The Beautiful People
Embrace the Abyss: Marilyn Manson's Critique on Society's Ideals
Lyrics
And I don't want you and I don't need you
Expressing a desire to be independent and not reliant on someone else.
Don't bother to resist, or I'll beat you
Warning against resistance, suggesting consequences for those who resist.
It's not your fault that you're always wrong
Stating that being consistently wrong is not the individual's fault.
The weak ones are there to justify the strong
Suggesting that weaker individuals exist to justify the strength of others.
The beautiful people, the beautiful people
Referring to a group of people as "beautiful," possibly sarcastically.
It's all relative to the size of your steeple
Beauty is relative, tied to the perceived importance of one's achievements or status.
You can't see the forest for the trees
Metaphorically pointing out a lack of perspective or awareness.
You can't smell your own shit on your knees
Highlighting a lack of self-awareness or humility.
There's no time to discriminate
Emphasizing a sense of urgency, discouraging discrimination based on time constraints.
Hate every motherfucker
Encouraging a general dislike for everyone obstructing one's path.
That's in your way
Asserting that obstacles should be hated.
Hey you, what do you see?
Questioning what the observer perceives – beauty or freedom.
Something beautiful or something free?
Challenging the concept of beauty and freedom in the observer's perspective.
Hey, you, are you trying to be mean?
Questioning someone's intent to be mean or malicious.
If you live with apes man, it's hard to be clean
Linking living with apes to difficulty in maintaining cleanliness and purity.
The worms will live in every host
Metaphorically depicting parasites living in various hosts.
It's hard to pick which one they eat the most
Difficulty in choosing which host the parasites affect the most.
The horrible people, the horrible people
Referring to a group as "horrible," possibly criticizing societal flaws.
It's as anatomic as the size of your steeple
Comparing horribleness to the size of one's achievements or status.
Capitalism has made it this way
Attributing societal issues to capitalism.
Old-fashioned fascism will take it away
Suggesting that old-fashioned fascism may eliminate these issues.
Hey you, what do you see?
Repeating the question about perception – beauty or freedom.
Something beautiful or something free?
Reiterating the challenge to the observer's concept of beauty and freedom.
Hey, you, are you trying to be mean?
Repeating the question about someone's intent to be mean.
If you live with apes man, it's hard to be clean
Reiterating the link between living with apes and difficulty in maintaining cleanliness.
There's no time to discriminate
Emphasizing the lack of time for discrimination, encouraging a dislike for obstacles.
Hate every motherfucker
Repeating the call to hate everyone obstructing one's path.
That's in your way
Reaffirming that obstacles should be hated.
The beautiful people
Repeating the reference to a group as "beautiful people" multiple times for emphasis.
The beautiful people (ah)
-The beautiful people
-The beautiful people (ah)
-The beautiful people
-The beautiful people (ah)
-The beautiful people
-The beautiful people (ah)
-Hey you, what do you see?
-Something beautiful or something free?
-Hey, you, are you trying to be mean?
-If you live with apes man, it's hard to be clean
-Hey you, what do you see?
-Something beautiful or something free?
-Hey, you, are you trying to be mean?
-If you live with apes man, it's hard to be clean
-The beautiful people
-The beautiful people
-The beautiful people
-The beautiful people
-The beautiful people
-The beautiful people
-The beautiful people
-The beautiful people
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