The first track written for The Golden Age of the Grotesque, "This Is the New Shit" was inspired by Manson's fascination with the rhythms and beats of hip hop music and "and [how] it brings out something that so many people like". Manson created the song's instrumentation before writing its lyrics, commenting that "it was worth trying to focus on making the beats first, and really making beats that had their own hooks to them, and then making riffs." To create the song's riff, he played a guitar into a Neve console. Manson told Jim Louvau of the Phoenix New Times that after creating the song's beat, "Then I wanted to address the simple absurdity of saying 'This Is the New Shit'--it's the most bitter, sardonic stab at fucking anyone who would listen to the song unless you get that, and therein lies the beauty." Manson also said that the track was inspired by Dadaism and is about "when you get to a point in history or in art or in your own creativity where you throw your hands up and you say 'I've done everything. Where do I go from here?'"
This Is the New Shit
Marilyn Manson Lyrics
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There's nothing left to say anymore
When it's all the same
You can ask for it by name
Babble babble bitch bitch
Rebel rebel party party
Sex sex sex and don't forget the violence
Blah blah blah got your lovey-dovey sad-and-lonely
Stick your stupid slogan in
Everybody sing along
Babble babble bitch bitch
Rebel rebel party party
Sex sex sex and don't forget the violence
Blah blah blah got your lovey-dovey sad-and-lonely
Stick your stupid slogan in
Everybody sing
Are you motherfuckers ready
For the new shit?
Stand up and admit
Tomorrow's never coming
This is the new shit
Stand up and admit
Do we get it? no
Do we want it? yeah
This is the new shit
Stand up and admit
Babble babble bitch bitch
Rebel rebel party party
Sex sex sex and don't forget the violence
Blah blah blah got your lovey-dovey sad-and-lonely
Stick your stupid slogan in
Everybody sing along
Everything has been said before
There's nothing left to say anymore
When it's all the same
You can ask for it by name
Are you motherfuckers ready
For the new shit?
Stand up and admit,
Tomorrow's never coming
This is the new shit
Stand up and admit
Do we get it? no
Do we want it? yeah
This is the new shit
Stand up and admit
And now it's you know who
I got the you know what
I stick it you know where
You know why, you don't care
And now it's you know who
I got the you know what
I stick it you know where
You know why, you don't care
And now it's you know who
I got the you know what
I stick it you know where
You know why, you don't care
And now it's you know who
I got the you know what
I stick it you know where
You know why, you don't care
Babble babble bitch bitch
Rebel rebel party party
Sex sex sex and don't forget the violence
Blah blah blah got your lovey-dovey sad-and-lonely
Stick your stupid slogan in
Everybody sing.
Are you motherfuckers ready
For the new shit?
Stand up and admit
Tomorrow's never coming
This is the new shit
Stand up and admit
Do we get it? no
Do we want it? yeah
This is the new shit
Stand up and admit
So let us entertain you
Let us entertain you
Blah blah blah blah everybody sing along
In "This Is the New Shit," Marilyn Manson is commenting on the repetitive nature of pop culture and society as a whole. He begins the song by acknowledging that everything has been said before and there’s nothing left to say anymore. In a world where everything is the same, you simply have to ask for it by name.
Manson then proceeds into a chorus of "Babble babble bitch bitch, Rebel rebel party party, Sex sex sex, and don't forget the violence" which appears to be a satirical jab at the formulaic and shallow nature of mainstream music. He references the meaningless slogans and cliches that are commonly found in pop culture, and encourages his audience to sing along.
The final verse shifts the focus of the song to be more inward, addressing his listeners directly. Manson talks about how tomorrow is never coming and this is the new shit, and asks if we want it. Clearly, we do - and he encourages us to stand up and admit it. He follows with "Let us entertain you" as if to say, even if it's all the same, at least it's entertaining.
Line by Line Meaning
Everything has been said before
There's nothing new under the sun
There's nothing left to say anymore
We've exhausted all topics of discussion
When it's all the same
When everything is boring and mundane
You can ask for it by name
You can demand something specific to alleviate the monotony
Babble babble bitch bitch
People talk too much and complain
Rebel rebel party party
We rebel against the norm by partying
Sex sex sex and don't forget the violence
We focus on sex and violence to escape our dull lives
Blah blah blah got your lovey-dovey sad-and-lonely
We're tired of the same old romantic clichés that make us sad and lonely
Stick your stupid slogan in
Advertisers use empty slogans to sell products
Everybody sing along
We mindlessly join in with the popular chorus
Are you motherfuckers ready
Are you guys prepared?
For the new shit?
For something totally different?
Stand up and admit
Acknowledge the new paradigm
Tomorrow's never coming
Don't wait for tomorrow, live in the moment
Do we get it? no
We don't understand it
Do we want it? yeah
But we desire it anyway
This is the new shit
This is the new trend
And now it's you know who
Referring to the anonymous new player
I got the you know what
I possess the hot new item
I stick it you know where
I'm going to use it and you can guess where
You know why, you don't care
The reason doesn't matter because you want it anyway
So let us entertain you
We're here to entertain you because that's what you want
Blah blah blah blah everybody sing along
We repeat the same formula for every song and everyone follows along
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Peermusic Publishing
Written by: Brian Warner, John Lowery, Tim Skold, Marilyn Manson
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
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