The song lyrics were written by the band Van Halen, as they were asked to write a song for the 1979 movie "Over the Edge" starring Matt Dillon. The movie (and the lyrics, although more obliquely) are about bored, rebellious youth with nothing better to do than get into trouble. If you see the movie, these lyrics will make more sense. It's a great movie if you grew up in the 70s/80s you'll definitely remember some of these characters from your own life. Fun fact, after writing the song, Van Halen decided not to let the movie use it.
I'm not man enough to be human
But I'm trying to fit in
And I'm learning to fake it
Don't ever meet their friends
Tells you too much or not enough
Or worse, exactly the wrong thing
Every nuance, every detail
Every movement, every smell
Sound, phrase, inflection, the way she laughs
These are all the things
You either obsessively fetishize
Or make yourself grow to love
Although you are supposed to be done growing
She is still growing
It's like a garden with two flowers
One just blooming and casting a shadow
Just like yours
And then it becomes a struggle
Of sunlight or rain or weeds
She and every she
Is doomed to be your idea of her
She and every she
Is doomed to be your idea of her
I'm not man enough to be human
But I'm trying to fit in
And I'm learning to fa-fa-fa-fake it
But worse so, back to the point
You are no longer the flower and the sun
And most importantly the garden
Or the gardener
A muse, your amusement, I am used
It's all ruined if you meet their friends
She and every she
Is doomed to be your idea of her
She and every she
Is doomed to be your idea of her
I'm not man enough to be human
But I'm trying to fit in
And I'm learning to fa-fa-fa-fake it
Fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fake it
Fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fake it
Fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fake it fa-fa-fa-fake it
You never wanted to share your
Concept of your creation
With any other gods or worshippers
Your book isn't burned it was never written
Your book isn't burned it was never written
I'm not man enough to be human
But I'm trying to fit in
And I'm learning to fa-fa-fa-fake it
Fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fake it
Fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fake it
Fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fake it fa-fa-fa-fake it
But I'm trying to fit in
And I'm learning to fake it
Don't ever meet their friends
Tells you too much or not enough
Or worse, exactly the wrong thing
Every nuance, every detail
Every movement, every smell
Sound, phrase, inflection, the way she laughs
These are all the things
You either obsessively fetishize
Or make yourself grow to love
Although you are supposed to be done growing
She is still growing
It's like a garden with two flowers
One just blooming and casting a shadow
Just like yours
And then it becomes a struggle
Of sunlight or rain or weeds
She and every she
Is doomed to be your idea of her
She and every she
Is doomed to be your idea of her
I'm not man enough to be human
But I'm trying to fit in
And I'm learning to fa-fa-fa-fake it
But worse so, back to the point
You are no longer the flower and the sun
And most importantly the garden
Or the gardener
A muse, your amusement, I am used
It's all ruined if you meet their friends
She and every she
Is doomed to be your idea of her
She and every she
Is doomed to be your idea of her
I'm not man enough to be human
But I'm trying to fit in
And I'm learning to fa-fa-fa-fake it
Fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fake it
Fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fake it
Fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fake it fa-fa-fa-fake it
You never wanted to share your
Concept of your creation
With any other gods or worshippers
Your book isn't burned it was never written
Your book isn't burned it was never written
I'm not man enough to be human
But I'm trying to fit in
And I'm learning to fa-fa-fa-fake it
Fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fake it
Fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fake it
Fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fake it fa-fa-fa-fake it
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Great version of a great song,
After the arrival of the official lyrics and recent interviews, it appears that this song was not what my first impression of it was. (I kinda jumped the gun on this one...)
A much simpler explanation:
This song is about him looking inside himself and coming to a realisation about certain evident truths about himself that he wasn't aware of. And he also seems to realise just who he can become through this change, like he's remembering his ideal of who he's wanted to be all along.
"I’m not man enough to be human but I’m trying to fit in, and I’m learning to fake it."
This is coming from someone who's always seen "being human" as a sort of crowd, a belonging category. But wants to try to at least act the part so that he can be with the woman he loves, since the way he used to be wouldn't work.
"Don’t ever meet their friends. It tells you too much, or not enough, or worse--exactly the wrong thing."
This, I find, adds to what is on a couple different albums:
"I'll join the crowd that wants to see me dead, but right now I feel I belong for the first time." - "Oh no, it is everything they said it was. Oh no, I am all the things they said I was."
So he's trying to tell himself that even if he becomes human, he could potentially be told that he's been living the "wrong way" all his life; thus won't be able to have the one he loves.
"Every nuance, every detail, every movement, every smell, sound, phrase, the way she laughs; these are the things that you obsessively fetishize or make yourself grow to love."
Pretty self explanitory
"but you are supposed to be done growing. She is still growing. Its like a garden with two flowers, one just blooming and casting a shadow, just like yours"
He's saying to himself that to have her, he feels he must be complete; a perfect model of a man. While she is still changing, and so since he's still growing along side her he feels her changes are overshadowing and hindering his own transformation.
"Then it becomes struggle of sunlight, or rain, or weeds. She and every she is doomed to be your idea of her."
This line I find particularly deep. As they grow together, she sucks his resources while she becomes grows into the perfect woman for him.
"I’m not man enough to be human but I’m trying to fit in, and I’m learning to fake it--but worse so. Back to the point. You are no longer the flower and the sun, and most importantly the garden, or the gardener, a muse, your amusement. I am used. Its all ruined if you meet their friends. She and every she is doomed to be your idea of her."
Now she has become something much more, as she has grown past him. And he now realises that once he becomes human, his idea of her will be ruined.
"You never wanted to share your concept of your creation with any other gods or worshippers. Your book isn’t burned. It was never written."
He's never wanted anyone else but her.
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I find this song pretty funny in fact, if you notice Marilyn Manson today is so different from what he what in the past, if you see the newest photos or interviews he's always goofing around and thing like the early manson who was so serious would never do.
"i’m not man enough to be human but I’m trying to fit in and I’m learning to fa fa fa fake it fa fa fa fa fake it fa fa fa fa fake it fa fa fa fa fake it ffffffffffffffake it"
that part of the song is just his irony about that ! love it1
All about incompleteness of being, roses that didn't grow up and book of creation that was not written, and also impossibility to become human?
i feel like its the story of a relationship in comparison to a garden filled with 2 flowers and how they are "growing" and struggling for control. they never wanted to share.
I am trying to understand the concept of how a book fits into all this. Becuase he mentions the symbolism of a book a couple times.
I believe that the whole verse <br /> <br /> You never wanted to share<br /> Your concept of your creation<br /> With any other gods or worshipers<br /> Your book isn’t burned<br /> It was never written<br /> Your book isn’t burned<br /> It was never written<br /> <br /> Is a reference to the Christian faith, with the aforementioned book being the bible, and the god, obviously the christian god. Now what context(positive or negative) it's used in is beyond me.
The artist has some good work, but lyric-wise this song is an insulting, self-ingratiating, defeatest piece of work.
i find this song to be a work of poetry.