Dope Hat Lyrics
the children love the show, but they fail to see the anguish in my eyes
fail to see the anguish in my eyes
i scratch around the brim, i let my mind give in
the crowd begins to grin, but they seem to screem when darkness fills my eyes
seem to screem when darkness fills my eyes, it's no surprise
fail to see the tragic, turn it into magic
my big top tricks will always make you happy, but we all know the hat is wearing me
my bag is in the hat, it's filled with this and that
my vision's getting fat, the rabbit's just a monkey in disguise
stars and pills and needles dance before our eyes
they will bite the hand if ti is slower than the quickness of thier scrutinizing eyes
fail to see the tragic, turn it into magic
my big top tricks will always make you happy, but we all know the hat is wearing me
chicanery will always make you happy, but we all know the hat is wearing me
The song is about how that drugs, in spite of the glamour and glitter associated with them, can often come back to control the individual who takes them in the end (my big top tricks will always make you happy, but we all know the hat is wearing me). I like his usage of imagery here, too.
My opinion in this song is strangely controversial to the ones posted here. Instead of drugs this could be the hardships of someone who's gained fame in what they do and when something happens that's so bad to that same person they become sad and lonely and destructive but to be able to go on in life materially they continue to do their entertainment job, which causes a sort of insanity within that one, since he is doing something completely against his will. He's turning his "tragedy" into "magic", for the viewers, and he's not doing it because he wants to, it's for his own personal material needs. The hat is wearing him.
@AnguishOfAnger Same thoughts. Strangely I never thought about drugs. Even with the "needle" mentioned in the song I only thought that he solutes to drugs to ease his pain caused by other factors.
@AnguishOfAnger Same thoughts. Strangely I never thought about drugs. Even with the "needle" mentioned in the song I only thought that he solutes to drugs to ease his pain caused by other factors.
I interpreted that since a hat is roughly circular, and a cirlce is a never ending perfection, Brian's mind is telling us about people who are in a never ending drug dream world that provides them glamour and everything they want, but they cannot get out. Once they are so far into the magnificent world of drugs, they no longer control the world, the world controls them, or "...the hat is wearing me..." so to speak.
On the other hand he could be speaking about the antichrist. Let me explain:Brian talks a lot about the antichrist in some songs as if he wants to be the one to become this man. His hat could be his halo that he wears as a disguise to draw people in. I got this from "...rabbits's just a monkey in disguise...".
both of these interpretations are just the meanings i got from the song, you could get something totally different. I am just here to expand the horizon...aren't we all?
@wayne* I recently saw a You Tube video by one of his fans who mentioned his desire to become the anti-Christ. As someone who believes that there will be an anti-Christ, I also believe it is highly unlikely that it will be Marilyn Manson. Here is why: Anti is a Greek prefix which has two meanings. In a book by Christian author Dave Hunt (who passed away in 2013), he explained it like this...
@wayne* I recently saw a You Tube video by one of his fans who mentioned his desire to become the anti-Christ. As someone who believes that there will be an anti-Christ, I also believe it is highly unlikely that it will be Marilyn Manson. Here is why: Anti is a Greek prefix which has two meanings. In a book by Christian author Dave Hunt (who passed away in 2013), he explained it like this...
“The prefix “anti” comes from the Greek language and has two meanings: 1) opposed to, and 2) in the place of or a substitute for [See Strong’s...
“The prefix “anti” comes from the Greek language and has two meanings: 1) opposed to, and 2) in the place of or a substitute for [See Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance, Greek Dictionary of the New Testament, p. 12; Webster’s New Universal Unabridged Dictionary, p. 2035.]. Antichrist will embody both of these meanings. He will indeed oppose Christ, but in the most diabolically clever way it could be done: by pretending to be Christ and thus perverting “Christianity” from within. Indeed, Antichrist will “sit in the temple of God showing himself that he is God” (2 Thessalonians 2:4). If Antichrist pretends to be Christ and is worshiped by the world (Revelation 13:8), then his followers are of course “Christians”. Not Communism but Christianity will take over the world, and not the real Christianity but an Antichrist counterfeit therof. Thus the great apostasy precedes the revelation of Antichrist (2 Thessalonians 2:3). Part of the apostasy is the ecumenical movement, which is literally setting the stage for a union between all religions and even influences evangelicals as well. An Antichrist “Christianity” must be created which embraces all religions and which all religions will embrace – precisely what is occurring today with astonishing speed" (Dave Hunt, A Women Rides the Beast, Pages 44-45).
I don't have a hard time believing this when I take a look at the state of the professing church today. Even though I don't endorse Marilyn Manson, I see some of the hypocrisy in the professing church that he takes issue with. Much of what passes as "Christianity" in the west has little to do with what Christ actually taught, but is based more on psychology, postmodernism or a mixture of both. On top of that, there is a false theology in the professing church known as king dominionism, which promotes the false idea that Christians are supposed to take over the world. If that is not a setup for "Christians" to follow the Anti-Christ while believing that they are following the true Christ, then I don't know what is. More info here: https://www.thebereancall.org/content/christ-and-antichrist
@wayne* The link I posted didn't work for some reason. Hopefully this one will: https://www.thebereancall.org/taxonomy/term/2/antichrist
@wayne* The link I posted didn't work for some reason. Hopefully this one will: https://www.thebereancall.org/taxonomy/term/2/antichrist
@wayne* Nope. Sorry, I am not sure why the links are not working, but they are taken from thebereancall.org
@wayne* Nope. Sorry, I am not sure why the links are not working, but they are taken from thebereancall.org
You should be able to find the info I was trying to share by doing a search for Antichrist in their search engine.
You should be able to find the info I was trying to share by doing a search for Antichrist in their search engine.
The inner pain is also hidden from the public eye, as shown in the first part of the song.
My opinion is that it's the typical reaction of using drugs. First he has anguish, and later on the 'tragic' turns to 'magic'. And with 'magic' he means, he's high and everything is different: 'my vision's getting fat, the rabbit's just a monkey in disguise stars and pills and needles dance before our eyes'. The magic has such great impact that he can't live without drugs, he gets addicted: 'but we all know the hat is wearing me'. It's a fuckin great song! But i'm not sure if my comment is the real meaning of the song!!!
My opinion is that it's the typical reaction of using drugs. First he has anguish, and later on the 'tragic' turns to 'magic'. And with 'magic' he means, he's high and everything is different: 'my vision's getting fat, the rabbit's just a monkey in disguise stars and pills and needles dance before our eyes'. The magic has such great impact that he can't live without drugs, he gets addicted: 'but we all know the hat is wearing me'. It's a fuckin great song! But i'm not sure if my comment is the real meaning of the song!!!
I LUV IT. MY CUZUNS BAND PLAY IT
You really have to see the dope hat video for this song to make sense.. and even if you don't understand the video, it is the coolest thing that you will ever see. Manson is god.
Good song, What does it say on the back of the boat in the video? This is one of the few songs of early manson that I really like. If your looking for a straight interpretation: drugs.
In Manson's Biography, he mentions a few times that he took halluicgenic drugs, but they hit him really hard, made him see some very strong images.
This is obviously discussing one of these trips "but we all know the hat is wearing me" is just one example of it.