Organ Grinder Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Seanathan 

Cover art for Organ Grinder lyrics by Marilyn Manson

does anyone know what "my prison skin's an eyesore-mirror-sketch-pad" means? i love it but i have know idea what it's saying....

That's a reference to Manson's scarification. Plainly stated: He carves on his body to give himself scars.

"My prison skin's an eyesore-" He hates what he sees when he sees himself. "-mirror-" It shows others what he sees when he . . . "sketchpad." . . . cuts himself. He wrote in his autobiography that, to him, nothing is more attractive to him than beauty disfigured (paraphrased).

In summary, I think the song is about how he shows one thing and is something else. What he shows is hated by many (parents for example) but loved by others (their kids). But, despite it all, he is...