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)....