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Marilyn Manson - Holy Wood (In The Shadow Of The Valley Of Death) lyrics



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01. GodEatGod

Dear God, "Do you want to tear your knuckles down
And hold yourself?"
Dear God, "Can you climb up that tree
Meat in the shape of a T?"

Dear God, the paper says you were the King
In the black limousine
Dear John and all the King's men
Can't put your head together again

Before the bullets, before the flies
Before authorities take out my eyes
The only smiling are you dolls that I made
But you are plastic, so are your brains

Dear God, the sky is as blue
As a gunshot wound
Dear God, if you were alive
You know, we'd kill you

Before the bullets, before the flies
Before authorities take out my eyes
The only smiling are you dolls that I made
But you are plastic, so are your brains

02. The Love Song

I've got a crush on a pretty pistol
Should I tell her that I feel this way?
Father told us to be faithful

I've got a crush on a pretty pistol
Should I tell her that I feel this way
I've got love songs in my head killing us away

Do you love your guns?
(Yeah)
God?
(Yeah)
Your government?

Do you love your guns?
(Yeah)
God?
(Yeah)
Your government?
(Fuck yeah)

I've got love songs in my head killing us away
Got love songs in my head killing us away

She tells me I'm a pretty bullet
I'm gonna be a star someday
Mother says that we should look away

She tells me I'm a pretty bullet
An imitation Christ
I've got love songs in my head killing us away

Do you love your guns?
(Yeah)
God?
(Yeah)
Your government?

Do you love your guns?
(Yeah)
God?
(Yeah)
Your government?

Do you love your guns?
(Yeah)
God?
(Yeah)
Your government?

Do you love your guns?
(Yeah)
God?
(Yeah)
Your government?
(Fuck yeah)

I've got love songs in my head killing us away
Got love songs in my head killing us away
Got love songs in my head killing us away

Do you love your guns?
(Yeah)
God?
(Yeah)
Your government?

Do you love your guns?
(Yeah)
God?
(Yeah)
Your government?

Do you love your guns?
(Yeah)
God?
(Yeah)
Your government?

Do you love your guns?
(Yeah)
God?
(Yeah)
Your government?
(Fuck yeah)

03. The Fight Song

Nothing suffocates you more than
The passing of everyday human events
An isolation is the oxygen mask you make
Your children breath in to survive

Well, I'm not a slave to a god
That doesn't exist
Well, 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

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

Well, I'm not a slave to a god
That doesn't exist
Well, 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
But the death of millions is just a statistic

Well, I'm not a slave to a god
That doesn't exist
Well, I'm not a slave to a world
That doesn't give a shit

Well, I'm not a slave to a god
That doesn't exist
Well, I'm not a slave to a world
That doesn't give a shit

Fight, fight, fight, fight
Fight, fight, fight, fight

04. Disposable Teens

And I'm a black rainbow and I'm and ape of God
I got a faces made for violence upon
And I'm a teen distortion survived abortion
A rebel from the waist down

Yeah, yeah, yeah yeah yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah yeah yeah

I wanna thank you, mom, I wanna thank you, dad
For bringing this fuckin' world to a bitter end
I never really hated a one true God
But the God of the people I hated

You say you wanted evolution
The ape was a great big hit
You say you want a revolution, man
And I say that you're full of shit

We're disposable teens, we're disposable teens
We're disposable teens, we're disposable
We're disposable teens, we're disposable teens
We're disposable teens, we're disposable

You say you wanted evolution
The ape was a great big hit
You say you want a revolution, man
And I say that you're full of shit, yeah yeah yeah

Yeah, yeah, yeah yeah yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah yeah yeah

The more that you fear us, the bigger we get
The more that you fear us, the bigger we get
Don't be surprised, don't be surprised
Don't be surprised if we discover it

Yeah, yeah, yeah yeah yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah yeah yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah yeah yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah yeah yeah

You say you wanted evolution
The ape was a great big hit
You say you want a revolution, man
And I say that you're full of shit, yeah yeah yeah

You say you wanted evolution
The ape was a great big hit
You say you want a revolution, man
And I say that you're full of shit, yeah yeah yeah

We're disposable teens, we're disposable teens
We're disposable teens, we're disposable
We're disposable teens, we're disposable teens
We're disposable teens, we're disposable

05. Target Audience (Narcissus Narcosis)

Am I sorry your sky went black, put your knives in babies backs?
Am I sorry you killed the Kennedy's and Huxley too?

But I'm sorry, Shakespeare was your scapegoat
And your apples sticking into my throat
Sorry, your Sunday smiles are rusty nails
And your crucifixion commercials failed
But I'm just a pitiful anonymous

And I see all the young believers, your target audience
I see all the old deceivers, we all just sing their song

Am I sorry to be alive putting my face in the beehive?
Am I sorry for Booth and Oswald, pinks and cocaine too?

I'm sorry, you never check the bag in my head for a bomb
And my halo was a needle hole
I'm sorry, I saw a priest being beaten and I made a wish
But I'm just a pitiful anonymous

And I see all the young believers, your target audience
I see all the old deceivers, we all just sing their song
We all just sing their song

And I see all the young believers, your target audience
I see all the old deceivers, we all just sing their song
We all just sing their song, we all just sing their song

Valley of death, we are free, your father's your prison you see
Valley of death, we are free, your father's your prison you see

And I see all the young believers, your target audience
I see all the old deceivers, we all just sing their song

Na na na na na now
Na na na na na now
Na na na na na now
Na na na na na now

You're just a copy of an imitation
You're just a copy of an imitation

06. President Dead

This is for the people they want you
(Oh oh)
This is for the people they want you
(Oh oh)
This is for the people they want you
(Oh oh)
(Gettin' high on violence baby)

President dead is clueless
And he's caught in a headlight police state
God and his skull is stained glass
Incubated and jet set the bitter
Thinkers buy their tickets to go find
God like a piggy in a fair

And we don't want to live forever
And we know that sufferin' is so much better

This is for the people they want you
(Oh oh)
This is for the people they want you
(Oh oh)
This is for the people they want you
(Oh oh)
(Gettin' high on violence baby)

Give the bills time to work
We all could be martyred
In the winter of our discontent
(Gettin' high on violence baby)
Every night we are nailed into place and
Every night we just can't seem to
Ever remember the reason why?
(Gettin' high on violence baby)

And we don't want to live forever
And we know that sufferin' is so much better

This is for the people they want you
(Oh oh)
This is for the people they want you
(Oh oh)
This is for the people they want you
(Oh oh)
(Gettin' high on violence baby)

And we don't want to live forever
And we know that sufferin' is so much better
And we don't want to live forever
And we know that sufferin' is so much better
And we don't want to live forever
And we know that sufferin' is so much better

07. In The Shadow Of The Valley Of Death

We have no future
Heaven wasn't made for me
We burn ourselves to Hell
As fast as it can be
I wish that I could be a King
Then I'd know that I am not alone

Maggots put on shirts
Sell each others shit
Sometimes I feel so worthless
Sometimes I feel discarded
I wish that I was good enough
Then I'd know that I am not alone

Death is policeman
Death is the priest
Death is the stereo
Death is a T.V
Death is the tarot
Death is an angel
Death is our God
Killing us all

She puts the seeds in me
Plant this dying tree
She's a burning string
And I'm just the ashes

She puts the seeds in me
Plant this dying tree
She's a burning string
And I'm just the ashes

She puts the seeds in me
Plant this dying tree
She's a burning string

08. Cruci-Fiction In Space

This is evolution
The monkey, the man then the gun
If Christ was in Texas
The hammer the sickle the only Son

This is your creation
The atom of Eden was a bomb
If Jack was the Baptist
We'd drink wine from his head

This is evolution
The monkey, the man then the gun
This is evolution
The monkey, the man then the gun

I am a revolution
Pull my knuckles down if I could
I am a revelation
And I'm nailed to the Holy Wood

This is evolution
The monkey, the man then the gun
This is evolution
The monkey, the man then the gun

We are dead and tomorrow's canceled
Because of things we did yesterday
We are dead and tomorrow's canceled
Crucify us in our space, oh oh
In our space, in our space, in our space
In our space, in our space, space, space

This is evolution
The monkey, the man then the gun
This is evolution
The monkey, the man then the gun
This is evolution
The monkey, the man then the gun
This is evolution
The monkey, the man then the gun
This is evolution

This is evolution
This is evolution
The monkey, the man then the gun
This is evolution
The monkey, the man then the gun
This is evolution
The monkey, the man then the gun
This is evolution

09. A Place In The Dirt

We are damned and we are dead
All God's children to be sent
To a perfect place in the sun
In the dirts

There's a windshield in my hearts
We are bugs so smeared and scarred
And could you stop the meat from thinkin' before I swallow all of it
Could you please?

Put me in the motorcade
Put me in the death parade
Dress me up and take me
Dress me up and make me
Your dyin' God

Angels with needles pokes through our eyes
Let the ugly lights, what in
We were no longer blind
We were no longer blind

Put me in the motorcade
Put me in the death parade
Dress me up and take me
Dress me up and make me
Your dyin' God

Now we hold the ugly head
The Mary Whore is at the bed
They've cast a shadow of our perfect death
In the sun and in the dirt

10. The Nobodies

Today I am dirty
I want to be pretty
Tomorrow, I know I'm just dirt

Today I am dirty
I want to be pretty
Tomorrow, I know I'm just dirt

We are the nobodies
Wanna be somebodies
When we're dead
They'll know just who we are

We are the nobodies
Wanna be somebodies
When we're dead
They'll know just who we are

Yesterday I was dirty
Wanted to be pretty
I know now that I'm forever dirt

Yesterday I was dirty
Wanted to be pretty
I know now that I'm forever dirt

We are the nobodies
Wanna be somebodies
When we're dead
They'll know just who we are

We are the nobodies
Wanna be somebodies
When we're dead
They'll know just who we are

Some children died the other day
We fed machines and then we prayed
Puked up and down in morbid faith
You should have seen the ratings that day

Some children died the other day
We fed machines and then we prayed
Puked up and down in morbid faith
You should have seen the ratings that day

We are the nobodies
Wanna be somebodies
When we're dead
They'll know just who we are

We are the nobodies
Wanna be somebodies
When we're dead
They'll know just who we are

We are the nobodies
Wanna be somebodies
When we're dead
They'll know just who we are

11. The Death Song

We're on a bullet
And we're headed straight into a God
Even He'd like to end it too
We take a pill, get a face buy our tickets
And we hope that heavens true

I saw a cop beat a priest on the TV
And they know they killed our heroes too

We sing the death song kids
'Cause we've got no future
And we want to be just like you
We want to be just like you
We want to be just like you
Let's sing the death song kids

We light a candle on an earth
We made into a hell
And pretend that we're in heaven
Each time we do we get
The blind man's ticket
And we know that nothings true

I saw priest kill a cop on the TV
And I know they're our heroes too

We sing the death song kids
'Cause we've got no future
And we want to be just like you
We want to be just like you
We want to be just like you

We sing the death song kids
We sing the death song kids

We sing the death song kids
We sing the death song kids
We write our prayers on a little bomb
Kiss it on the face and send it to God

We sing the death song kids
'Cause we've got no future
And we want to be just like you
We want to be just like you
We want to be just like you

We were the world
Now we've got no future
We want to be just like you
We want to be just like you
We want to be just like you

We were the world
Now we've got no future
We want to be just like you
We want to be just like you
We want to be just like you
Let's sing the death song kids

12. Lamb Of God

There was Christ in the metal shell
There was blood on the pavement
The camera will make you God
That's how Jack became sainted

If you die when there's no one watchin'
And your ratings drop and you're forgotten
If they kill you on their TV
You're a martyr and a lamb of God

Nothin's gonna change
Nothin's gonna change the world

There was Lennon and the happy gun
There were words on the pavement
We were lookin' for the lamb of God
We were lookin' for Mark David

If you die when there's no one watchin'
And your ratings drop and you're forgotten
If they kill you on their TV
You're a martyr and the lamb of God

Nothin's gonna change the world
Nothin's gonna change
Nothin's gonna change the world
Nothin's gonna change the world

Took three days for Him to die
The born again to buy the serial rights
Lamb of God have mercy on us
Lamb of God won't you grant us

Nothin's gonna change the world
Nothin's gonna change
Nothin's gonna change the world
Nothin's gonna change

Nothin's gonna change the world
Nothin's gonna change
Nothin's gonna change the world
Nothin's gonna change the world

If you die when there's no one watchin'
And your ratings drop and you're forgotten
If they kill you on their TV
You're a martyr and a lamb of God

Nothin's gonna change the world

13. Born Again

Do you or don't you want this to be your song?
It doesn't take a rebel to sing along
This art is weak in it's pretty, pretty frame
And I am your monkey with a misspelled name

I'll put down your disco
And take your heart away
I'll put down your disco
And take your heart away
I'll be born again

I'm someone else
I'm somebody else
I'm someone stupid just like you
I'm someone else
I'm someone new
I'm someone stupid just like you

Do you or don't you want to take this hit?
Does it make you feel like you're part of it?

I'll put down your disco
And take you heart away
I'll put down your disco
And take your heart away
I'll be born again

I'm someone else
I'm somebody else
I'm someone stupid just like you
I'm someone else
I'm somebody else
I'm someone stupid just like you
I'm someone else
I'm somebody else
I'm someone stupid just like you
I'm someone else
I'm somebody else
I'm someone stupid just like you

The valley of the dolls is the valley of the dead
The valley of the dolls is the valley of the dead

I'm someone else
I'm somebody else
I'm someone stupid just like you
I'm someone else
I'm somebody else
I'm someone stupid just like you

I'll put down your disco
And take you heart away
I'll put down your disco
And take your heart away
I'll be born again

I am born again
I am born again
I am born again

14. Burning Flag

They want to sell it out, but it up, dumb it down
A good God is hard to find
I'll join the crowd that wants to see me dead
Right now I feel I belong for the first time

Multiply your death, divide by sex
Add up the violence and what do you get?

We are all just the stars and we're waiting
We are all just the scarred and we're hating
We are all just the stars on your burning flag

You point your gun at me
And hope it'll go away
If God was alive
He would hate you anyway

My right wing is flappin' the left one is gray
Let's hear it for the kids but nothin' they say
They gy-rate and G-rate on Election Day
They got a A B C and a F U C K, F U C K, F U C K

Multiply your death, divide by sex
Add up the violence and what do you get?

We are all just the stars and we're waiting
We are all just the scarred and we're hating
We are all just the stars on your burning flag

You point your gun at me
And hope it will go away
If God was alive
He would hate you anyway

We are all just the stars and we're waiting
We are all just the scarred and we're hating
We are all just the stars on your burning flag

Stars on your burning flag
Stars on your burning flag
Stars on your burning flag
Stars on your burning flag
Stars on your burning flag

15. Coma Black

My mouth was a crib and it was growin' lies
I didn't know what love was on that day
Heart's a tiny blood clot
I picked at it
It never heals, it never goes away

I burned all the good things in the Eden eye
We were too dumb to run too dead to die
Burned all the good things in the Eden eye
We were too dumb to run too dead to die

This was never my world
You took the angel away
I killed myself to make everybody pay
This was never my world
You took the angel away
I'd killed myself to make everybody pay

I would have told her then
She was the only thing
That I could love in this dying world
But the simple word love itself
Already died and went away

This was never my world
You took the angel away
I killed myself to make everybody pay
This was never my world
You took the angel away
I killed myself to make everybody pay

I burned all the good things in the Eden eye
We were too dumb to run, too dead to die
I burned all the good things in the Eden eye
We were too dumb to run, too dead to die

This was never my world
You took the angel away
I killed myself to make everybody pay
This was never my world
You took the angel away
I killed myself to make everybody pay

This was never my world
You took the angel away
I killed myself to make everybody pay
This was never my world
You took the angel away
I killed myself to make everybody pay

This was never my world
You took the angel away
I killed myself to make everybody pay
This was never my world
You took the angel away
I killed myself to make everybody pay

Her heart's blood stained egg
We didn't handle with care
It's broken and bleeding
And we can never repair

Her heart's blood stained egg
We didn't handle with care
It's broken and bleeding
And we can never repair
And we can never repair

16. Valentine's Day

She was the color of TV
Her mouth curled under like a metal snake
Although Holy Wood was sad
They'd remember this as Valentine's day

Flies are waiting

In the shadow of the Valley of Death
In the shadow of the Valley of Death
Slit our wrists and send us to Heaven
The first flower after the flood

I saw that pregnant girl today
She didn't know that it was dead inside
Even though it was alive
Some of us are really born to die

Flies are waiting

In the shadow of the Valley of Death
In the shadow of the Valley of Death
Slit our wrists and send us to Heaven
The first flower after the flood

In the shadow of the Valley of Death
In the shadow of the Valley of Death
In the shadow of the Valley of Death
In the shadow of the Valley of Death

In the shadow of the Valley of Death
In the shadow of the Valley of Death
In the shadow of the Valley of Death
In the shadow of the Valley of Death

17. The Fall Of Adam

The Abraham Lincoln town cars arrive
To dispose of our King and Queen
They orchestrated dramatic new scenes
For celebritarian needs

When one world ends
Something else begins
But without a scream
Just a whisper because we just
Start it over again

Do you love your guns?
Your God and your government?
Let me hear you
Hey
Do you love your guns?
Do you love your God and your government?
Let me hear you, Goddamn it
Hey
Do you love your guns?
And your God and your government?
Let me hear you
Hey
Your mother?
And your father?
And your baby?
Goddamn it, let me hear you
Hey
Do you love your guns?
I want your mothers and your fathers
To hear you say it
Hey
I got you, every single one of you motherfuckers
Let me hear it from you
Hey
Do you love your guns?
And your God and your government?
Hey
I wanna hear it from every body
I wanna hear you say you want a gun
Let me hear it
Hey

18. King Kill 33º

Is this what you wanted?
This is what you get.
Turned all your lives into this shit.
You never accepted or treated me fair
blame me for what I believe
and I wear.
You fucked yourselves and you
raised these sheep
the blue and the withered seeds
you will reap.
You never gave me a chance to be me
Or even a fucking chance just to be.
But I have to show you that
you played a role
and I will destroy you with one simple hole.
The world that hates me has taken its toll
but now I have finally taken control.
You wanted so bad to make me this thing
and I want you now to just kill the king

and I am not sorry, and I am not sorry
this is what you deserve
and I am not sorry, and I am not sorry
this is what you deserve
and I am not sorry, and I am not sorry
this is what you deserve

King Kill 33
King Kill 33
King Kill 33
King Kill 33

19. Count To Six And Die (The Vacuum Of Infinite Space Encompassing)

She's got her eyes open wide
she's got the dirt and spit of the world
her mouth on the metal
the lips of a scared little girl

I've got an angel in the lobby
he's waiting to put me in line
I won't ask forgiveness
my faith has gone dry

She's got her Christian prescriptures
and death has crawled in her ear
like elevator music of songs
that she shouldn't hear

and it spins around 1...2...3
and we all lay down 4...5...6
some do it fast
some do it better in smaller amounts

and it spins around 1...2...3
and we all lay down 4...5...6
some do it fast
some do it better in smaller amounts