Techno Ted may be a person who caused Chris incredible emotional pain & trepidation as well as moments of peace & happiness but now is removed and awaiting his fate. Darling may be a different person who is also free of him and can live her life free of Ted's tyranny. "In between all the laughing, and daydreams ... lies: a desert of truth" Lies are like a desert or the omission of Truth: Where there were Lies then Truth was absent. The song, "Techno Ted", may be a cathartic celebration of the downfall of this person.
We were neurophobic and perfect
the day we lost our souls.
Maybe we weren't so human, but
If we cry, we will rust.
And I was a hand grenade that
never stopped exploding.
You were automatic
and as hollow as the "o" in God.
I am never gonna be the one for you.
I am never gonna save the world from you.
They'll never be good to you
or bad to you.
They'll never be anything,
anything at all.
You were my mechanical bride,
phenobarbidoll.
A mannequeen of depression with
the face of a dead star.
And I was a hand grenade that
never stopped exploding.
You were automatic
and as hollow as the "o" in God.
I am never gonna be the one for you.
I am never gonna save the world from you.
They'll never be good to you
or bad to you.
They'll never be anything,
anything at all.
They'll never be good to you
or bad to you.
They'll never be anything,
anything at all.
I am never gonna be the one for you.
I am never gonna save the world from you.
This isn't me, I'm not mechanical.
I'm just a boy playing the suicide king.
Yeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaahhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!
...Playing the suicide king.
(I'm just a boy...)
...Playing the suicide king.
the day we lost our souls.
Maybe we weren't so human, but
If we cry, we will rust.
And I was a hand grenade that
never stopped exploding.
You were automatic
and as hollow as the "o" in God.
I am never gonna be the one for you.
I am never gonna save the world from you.
They'll never be good to you
or bad to you.
They'll never be anything,
anything at all.
You were my mechanical bride,
phenobarbidoll.
A mannequeen of depression with
the face of a dead star.
And I was a hand grenade that
never stopped exploding.
You were automatic
and as hollow as the "o" in God.
I am never gonna be the one for you.
I am never gonna save the world from you.
They'll never be good to you
or bad to you.
They'll never be anything,
anything at all.
They'll never be good to you
or bad to you.
They'll never be anything,
anything at all.
I am never gonna be the one for you.
I am never gonna save the world from you.
This isn't me, I'm not mechanical.
I'm just a boy playing the suicide king.
Yeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaahhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!
...Playing the suicide king.
(I'm just a boy...)
...Playing the suicide king.
Lyrics submitted by King Nothing
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This is a hauntingly beautiful song about introspection, specifically about looking back at a relationship that started bad and ended so poorly, that the narrator wants to go back to the very beginning and tell himself to not even travel down that road. I believe that the relationship started poorly because of the lines:
"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other:
"I had all and then most of you"
Like many relationships that turn sour, it was not a quick decline, but a gradual one where the narrator and their partner fall out of love and gradually grow apart
"Some and now none of you"
Losing someone who was once everything in your world, who you could confide in, tell your secrets to, share all the most intimate parts of your life, to being strangers with that person is probably one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. So Painful, the narrator wants to go back in time and tell himself to not even pursue the relationship.
This was the perfect song for "13 Reasons Why"
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I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
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This song was originally written by a guy called Peter Gutteridge. He was one of the founders of the "Dunedin Sound" a musical scene in the south of New Zealand in the early 80s. From there it was covered by "The Clean" one of the early bands of that scene (he had originally been a member of in it's early days, writing a couple of their best early songs). The Dunedin sound, and the Clean became popular on american college radio in the mid to late 80s. I guess Yo La Tengo heard that version.
Great version of a great song,
No Surprises
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Same ideas expressed in Fitter, Happier are expressed in this song. We're told to strive for some sort of ideal life, which includes getting a good job, being kind to everyone, finding a partner, getting married, having a couple kids, living in a quiet neighborhood in a nice big house, etc. But in Fitter, Happier the narrator(?) realizes that it's incredibly robotic to live this life. People are being used by those in power "like a pig in a cage on antibiotics"--being pacified with things like new phones and cool gadgets and houses while being sucked dry. On No Surprises, the narrator is realizing how this life is killing him slowly. In the video, his helmet is slowly filling up with water, drowning him. But he's so complacent with it. This is a good summary of the song. This boring, "perfect" life foisted upon us by some higher powers (not spiritual, but political, economic, etc. politicians and businessmen, perhaps) is not the way to live. But there is seemingly no way out but death. He'd rather die peacefully right now than live in this cage. While our lives are often shielded, we're in our own protective bubbles, or protective helmets like the one Thom wears, if we look a little harder we can see all the corruption, lies, manipulation, etc. that is going on in the world, often run by huge yet nearly invisible organizations, corporations, and 'leaders'. It's a very hopeless song because it reflects real life.
There was one kid who shot himself in the head or stabbed himself (I forget exactly which one). After his dad found him he looked in his CD player and they're was Manson's AntiChrist Superstar CD in there. The dad was accusing Manson of leading people to commit suicide in his music. Like they were following him like "Mechanical Animals." Manson is just saying he's not Mechanical, I'm just a boy playing the suicide king. The suicide king is the king of hearts (I think) because that card looks like the sword is going through the head of the king. He's says he's playing the suicide king like he's playing the card and taking chances in his life, or maybe he's just suffering inside because of the pain he caused himself.
I think I'm the only one that thinks about a relationship that fails in this song. Obviously I might be wrong but every song is open to personal interpretation I believe and it speaks to me the most when I think of it this way.
It makes me think of someone I was once with and how he searched for the approval of those who all thought the same way, the "mechanical animals" if you will and slipped away from me. I knew they would never care for him in the way that I had. But he was too far gone and I had to accept that I was never going to be the one for him and he would not let me in nor let me be the one to save the world for him. Now I talk to him and he's just like the others.
I don't know, that's how I see it anyway. Makes me think of that movie Brick.
@perfectXfit I definitely see the song in that light... yeah it's too bad, they will never understand her or care for her the way I do; she should be letting the wrong ones go out of her life but she never does because she can't see things from my perspective.
This is one of the 7 songs that are from Omega's personal side. Its about the world in which he lives, but its also about Coma White--or his desire to be perfect.
"We were neurophobic and perfect the day we lost our souls. Maybe we weren't so human, but if we cry, we will rust."
Omega speaks about the stars, the beautiful (horrible) people which he's become a part of. They all become emotionless with the stride of fame.
"And I was a hand grenade that never stopped exploding. You were automatic and as hollow as the "o" in God."
Omega speaks of his rise to fame, as he made big hits to get there. And now he speaks of Coma White, again; as he gets a glimpse of her (an ideal of perfection) and becomes enamored with her (the idea of perfection). But he feels like perfection itself is not real, fake, "hollow", just as god is.
"I am never going to be the one for you. I am never going to save the world from you."
He doubts his abilities to be perfect, and doesn't want to hide that idea from the world.
"They'll never be good to you or bad to you. They'll never be anything, anything at all."
Omega doesn't think anybody has the ability to be perfect.
"You were my mechanical bride, a phenobarbidoll, a mannequeen of depression with the face of a dead star."
Omega sees perfection as impossible, fake, but a glorious idea nonetheless.
"This isn't me, I'm not mechanical. I'm just a boy playing the suicide king."
He denies being so emotionless, so soulless, so white (drained of colour). And acknowledges he's nothing to everyone else but a rock star who acts for them, as famous as Jesus.
Hmm...that's intriguing, though I'd always derived a portion of the meaning from the whole fake pop star irony glam rock (all of the previous), in that the pop cultule that he's found himself surrounded with is massively fake and distorts reality, as shown by the mannequinn imagery, etc.
Well, I also think this song has many themes. There's some drug references too.
this song shows that no one has to conform to bullshit in life that is fed to u by the media, ur parents etc.. and u dont have to follow what everybody else does. that guys dad who "instantly" blamed Marilyn for his son commiting suicide did what everyone else does. finds a scapegoat, and that had to be the gr8est artist on Earth. like they did the same thing with Ozzy Ozbourne when hiz "suicide solution" song came out. its all a loada crap and thats why Marilyn Manson sings about ti
Another interesting fact about the kid who committed suicide and who had ACS in his CD player: His father went on a rally to de-rail Manson, so to speak and used to say "He is a hand grenade that goes off in teenagers head." Or something along those lines, which reflects in the song "And I was a hand grenade that never stopped exploding." As for the suicide king, in some card games the suicide kings is valued as the highest card, higher than any of the other 51 card, so maybe Manson is say he's just a boy, who holds all the power, playing the trump card.
There are many-a people on a constant itch to blame Marilyn Manson for stupid bullshit. But like he says himself, if anyone is STUPID enough to kill themselves over music, then that's one less idiot in the world.
Excellent lyrics, especially the line 'This isn't me I'm not mechanical...' almost as if he's speaking for the kids who are accused of following Manson like sheep. For the record, I hate to say it but some Manson fans are dumb. But the intelligent ones more than make up for the idiots. This is a great song, the whole of Mechanical Animals is fantastic.
'I am never gonna be the one for you. I am never gonna save the world from you.'
He's saying that despite the number of people who worship him (ironic?), he's not going to save them. The world is their enemy, not him and he can't do anything to stop kids commiting suicide, regardless of what parents might think. people are too quick to place the blame on the nearest controversial person in the media, in this instance, Manson.
Mechanical Animals. Mechanical- they are like machines. Programmed. Brainwashed. Brainless. All the same. No individuality. No one thinks for themselves. They just do what the majority does.