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)
The Flowers of Evil
Marilyn Manson Lyrics
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Like stars in the ground
That will grow into dead flowers
The day they covered us in the dirt
Like stars in the ground
That will grow into dead flowers
Your body's on me
Your touch is so empty
Your touch is so empty
Your bodies on me like
Sleepless spiders
Your touch is so empty
Your touch is so empty
Your touch is so empty
Your touch is so empty
I've been running
From the bloodless
For fear of exile
For all of my sorceries
That shun the light
That shun the light
I've been running
From the bloodless
For fear of exile
For all of my sorceries
That shun the light
That shun the light
The day they covered us in the dirt
Like scars in the ground
That will grow into dead flowers
The day they covered us in the dirt
Like scars in the ground
That will grow into dead flowers
I've been running
From the bloodless
For fear of exile
For all of my sorceries
That shun the light
That shun the light
I've been running
From the bloodless
For fear of exile
For all of my sorceries
That shun the light
That shun the light
I've been running
From the bloodless
For fear of exile
For all of my sorceries
That shun the light
That shun the light
I've been running
From the bloodless
For fear of exile
For all of my sorceries
That shun the light
That shun the light
Light
Light
Light
Light
The Flowers of Evil by Marilyn Manson is a song with cryptic lyrics that are open for interpretation. The song begins with the singer acknowledging that they were covered in dirt like stars in the ground that will eventually grow into dead flowers. The reference to stars and dead flowers implies that something that was once alive, maybe even beautiful and important, has been buried and forgotten. The next verse describes a touch that feels empty, like sleepless spiders, and a body that is on the singer, possibly implying a lack of emotional connection or even a dangerous obsession.
The chorus is a repetition of the opening verse, emphasizing the burying of something important and the inevitable decay and death that follows. The last verse talks about the singer running from the bloodless, haunted by their sorceries that shun the light. It could be interpreted that they are running away from the consequences of their actions, the people they've hurt, or even their own guilt. The repeated phrase "that shun the light" further implies a hiding or running from something that needs to be faced.
Line by Line Meaning
The day they covered us in the dirt
Like stars in the ground
That will grow into dead flowers
The day they buried us in the ground, likened to stars that will eventually become dead flowers.
Your body's on me
Like sleepless spiders
Your touch is so empty
Your body is on me, comparable to sleepless spiders, and your touch feels hollow.
I've been running
From the bloodless
For fear of exile
For all of my sorceries
That shun the light
That shun the light
I've been fleeing from those without blood for fear of being exiled, due to my use of magic that prefers darkness and shadows.
The day they covered us in the dirt
Like scars in the ground
That will grow into dead flowers
The day they buried us in the earth, akin to scars on the ground, which will soon become lifeless flowers.
Light
Light
Light
Light
The repetition of the word light serves as an emphasis on this key aspect, which links to the idea of brightness and the absence of darkness.
Lyrics © THE BICYCLE MUSIC COMPANY
Written by: BRIAN HUGH WARNER, CHRIS ALAN VRENNA, JEORDIE WHITE
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Ratón Mágico
To all the people complaining everywhere about Manson not being the same as he was in Antichrist or Mechanical Animals, get over it and move on. He's an artist, and a true artist keeps changing, exploring new styles, new themes, in an always-changing sick society, and his own experience on it. If you want Manson to betray himself and new visions on art, without maturing, without trying new things, pretending to be 25 yrs old forever, well... he's not that mediocre at all, so ignore his post-Holy Wood work, imagine it never happened and listen to Antichrist Superstar, Mechanical Animals, etc. over and over and over again until you die. Born Villain is one of his greatest later-day works as is The Pale Emperor. I recommend you to pay attention to such visceral and sublime music.
Arun Maharaj
He did everything amazing and accomplished soo much at 26-28! :)
Ziana Wagner
@Anthony Sears-Piccioni THANK you. Everybody I've talked to seems to hate Eat Me, Drink Me, but I think it was a brooding, romantic masterpiece
David Hoyle
I am sooo sorry to inform you that I am here to remind you of that stupid retarded illegal shit you did in the bar two weeks before you left this comment two years ago and found out you just committed a crime and had to lie to all your friends infront of a nazi for 4 months so you wouldn't have to get charged. Run on alert I'm aware.
eggplant mcgee
John Semones but here you are, an ignorant bitchass, degrading someone’s work that is more recognizable that you every will be. Who’s brain dead now?
Rogue Lts
Corey 742617000027 I like marilyn manson as a person
Angel M
'Hey, cruel world...', 'Murderers' and 'You're so vain' are the 'old-school' songs; 'No reflection', 'Slo-mo-tion' and 'Pistol Whipped' are the populars; 'Overneath', 'The flowers of evil' and 'The gardener' are the 'celebritarism songs'; 'Children of Cain', Born Villain' and 'Breaking the same old ground' are the epics; 'Disengaged' and 'Lay down your goddamn arms' are like the THEOL and EMDM songs. I wish u can understand me.
slashkill 666
This is now my favourite song; the bridge makes spine tingle,
bv is my 2nd fave album after the flawless Holy Wood.
slashkill 666
+slashkill 666 correction; the gardener, not foe.
marcelscalades
I never thought I’d be jamming the F out while sitting on the toilet. God I love Manson