Marilyn Manson

I went thru a stage...in high school...need I say more? I liked the guy & the band a great deal and thought they were pretty revolutionary in what they were saying. I may not hold him/them in such high esteem these days, but I definitely think that he/they is/are very interesting rock performers. And their lyrics aren't shallow, either. I still like a few of the songs and will always think they were major contributions to rock music.

P.S., don't worry, I *never* did the "goth" thing...the style of dress, etc. But a girl can have her fantasies, can she not? 😛

"I Don't Like The Drugs (But The Drugs Like Me)"

Norm life, baby
"we're white and oh so hetero and our sex is missionary."
Norm life, baby
"we're quitters and we're sober our confessions will be televised."

You and I are underdosed and we're ready to fall
Raised to be stupid; taught to be nothing at all

I don't like the drugs but the drugs like me
I don't like the drugs, the drugs, the drugs

Norm life, baby
"our god is white and unforgiving we're piss tested and we're praying."
Norm life, baby "I'm just a sample of a soul made to look just like a human being."

Norm life baby "we're rehabbed and we're ready dor our 15 minutes of shame."
Norm life baby "we're talkshown and we're pointing just like christians at a suicide."

You and I are underdosed and we're ready to fall
Raised to be stupid; taught to be nothing at all

I don't like the drugs but the drugs like me
I don't like the drugs, the drugs, the drugs

There's a hole in the soul that we fill with dope
And we're feelin' fine

I don't like the drugs but the drugs like me
I don't like the drugs, the drugs, the drugs

I like the repetitive drums and guitar in this one...next to the powerful lyrics.

"The Beautiful People"

I don't want you and I don't need you
Don't bother to resist, I'll beat you
It's not your fault that you're always wrong
The weak ones are there to justify the strong

The beautiful people, the beautiful people
It's all relative to the size of your steeple
You can't see the forest for the trees
And you can't smell your own butter on your knees

There's no time to discriminate, hate every mothertreetrunker that is in your way

Hey you, what do you see?
Something beautiful, something free?
Hey you, are you trying to be mean?
If you live with apes man, it's hard to be clean

The worms will live in every host
It's hard to pick which one they eat most
The horrible people, the horrible people
It's all anatomic as the size of your steeple
Capitalism has made it this way,
Old-fashioned fascism will take it away

Hey you, what do you see?
Something beautiful, something free?
Hey you, are you trying to be mean?
If you live with apes man, it's hard to be clean

There's no time to discriminate, hate every mothertreetrunker that is in your way

And of course who can forget his rendition of "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of These)" (originally by the Eurythmics)...haunting.

"Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of These)"

Sweet dreams are made of this.
Who am I to disagree?
Travel the world and the seven seas.
Everybody's looking for something.

Some of them want to use you.
Some of them want to get used by you.
Some of them want to abuse you.
Some of them want to be abused.

[Repeat First Verse]
[Chorus]
I wanna use you and abuse you.
I wanna know what's inside you.
(Whispering and Moaning:
Hold your head up, movin' on.
Keep your head up, movin' on.)
[Repeat Three Times]
Movin' on!
[Repeat First Verse]
[Chorus]
I'm gonna use you and abuse you.
I'm gonna know what's inside.
Gonna use you and abuse you.
I'm gonna know what's inside you.

title..typo..it's 3:09 a.m. here..mind..shut..down..sweet dreams are made of *this*, of course

(damned be annie lennox and her english accent)

no, i'm not crazy after all. apparently I was right the first time. Going to bed now. 🙂 It's safer for all of you that way...

uh i think not ....