Marilyn Manson

The Mephistopheles of Los Angeles

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I don't know if I can open up
I've been opened enough
I don't know if I can open up
I'm not a birthday present
I'm aggressive aggressive
The past is over
Now the passive seems so pathetic

Are we fated, faithful, or fatal?
Are we fated, faithful, or fatal?

I'm feeling stoned and alone like a heretic
And I'm ready to meet my maker
I'm feeling stoned and alone like a heretic
I'm ready to meet my maker
Lazarus got no dirt on me
Lazarus got no dirt on me
And I'll rise to every occasion
I'm the Mephistopheles of Los Angeles
Of Los Angeles

Don't know if I can open up
I've been opened too much
Double-crossed glossed over in my Pathos

Are we fated, faithful, or fatal?
Are we fated, faithful, or fatal?

I'm feeling stoned and alone like a heretic
And I'm ready to meet my maker
I'm feeling stoned and alone like a heretic
I'm ready to meet my maker
I'm feeling stoned and alone like a heretic
I'm ready to meet my maker
I'm feeling stoned and alone like a heretic
I'm ready to meet my maker
Lazarus got no dirt on me
Lazarus got no dirt on me
And I'll rise to every occasion
I'm the Mephistopheles of Los Angeles
Of Los Angeles
I'm the Mephistopheles of Los Angeles
Of Los Angeles

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darkforce100 On Jan 01, 2015

I don't know if I can open up
I've been opened enough
I don't know if I can open up
I'm not a birthday present
I'm aggressive aggressive
The past is over
Now the passive seems so pathetic

Are we fated, faithful, or fatal?
Are we fated, faithful, or fatal?

Don't know if I can open up
I've been opened too much
Double-crossed glossed over in my Pathos

Are we fated, faithful, or fatal?
Are we  fated, faithful, or fatal?

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2015-04-02 05:55:42

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2015-01-01 18:46:26

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by evanland

9y ago

“I don't know if I can open up, I’ve been opened enough, I don't know if I can open up, I’m not a birthday present”

He’s saying that he’s been opened up, or he opened himself up, to others and has been hurt when he did, so he is afraid of opening up again.

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by superfluous

7y ago

These lyrics are wrong. It's "I feel STONED and alone like a heretic."

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