I think it's about someone in a bad place because they made their own decisions and how this person is looking back the way they came from wondering if they made a mistake. That "Mary, Mary" part is the narrator saying aloud that they might not be strong enough to live with their choices (whether or not it was their choice, 'cause with Manson, it's almost always up for interpretation). Mary is a motherly figure who could make all the hurt go away.
The way I feel when I hear the song is, for a few minutes at least, the way I felt as a young person leaving Christianity. There were times when, as an Atheist, I felt like I made a mistake, that all I had to do was repent and go back to church and I'd be saved from my misery (actually thought of lying and joining a church any ways so I could at least have some friends).
Yes, isolation is Hell, but . . . It's a long hard road out of it. A road that does eventually have an end. And to a young person (or teenager) it always seems longer.
k, here's my piece. i think this song signifies a change in manson's music. "i wanna live, i wanna love" being what he wants from life and what he plans on writing about a lot more. the albums that followed anti-christ superstar are definitely a change from his previous work(appreciates a varied artist). i think he's equating himself with jesus in this song. maybe manson feels, in the way jesus lived for his people, he's living for his fans but he doesn't want die for us (metaphorically ofcourse). i think he's saying he's taking his life and...
k, here's my piece. i think this song signifies a change in manson's music. "i wanna live, i wanna love" being what he wants from life and what he plans on writing about a lot more. the albums that followed anti-christ superstar are definitely a change from his previous work(appreciates a varied artist). i think he's equating himself with jesus in this song. maybe manson feels, in the way jesus lived for his people, he's living for his fans but he doesn't want die for us (metaphorically ofcourse). i think he's saying he's taking his life and work in another direction whether his fans like it or not.
"You never said forever, could ever hurt like this" (maybe he's referring to his life as a superstar)
"How many times to do this for you?" (talking to us. how many times do i have to do this for you?)
"Sell my soul for anything, anything but you" (again, to us.)
this is all theory ofcourse; i could be way off but it makes sense doesn't it?
I think it's about someone in a bad place because they made their own decisions and how this person is looking back the way they came from wondering if they made a mistake. That "Mary, Mary" part is the narrator saying aloud that they might not be strong enough to live with their choices (whether or not it was their choice, 'cause with Manson, it's almost always up for interpretation). Mary is a motherly figure who could make all the hurt go away.
The way I feel when I hear the song is, for a few minutes at least, the way I felt as a young person leaving Christianity. There were times when, as an Atheist, I felt like I made a mistake, that all I had to do was repent and go back to church and I'd be saved from my misery (actually thought of lying and joining a church any ways so I could at least have some friends).
Yes, isolation is Hell, but . . . It's a long hard road out of it. A road that does eventually have an end. And to a young person (or teenager) it always seems longer.
Very, very cathartic.
k, here's my piece. i think this song signifies a change in manson's music. "i wanna live, i wanna love" being what he wants from life and what he plans on writing about a lot more. the albums that followed anti-christ superstar are definitely a change from his previous work(appreciates a varied artist). i think he's equating himself with jesus in this song. maybe manson feels, in the way jesus lived for his people, he's living for his fans but he doesn't want die for us (metaphorically ofcourse). i think he's saying he's taking his life and...
k, here's my piece. i think this song signifies a change in manson's music. "i wanna live, i wanna love" being what he wants from life and what he plans on writing about a lot more. the albums that followed anti-christ superstar are definitely a change from his previous work(appreciates a varied artist). i think he's equating himself with jesus in this song. maybe manson feels, in the way jesus lived for his people, he's living for his fans but he doesn't want die for us (metaphorically ofcourse). i think he's saying he's taking his life and work in another direction whether his fans like it or not.
"You never said forever, could ever hurt like this" (maybe he's referring to his life as a superstar)
"How many times to do this for you?" (talking to us. how many times do i have to do this for you?)
"Sell my soul for anything, anything but you" (again, to us.)
this is all theory ofcourse; i could be way off but it makes sense doesn't it?