Fight Song
Marylin Manson Lyrics
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The passin' of everyday human events
And isolation is the oxygen mask
You make your children breathe in to survive
But I'm not a slave
To a God
Who doesn't exist
To a world
That doesn't give a shit
And when we were good
You just closed your eyes
So when we are bad
We'll scar your minds
Fight, fight, fight, fight
Fight, fight, fight, fight
You'll never grow up to be a big rock star
Celebrated victim of your fame
They'll just cut our wrists
Like cheap coupons
And say that death was on sale today
And when we were good
You just closed your eyes
So when we are bad
We'll scar your minds
But I'm not a slave
To a God
Who doesn't exist
And I'm not a slave
To a world
That doesn't give a shit
The death of one is a tragedy
The death of one is a tragedy
The death of one is a tragedy
The death of millions is just a statistic
But I'm not a slave
To a God
Who doesn't exist
And I'm not a slave
To a world
That doesn't give a shit
I'm not a slave
To a God
Who doesn't exist
And I'm not a slave
To a world
That doesn't give a shit
Fight, fight, fight, fight
Fight, fight, fight, fight
The lyrics of Marylin Manson's song "Fight Song" address the struggle against societal norms and the ways in which they suffocate and isolate individuals. The lines "Nothin' suffocates you more than / The passin' of everyday human events / And isolation is the oxygen mask / You make your children breathe in to survive" reveal the pressure to conform to the mundane and the toxic environment that permeates society. The chorus of "Fight, fight, fight, fight" encourages rebellion against these norms and advocating for individualism. The singer takes a stand against religion and the dogma that it enforces, asserting "But I'm not a slave / To a God / Who doesn't exist." The lyrics also criticize the way society celebrates fame, creating "victims" and commoditizing even death. The final lines of the song serve as a reminder of society's apathy toward large-scale tragedies, "The death of one is a tragedy / The death of millions is just a statistic."
Overall, "Fight Song" is a call to action to resist societal pressures and assert individuality. It challenges religious norms, consumer culture, and the way society accepts large-scale tragedies without much concern. These lyrics are a rebellion against conformity and an encouragement for listeners to stand up for themselves and live their lives on their own terms.
Line by Line Meaning
Nothin' suffocates you more than
Nothing can suffocate you more than
The passin' of everyday human events
The mundane and boring events of everyday life
And isolation is the oxygen mask
Having no social interaction is like wearing an oxygen mask
You make your children breathe in to survive
You force your children to accept this way of living to survive
But I'm not a slave
I refuse to be a slave
To a God
To a belief in a higher power
Who doesn't exist
That doesn't actually exist
And I'm not a slave
I refuse to be a slave
To a world
To the society we live in
That doesn't give a shit
That doesn't care about individuals
And when we were good
And when we behaved well
You just closed your eyes
You ignored us and turned a blind eye
So when we are bad
So now that we misbehave
We'll scar your minds
We'll cause lasting emotional pain
Fight, fight, fight, fight
We have to fight back against the oppressive system
You'll never grow up to be a big rock star
You'll never achieve greatness
Celebrated victim of your fame
You'll only be famous for being a victim
They'll just cut our wrists
They'll harm us and treat us like disposable objects
Like cheap coupons
Like something with no value
And say that death was on sale today
They'll treat our deaths as if they were insignificant
The death of one is a tragedy
One death is a heart-wrenching tragedy
The death of millions is just a statistic
But the death of many is treated like a mere statistic
Contributed by Ella J. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@Sara-xu6ww
These words are often attributed to the Soviet leader Joseph Stalin and it was published in 1947 by the popular syndicated newspaper columnist Leonard Lyons in “The Washington Post”. What source Lyons used to obtain this quotation? Nobody knows. Perhaps future researchers will locate further relevant evidence. There are several interesting precursors that illustrate the possible evolution of this expression. Beilby Porteus? Kurt Tucholsky? Erich Maria Remarque?.................
In 1759 a classics scholar named Beilby Porteus published a prize-winning work titled “Death: A Poetical Essay”. Porteus later became a Bishop in the Church of England. The following excerpt did not contain the word “statistics”, but it did discuss tyranny and provocatively contrasted the ramifications of small and large casualty numbers. Boldface has been added to excerpts:
To sate the lust of power; more horrid still,
The foulest stain and scandal of our nature
Became its boast — One Murder made a Villain,
Millions a Hero. — Princes were privileg’d
To kill, and numbers sanctified the crime.
Ah! why will Kings forget that they are Men?
In 1916 an anarchist publication based in California called “The Blast” printed a story that contrasted the feelings engendered by the personalized death of one individual versus the depersonalized death of many: 4
There is double the pathos for us in the death of one little New York waif from hunger than there is in a million deaths from famine in China. It is not that distance glosses over the terrible picture of the Chinese horror, or that a feeling of national kinship with the waif impresses us the more sincerely with his plight. It is merely that the mind is unable to grasp a suffering in the gross. Suffering is so intimately personal a thing that it must be explained through the personal equation, if at all
In 1925 a journalist and satirist named Kurt Tucholsky wrote a piece in a German newspaper that included a statement that was similar to the quotation (...)
At which a diplomat from French Ministry of Foreign Affairs replies: “The war? I can’t find it too terrible! The death of one man: that is a catastrophe. One hundred thousand deaths: that is a statistic!”
In 1932 “The Christian Science Monitor” printed an article describing a meeting that included George Bernard Shaw, Lady Astor, and Stalin. The article did not contain a statement matching the quotation, but it did contain a thematically related comment attributed to Stalin that portrayed him as a callous autocrat indifferent to death although the reporter expressed uncertainty about the veracity of the tale:
Although the interview which the Shaw-Astor party had with Stalin was theoretically secret, the story is told in Moscow that hardly had his guests been shown into the room when Lady Astor exuberantly opened the conversation with this remark: “Mr. Stalin, how long are you going to continue killing people?”
The Soviet Dictator quietly answered: “As long as it is necessary.”
Whether or not this story is true, it is illustrative of the Communist conception of government.
In 1939 a newspaper in Wisconsin reprinted a short item that contrasted the divergent responses evoked by the varying number of causalities caused by an individual:
If you shoot one person you are a murderer. If you kill a couple persons you are a gangster. If you are a crazy statesman and send millions to their deaths you are a hero. — Watertown Daily Times.
As noted previously in this article, in January 1947 the saying was attributed to Stalin in a syndicated column by Leonard Lyons:
Stalin interrupted him to say: “If only one man dies of hunger, that is a tragedy. If millions die, that’s only statistics.”
Also in 1947 Charlie Chaplin played the role of Henri Verdoux in the movie “Monsieur Verdoux”. A line from the script written and spoken by Chaplin echoed the words Beilby Porteus:
That’s the history of many a big business. Wars, conflict, it’s all business. One murder makes a villain, millions a hero. Numbers sanctify my good fellow.
In October 1948 “The Atlantic” monthly magazine published an instance, but the words were not attributed to Stalin; instead, the speaker was characterized only as a “Frenchman”. The quotation appeared in a book review column called “The Atlantic Bookshelf” which was written by Charles J. Rolo. This attribution may have been an echo of Tucholsky’s French diplomat:
Scourges as immense as fascism and war present the novelist with a knotty problem of ways and means. A Frenchman has aptly remarked that “a single man killed is a misfortune, a million is a statistic.” How to encompass the emotional reality of that aggregate of horrors which so easily becomes “a statistic” or a remote abstraction — “war dead,” “purge,” “pogrom”?
In 1956 the German novel “Der Schwarze Obelisk” by the prominent author Erich Maria Remarque was released. In 1957 it was translated into English and published as “The Black Obelisk”. Remarque included an instance without attribution:
It’s strange, I think, all of us have seen so many dead in the war and we know that over two million of us fell uselessly—why, then, are we so excited about a single man, when we have practically forgotten the two million already? But probably the reason is that one dead man is death—and two million are only a statistic.
In 1958 “The New York Times” published a book review that presented the saying with an ascription to Stalin:
“A single death is a tragedy, a million deaths is a statistic.” Stalin’s epigram is admirably illustrated by Ernst Schnabel’s pointilliste portrait of Anne Frank during the few months she lived after the last entry in her diary, Aug. 1, 1944.
In conclusion, the saying was attributed to Joseph Stalin by 1947, but the evidentiary support for the linkage was not clear . Columnist Lyons stated that the words were spoken during a meeting “of the highest ranking Commissars”. Perhaps a statement was made by a witness, but no one has located such a document until the present time. The satirist Kurt Tucholsky placed a similar remark into the mouth of a French diplomat in a piece that was available in German by 1925.
@aaronthatweirdkidwithlongh2490
But yet nicki manaj who objectifies herself and most other women can say what she wants
How biased can censorship be
Let an artist express hinself and if you dont want your little kids to be "ridiculed" then dont let them out into the world because the more you hide the world from them and try make them perfect the more theyll rebel and refuse to conform
Am I right ???
So go ahead all you parents who want perfect kids
Keep pressuring them to be fucking perfect but you cant make someone something.
@henriqueramos3197
"The Fight Song"
[Verse 1]
Nothing suffocates you more than
The passing of everyday human events
And isolation is the oxygen mask
You make your children breathe in to survive
[Chorus]
But I'm not a slave
To a God that doesn't exist
And I'm not a slave to a world
That doesn't give a shit
And when we were good
You just closed your eyes
So when we are bad
We'll scar your minds
[Post-Chorus]
Fight, fight, fight, fight
Fight, fight, fight, fight
[Verse 2]
You'll never grow up to be a big rock star
Celebrated victim of your fame
They'll just cut our wrists like cheap coupons
And say that death was on sale today
[Chorus]
And when we were good
You just closed your eyes
So when we are bad
We'll scar your minds
But I'm not a slave
To a God that doesn't exist
And I'm not a slave to a world
That doesn't give a shit
[Bridge]
The death of one is a tragedy
The death of one is a tragedy
The death of one is a tragedy
The death of millions' just a statistic
[Chorus]
But I'm not a slave
To a God that doesn't exist
And I'm not a slave to a world
That doesn't give a shit
But I'm not a slave
To a God that doesn't exist
And I'm not a slave to a world
That doesn't give a shit
[Post-Chorus]
Fight, fight, fight, fight
Fight, fight, fight, fight
Produced by Marilyn Manson & Dave Sardy
Written by Marilyn Manson & John 5
Album "Holy Wood (In The Shadow Of The Valley Of Death" (2000)
@SeigneurSidious
What's the point of censoring a song of Marylin Manson ? Making it children friendly ?
@tigress5212
hahaha! yeah... wouldn't want the word "sh&%" spoiling this otherwise-family-friendly, wholesome video ;)
@elideroo3208
Indeed, Manson's goal is to criticize America and human in general so the censorship is really stupid
@kiba3x
Ridiculous.
@simplicitylost
SeigneurSidious Originally, videos were only broadcast on TV where they were auto censored. Many artists during this era released the videos pre-censored. This was before YouTube. If it were rereleased now, it would probably be uncensored. I believe his newer videos are not censored.
@PrincessDesert
Hum...do you watch TV or? lmaof everything is censored lolol imagine if a show aired around 7 PM and the protagonist screamed "COOOOCKSUCKAAAA !!!" so loud, America would be in shock that night while eating chips on their couch .
@wadstermind4913
"I'M NOT A SLAVE TO A WORLD THAT DOESN'T GIVE A SHIT!!" I feel the same.
@jazzie634
If there is a god (and if there is, it's probably not one of these bullshit gods us humans made up) then Marilyn Manson is a gift straight from it.
@wadstermind4913
lol
@madelinecorpus2482
from the SATAN....? what?