Marilyn Manson

Eat Me, Drink Me

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In the wasteland
On the way to the Red Queen
It’s no wonder our stage clothes
Have dreams to be famous
The trees in the courtyard
Are painted in blood
So I’ve heard
She hangs the headless
Upside down to drain

EAT ME, DRINK ME
EAT ME, DRINK ME
This is only a game
This is only a game

I was invited to
A beheading today
I thought I was a butterfly
Next to your flame
A rush of panic and
The lock has been raped
This is only a game
This is only a game

But then our star rushes in
Feeling like a child and looking
Like a woman…
She has been forecast with an
Attempt to kill herself
But the ending didn’t test well

I was invited to
A beheading today
I thought I was a butterfly
Next to your flame
A rush of panic and
The lock has been raped
This is only a game
This is only a game

EAT ME, DRINK ME
EAT ME, DRINK ME
This is only a game
This is only a game

But then our star rushes in
Feeling like a child and looking
Like a woman…
She has been forecast with an
Attempt to kill herself
But the ending didn’t test well

So picking my skin
And my scales
I see my horror
Reflected in the
Sundown of your
Blank stare
I see my horror
Mirrored in the
Sundown of your
Blank stare

EAT ME, DRINK ME
EAT ME, DRINK ME
This is only a game
This is only a game

She has been forecast with an
Attempt to kill herself
But the ending didn’t test well

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inthissilentvoid On May 02, 2007

In the wasteland
    On the way to the Red Queen
    It’s no wonder our stage clothes 
    Have dreams to be famous
    The trees in the courtyard
    Are painted in blood
    So I’ve heard
    She hangs the headless
    Upside down to drain
    
    EAT ME, DRINK ME
    EAT ME, DRINK ME
    This is only a game
    This is only a game
    
    I was invited to
    A beheading today
    I thought I was a butterfly
    Next to your flame
    A rush of panic and
    The lock has been raped
    This is only a game
    This is only a game
    
    But then our star rushes in
    Feeling like a child and looking
    Like a woman…
    She has been forecast with an
    Attempt to kill herself
    But the ending didn’t test well
    
    I was invited to
    A beheading today
    I thought I was a butterfly
    Next to your flame
    A rush of panic and
    The lock has been raped
    This is only a game
    This is only a game
    
    EAT ME, DRINK ME
    EAT ME, DRINK ME
    This is only a game
    This is only a game
    
    But then our star rushes in
    Feeling like a child and looking
    Like a woman…
    She has been forecast with an
    Attempt to kill herself
    But the ending didn’t test well
    
    So picking my skin
    And my scales
    I see my horror
    Reflected in the 
    Sundown of your
    Blank stare 
    I see my horror
    Mirrored in the 
    Sundown of your
    Blank stare 
    
    EAT ME, DRINK ME
    EAT ME, DRINK ME
    This is only a game
    This is only a game
    
    She has been forecast with an
    Attempt to kill herself
    But the ending didn’t test well

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2007-05-02 21:22:46

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by Miserymachine

16y ago

Somehow The first verse makes me think of the Resident Evil game franchise. "In the wasteland" = raccoon city "all the way to the Red Queen" = Red Queen is what Umbrella calls its supercomputer that stores all of its data it ever compiled "...dreams to be famous" = Wesker's need for power and fame "eat me, drink me" = uhhh... Zombies? They eat your flesh and drink your blood. That's just my ideas, I know it's actually about Alice in wonderland or whatever.

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by Mechanicalchrist2010 15y ago

Actually the first Resident Evil movie took alot of influence from Alice in Wonderland

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the main character is Alice the hive is the rabbit hole Red Queen demanding Rain's head to be removed the rest of the characters represent characters from AIW such as the late rabbit, the sneaky cat, the mad hatter, etc. Though I doubt Manson had Resident Evil in mind when writing this

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by nil2105

8y ago

as one of the biggest Manson fans , imo this song is his best song, so haunting and addicting. I will never ever get enough of it. Also there is an edit on youtube with Hannibal Tv series and this song. I think it fits just perfect to the show

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by toomuchtimeonmyhands

17y ago

Adding to what "laurelin" wrote, "This is only a game" appears in Lolita as an entry in Humbert's diary after having seduced Lolita (anotehr one of Manson's phoning it in moments, Humbert first has sex with Lolita at 6am.

The trees in the courtyard Are painted in blood So I’ve heard She hangs the headless Upside down to drain

In Invitation to a Beheading Cincinnatus C. is to be beheaded in a courtyard which he knows of but has never seen himself explaining the "so I've heard". The hanging upside down to drain may be inspired by this from Nabokov's Information to a Transformation "the butterfly creeps out -- and in its turn hangs down from the twig to dry." But maybe not.

There are some unlisted lyrics in the bridge to the song - Manson's whispering when reversed says "I hear voices in my head" and below this is a chopped verse at the end of which the following can made out:

Some people expect Sometimes it's hard to see I expected myself to but I -- didn't think It's an execution.

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by fear-dubh

19y ago

i think this is probably about alice in wonderland...ill have to go read through the looking glass again

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by Deathbyloki

19y ago

I was watching an interview this weekend with MM and he said that this was about alice in wonderland, and he said something to the effect that he would want someone who loved him to eat him if he died..

i didnt really enjoy this song though. ;/