before i begin my speech i'd like you to know that things arent always what they seem, you cant see the forest for the trees, and you cant always take things at face value. my speech being one of those things.
today i decided to talk to you about the band marilyn manson. a lot of you are afraid of them or dont like their music simpily because you think they are all bisexual devil worshippers trying to turn christians into cult members. thats bull. im here to speak the truth about them so you dont get them wrong.
first of all lets get the religion thing out of the way, yes, the members are made up of satanists and people who just dont believe in anything (no religion). the thing you all probably misunderstand about satanists is that there is a difference between satanists and devil worshippers. devil worshippers will be the ones in the cults doing the rituals and killing goats and whatnot, satanists are people who believe in THEMSELVES. they belive that You Are Your Own God, no one before yourself. thats a satanist (to the best of my understanding). Mr. Manson (the singer) is an actual reverend in the church of satan, which means he preaches to other satanists about being your own god and whatnot. this doesn not mean that his lyrics are made up of satanic rhymes that try to lure in unsuspecting kids. his lyrics make you think, they dont make you do things, they make you stop and think about what society has done and is doing. so you dont need to worry that if youre watching much music and the beautiful people comes on you'll be somehow magically hypnotized into hating god or something.
several members (or all, i dont know which) of the band are bisexual or gay, so what? thats the way they chose to live their lives, thats they way they want to be and if you use that as being one of the reasons you judged them so quickly over, youre just plain ignorant. i mean what does that have to do with anything? none of them will be screwing you at any time so dont worry about it.
i happen to have gay and bisexual friends from the valley (
the third thing you probably dont get about marilyn manson is there look, the way they dress. basically its anything to shock society. marilyn manson are rebelling against societies picture of "normal". to me there is no such thing as normal. normal sucks, normal is boring. why be what society considers to be normal when you could express yourself? i think todays society should "get in the now" <--waynes world. =)-- and grow up because theyre always saying how wrong prejudice is and they ARE prejudice.
i listen to manson because i can identify with the lyrics and i totally agree with the message that the band, as a whole, is putting across. their songs have lyrics that make SO much sense to me. like the irresponsible hate anthem. parts like "i hate the hater, i'd rape the raper, i am th animal who will not be himself" and "everybody's someone elses nigger, i know you are so am i", meaning that everyone is someone elses object of hatred, he uses that word because it is associated with extreme hatred for others. also in the same song he says "hey victim! should i black your eyes again? hey victim! youre the one who put the stick in my hand", to me, that means that you try to change the ones who are different and that just makes us angry, it makes us want to rebel more, be more different and try harder not to conform.
the main message i see coming from the band is "be yourself, express yourself, they cant tell you how to live or act, you are your own person and no one has control over you but _you_"
i can totally identify with the song the beautiful people. in this song he makes some great points like:
"hey you what do you see? Something beautiful, something free..." meaning that society sees someone with a free spirit and a free mind and they try and tear you down and make you fit into their mold of what they think is acceptable. lockeport (my town, im ashamed to admit) is just like that and there are some real pigs in this room. society doesnt look at a persons inner beauty, society doesnt care what youre like on the inside, and it doesnt care when it scars your soul for life. just as long as you look the picture.
in the song dried up, tied up... the lyrics say, "tear this bit of fruit to mess, wrap it in your soiled dress, now you must spit out the seeds." meaning that you see the free person, you tear them up to fit your idea of normal and you wrap them in your ways, then you have to deal with what youve created. in a song from slc (this is a cover but still, he sang it) it says "i am your shit you should be ashamed of what you have eaten" thats true. you brought us up, but you dont like what comes out in the end (no pun intended). this is what society makes us, we grew up in your world, youre the ones who cranked this baby out, and no you cant handle what youve created. "this is your world in which we grow and we will grow to hate you."
carrying on the free spirited person thing, in the song tourniquette, the lyrics go "i never wanted this to ever spoil, but flies will lay there eggs." i think you guys are the flies, and youve layed a lot of eggs.
im standing up for more than a bands image today, im also standing up for myself. i couldnt care less what you think of me i just want you all to know what i feel like, my veiw points and mansons veiw points and how much they are the same, manson (the band) and i have been severly misjudged.
because of you i used to take pills to get high so i could forget my pain and be happy for a little while. it was a great escape but in the end the pain is still there. youve also driven me to do self mutilation. for those of you that dont know what that is, its where you take a knife and you cut yourself and you watch the blood and you feel the pain and you mainly do it for two reasons. one is that its physical pain and i can deal with that, i dont know what to do about my emotional pain, but physical pain just goes away on its own and doesnt come back to haunt you. the second reason is that you guys cant ever see the scars youve left on my soul, but if i showed them to you, you sure as hell can see the scars on my body.
i didnt apreciate what you did to me very much at all. but im glad i didnt kill myself because of it. frankly, you arent worth it. i was all set to do it, i was going to take all those pills, and i even wrote my suicide note, but when i looked at my parents, i just couldnt do that to them, theyve been through too much, i couldnt hurt them like that. so here i am. but just imagine what the consequenses of your actions would have been if my parents hadnt of come home when they did. imagine what would of happened if i had gone strait home from school that day. i'd be dead. and it would be because of what you have done.
in one of mansons songs he said "dont pick the scabs or you will never heal". youve picked my scabs and then dug at the wounds.
im not saying this for attention or for your sympathy because i dont want it. i just want you to know what youve put me through and know its not something to laugh about. all i want from you is for you to acknowledge what youve done to me and be sorry for the damage youve done so that i can finally let go of my extreme hatred for you. i just want you to leave me alone. im not your toy so dont play with me.
manson was right when he said, "you'll never read what youve written" so ive taken it upon myself to read it to you.
thats the end, where upon i am proud to say i got automatic applause. it was great!
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picture from Marilyn Manson's Misery Machine. very cool page!
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