Lyric discussion by Scott Tarr 

Cover art for Coma White lyrics by Marilyn Manson

This really has nothing to do with a girl's drug addiction. It deals with a girl's delusion of herself and this life. The chorus proves that. "A Pill to make you numb/dumb...A Pill to make you anybody else. All the drugs in this world won't save her from herself". Simply that she runs from life and nothing can help her in her delusions, not even drugs...as they can't save her from herself. There are a lot of people like this. It's a self-esteem issue. Even the video shows this as it's her 'ticker-tape parade' Another way of validation for herself in drama and intrique. Just look at the second verse. "mouth was an empty cut...just waiting to fall" She speaks in nothingness and makes decisions on the nothingness...waiting to fall.

No, this has nothing to really do with drug addiction...other than drugs helping her to hide from herself. To conceal the delusion.