrist Superstar (1996)
Mechanical Animals (1998)
Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death) (2000)
The Golden Age of Grotesque (2003)
Eat Me, Drink Me (2007)
The High End of Low (2009)
Born Villain (2012)
The Pale Emperor (2015)
Heaven Upside Down (2017)
We Are Chaos (2020)
Birds of Hell Awaiting
Marilyn Manson Lyrics
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With the wings on fire
Insane old Phoenix, baby
It's your death desire
The birds of Hell awaiting
With the wings on fire
Insane old Phoenix, baby
It's your death desire
(This is your death, this is your death)
(This is your death's desire)
(This is your death, this is your death)
(This is your death's desire)
(This is your death, this is your death)
(This is your death's desire)
Birds of Hell awaiting
With the wings on fire
Insane old Phoenix, baby
It's your death desire
It's where you're death's desire
It's your death desire
(This is your death, this is your death)
(This is your death's desire)
(This is your death, this is your death)
(This is your death's desire)
(This is your death,)
(This is your death's desire)
Insane old Phoenix, baby
It's your death desire
Insane old Phoenix, baby
It's your death desire
The birds of Hell awaiting
With the wings on fire
Insane old Phoenix, baby
It's your death desire
Your death desire
The birds of Hell awaiting
With the wings on fire
Insane old Phoenix, baby
It's your death desire
Your death desire
(This is your death, this is your death)
(This is your death's desire)
(This is your death, this is your death)
(This is your death's desire)
The lyrics to Marilyn Manson's "Birds of Hell Awaiting" paint a picture of an insane old Phoenix whose death desire is being fulfilled by the birds of Hell with wings on fire. The Phoenix, typically known for its ability to rise from its own ashes, is depicted in such a way that suggests a certain level of madness and self-destructiveness. Manson's use of the term "death desire" adds an additional layer of complexity to this interpretation; it's not simply the Phoenix's death wish that's being fulfilled, but rather a deeper, more sinister yearning for an end to its existence.
The repetition of the chorus, "This is your death's desire," lends an eerie quality to the song while also underscoring the Phoenix's obsession with its own demise. The birds of Hell are presented as willing participants in this act of self-destruction, with their wings on fire perhaps symbolizing the flames of hell itself.
Overall, "Birds of Hell Awaiting" is a dark and haunting song that delves into themes of mortality, madness, and self-destruction. Manson's lyrics paint a vivid picture of a doomed creature, with the birds of Hell serving as both its executioners and its accomplices in its death wish.
Line by Line Meaning
Birds of Hell awaiting
Awaiting you in Hell are demonic birds
With the wings on fire
Their fiery wings suggest they are not of this world
Insane old Phoenix, baby
You are like a deranged phoenix, obsessed with your own death and rebirth
It's your death desire
You crave death and welcome it eagerly
(This is your death, this is your death)
Repeated warning that death is coming
(This is your death's desire)
You actively desire death
It's where you're death's desire
Death is what you crave and desire
Your death desire
You want to die
Lyrics © CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Peermusic Publishing
Written by: BRIAN HUGH WARNER, TYLER LEE BATES
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Marilyn666Manson
Birds of Hell awaiting
With the wings on fire
Insane old Phoenix, baby
It's your death desire
The birds of Hell awaiting
With the wings on fire
Insane old Phoenix, baby
It's your death desire
Birds of Hell awaiting
With the wings on fire
Insane old Phoenix, baby
It's your death desire
It's where you're death's desire
It's your death desire
Insane old Phoenix, baby
It's your death desire
Insane old Phoenix, baby
It's your death desire
The birds of Hell awaiting
With the wings on fire
Insane old Phoenix, baby
It's your death desire
Your death desire
The birds of Hell awaiting
With the wings on fire
Insane old Phoenix, baby
It's your death desire
Your death desire
(This is your death, this is your death)
(This is your death's desire)
(This is your death, this is your death)
(This is your death's desire)
pellin53
These are the CORRECT lyrics:
The birds of Hell are waiting
With their wings on fire
This ain't no Phoenix, baby
It's your death's desire
The birds of Hell are waiting
With their wings on fire
This ain't no Phoenix, baby
It's your death's desire
The birds of Hell are waiting
With their wings on fire
This ain't no Phoenix, baby
It's your death's desire
This is your death
This is your death
This is your death's desire
[3x]
The birds of Hell are waiting
With their wings on fire
This ain't no Phoenix, baby
It's your death's desire
It's your death's desire
It's your death's desire
This is your death
This is your death
This is your death's desire
This is your death
This is your death
This is your death's desire
This is your death
This is your death's desire
This ain't no Phoenix, baby
It's your death's desire
This ain't no Phoenix, baby
It's your death's desire
The birds of Hell are waiting
With their wings on fire
This ain't no Phoenix, baby
It's your death's desire
It's your death's desire
The birds of Hell are waiting
With their wings on fire
This ain't no Phoenix, baby
It's your death's desire
It's your death's desire
This is your death
This is your death
This is your death's desire
[x2]
Shane Crees
This album came out when I was at the lowest point in my life, in a violent fall into insanity, drugs, and rage. The whole album was my anthem, MM is my anthem.
sons of anarchy
Shane, And my anthem, love anthem,
Badazz Beotch
Love the whole pale emperor album
Mother Metal
Love this funky swing beat. So much emotion in Mr. Mansons voice wow the power. Legend. 🤘😎🔥. Mother Metal 💀 🖤
Bilardo Selacome
Manson I believe said that prior to this album I think he discovered the blues. Hence this album is kind of a blues album, rock obviously.
Mother Metal
@Bilardo Selacome Thank you for the info. He always adds just the right touch to his music. He always keeps it interesting.
therasunpy
Fantastic sound!!!!!!!!!!! So creatively on target! Love it, love this song, and love the emotions conveyed in it!!
John Oliver
heavy bluesy sound.roots of rock! LOVE the new MANSON album.
Carlos Henrique Leme Delgado
Muito bom!
InkDropFalls
I am surprised how good this album really is i was expecting the worse ....Its changed a little from the last albums with more heavy rock feel little less glam than before ..But the vocals and flow is very much like a Bowie album mix with queen stone age