"Dear God do you want to tear knuckles down and hold yourself"
He's asking if God has basically given up and can do nothing but hold himself and watch everything fall apart
"Dear god the paper says you were the King
in the black limousine
Dear John and all the King's men
can't put you head together again"
I believe he is saying JFK was viewed as 'Holy' during the times and yet he was killed, people will not allow anything religiously good come into power.
"Before the bullets, before the flies, before Authorities take out my eyes."
He's basically saying that this is his last chance to send the message before authorities kill him or take away what he knows/sees
"the only smiling are you dolls that I made
but you are plastic and so are your brains"
hes saying the only ones that can be happy are the ignorant people who do not think for themselves
"Dear god the sky is as blue, as a gunshot wound
Dear god if you were alive, you know we'd kill you"
The sky is blood red, if God was alive we would kill him like with Jesus, its sadly true which shows how hopeless this world is if even God cannot save it from falling apart.
That's my take on it. I beleive in God and it's really hard to say whether Manson beleives or not. The point is this song is not anti-christ. It's basically saying how fucked up the world is that if Jesus couldn't change it, then who can? A common reoccuring theme in mansons work. It's brillant. I agree with whoever said mansons work is a gift to us all, not many people offer any real light on relgious views other than love god blindly, speak no wrong, etc which is not what its all about. Mansons viewpoint is very similar to my own. i love it.
"Dear God do you want to tear knuckles down and hold yourself"
He's asking if God has basically given up and can do nothing but hold himself and watch everything fall apart
"Dear god the paper says you were the King in the black limousine Dear John and all the King's men can't put you head together again"
I believe he is saying JFK was viewed as 'Holy' during the times and yet he was killed, people will not allow anything religiously good come into power.
"Before the bullets, before the flies, before Authorities take out my eyes."
He's basically saying that this is his last chance to send the message before authorities kill him or take away what he knows/sees
"the only smiling are you dolls that I made but you are plastic and so are your brains"
hes saying the only ones that can be happy are the ignorant people who do not think for themselves
"Dear god the sky is as blue, as a gunshot wound Dear god if you were alive, you know we'd kill you"
The sky is blood red, if God was alive we would kill him like with Jesus, its sadly true which shows how hopeless this world is if even God cannot save it from falling apart.
That's my take on it. I beleive in God and it's really hard to say whether Manson beleives or not. The point is this song is not anti-christ. It's basically saying how fucked up the world is that if Jesus couldn't change it, then who can? A common reoccuring theme in mansons work. It's brillant. I agree with whoever said mansons work is a gift to us all, not many people offer any real light on relgious views other than love god blindly, speak no wrong, etc which is not what its all about. Mansons viewpoint is very similar to my own. i love it.
Spot on. Cheers
Spot on. Cheers