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)
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Marilyn Manson Lyrics
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I don't work but I can work with it to split your smile
Run you down without a twitch your car's just not as big as mine
Tear the son out of your bitch and sprinkle your remains with lime
I ain't no workin' man I do the best I can I got the devil's hand rollin' sixes
I am the habit man I use up all I can I got the slacker's hand
My afternoon's remote control, daydream milk and genocide
Tranquility with broken knees, silly putty enemies
What I got I got for free, middle finger technology
What's yours is mine, yours is mine, told you fucker, yours is mine
Snake eyes for sissies
I am the pedophiles dream, a messianic peter pan
Just a boy, just a boy, just a little fucking boy, I can never be a man
The lyrics of "Coma Black" by Marilyn Manson evoke feelings of heartbreak, loss, and despair. The line "my mouth was a crib and it was growing lies" suggests that the singer has been dishonest with himself and others, possibly about his feelings towards someone he loved. The metaphorical language continues with "my heart's a tiny blood clot, I picked at it, it never heals it never goes away," portraying the deep emotional wounds left by his failed relationships. The singer burned all the good things in the "Eden eye" and is too dumb to run and too dead to die, implying that he has given up hope for any kind of redemption or happiness.
The repeated lines "This was never my world, you took the angel away, I'd kill myself to make everybody pay" suggest that the singer believes that he is not responsible for the darkness and pain he feels. He places the blame on an external force – "you" – who took away his "angel," or the one person who gave him hope and made him feel loved. This sense of victimhood and despair is compounded by the lines "her heart's a bloodstained egg, we didn't handle with care, it's broken and bleeding, and we can never repair."
Overall, "Coma Black" is a poignant portrayal of the emotional scars left by love and loss. The singer expresses his feelings of hopelessness, despair, and a desire for retribution or justice, making this song a powerful examination of heartbreak and its aftermath.
Line by Line Meaning
My mouth was a crib and it was growing lies
I was completely full of lies and my mouth was the breeding ground for those lies.
It didn't know what love was on that day
My mouth was completely unaware of the idea of love and its true meaning on that particular day.
My heart's a tiny blood clot, I picked at it
My heart is like a small blood clot, and I picked at it, causing it to never heal and never go away.
It never heals it never goes away
My heart is eternally damaged and it will never get better or disappear.
I burned all the good things in the eden eye
I destroyed everything good that could be seen in the Garden of Eden.
We were too dumb to run too dead to die
We were too foolish to run away and were stuck and dying.
This was never my world
This world has never felt like mine.
You took the angel away
You took someone special, like an angel, away from me.
I'd kill myself to make everybody pay
I would be willing to end my life to make others feel guilty for what they have done.
I would have told her then, she was the only thing
If I had the chance, I would have told her that she was the only thing I loved in this dying world.
That I could love in this dying world
I was only capable of loving her during a time where the world was falling apart.
Already died and went away
The concept and true meaning of love had already died and disappeared before I had a chance to tell her.
Her heart's a bloodstained egg
Her heart is like a fragile egg that is covered in blood.
We didn't handle with care
We didn't treat her heart with the delicate nature that it needed.
It's broken and bleeding
Her heart is shattered and actively bleeding.
And we can never repair
It is too late to fix the damage that we have caused to her heart.
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: STEPHEN GREGORY JR BIER, SCOTT MITCHELL PUTESKY, BRAD M STEWART, BRIAN HUGH WARNER
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@nelos7519
I lie, I wait
I stop, I hesitate
I am, I breathe
I meant, I think of me
Is it any wonder I can't sleep?
All I have is all you gave to me
Is it any wonder I found peace through you?
Turn to the gates of heaven, to myself be damned
Turn away from light
It's not enough, just a touch
It's not enough
I taste, I love
I come, I bleed enough
I hate, I'm not
I was, I want too much
Is it any wonder I can't sleep?
All I have is all you gave to me
Is it any wonder I found peace through you?
Turn to the gates of heaven, to myself be damned
Turn away from light
It's not enough, just a touch
It's not enough, just a touch
It's not enough, just a touch
It's not enough, just a touch
It's not enough, just a touch
It's not enough, just a touch
@passorng
Anyone else get chills the first time they heard this????
@joshuachadmorris5178
Me can't believe I just heard this a week ago
@syntheseyez3577
While reading this actually!
@mr.j150
Everytime I hear this
@TheChunkyluver53
Sho did
@annsaunders4758
Oh Yes, so beautiful.
@algavicomedy
Oh DAMN! I was at that concert on the lawn section and this piece blew my mind. You could feel the thump of the guitars on your chest. I've always said this was the best live performance I got to see. This was the Bridge School Benefit concert with a crazy lineup. Thanks for having this.
@darrenmacias4402
you're a lucky gay :'(
@adeptonihilam3150
Lucky bastard!!!
@bayareanewman1566
Ditto, I was high a fuck on the grass… if you remember, MM wasn’t on the bill, so when he came out to sing one of my favorite songs I was just like WTF?’b