Lyric discussion by wayne* 

Cover art for Dope Hat lyrics by Marilyn Manson

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...

“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...

@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

You should be able to find the info I was trying to share by doing a search for Antichrist in their search engine.