I think hirotheavatar hit it on the head with the meaning of this song. The media has made death very impersonal. Whether it is a school massacre or a suicide, when the nobodies die (for whatever reason it may be) people are shocked,... but then the people just pray for the nobodies and quickly forget them, moving on with their lives as if it was just a bad dream.
The media plasters it all over the tv in order to increase their ratings... now these tragedies are just another day. People are desensitized now and they may feel sorrow over the nobodies, but it just doesn't hit home. They don't care cause it isn't effecting them... its just another news reel.
This song actually hits home with me. I can relate to it a lot, cause I was a nobody in high school who was very suicidal. I felt like nobody else understood me and did not see me for who I truly was. I was bullied extremely bad (I mean, kicked down fire escape stares, had books slammed against my head, etc, not just called names and stuff) and was suicidal cause of it. I felt dirtier and dirtier every day that went by.
I kept thinking to myself, "I bet if I blew out my brains, then these fxckers would finally see me." It's not that I wanted recognition for my death, I just wanted them to see me for what I was (someone in extreme pain), and not who they thought I was (which was just some kid who 'knew they were joking').
I think hirotheavatar hit it on the head with the meaning of this song. The media has made death very impersonal. Whether it is a school massacre or a suicide, when the nobodies die (for whatever reason it may be) people are shocked,... but then the people just pray for the nobodies and quickly forget them, moving on with their lives as if it was just a bad dream.
The media plasters it all over the tv in order to increase their ratings... now these tragedies are just another day. People are desensitized now and they may feel sorrow over the nobodies, but it just doesn't hit home. They don't care cause it isn't effecting them... its just another news reel.
This song actually hits home with me. I can relate to it a lot, cause I was a nobody in high school who was very suicidal. I felt like nobody else understood me and did not see me for who I truly was. I was bullied extremely bad (I mean, kicked down fire escape stares, had books slammed against my head, etc, not just called names and stuff) and was suicidal cause of it. I felt dirtier and dirtier every day that went by.
I kept thinking to myself, "I bet if I blew out my brains, then these fxckers would finally see me." It's not that I wanted recognition for my death, I just wanted them to see me for what I was (someone in extreme pain), and not who they thought I was (which was just some kid who 'knew they were joking').
I agree with you!! MARILYN MANSON IS A LYRIC GOD!!!
I agree with you!! MARILYN MANSON IS A LYRIC GOD!!!