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The Beautiful People - Marilyn Manson

Album: Antichrist Superstar

genre: Alternative Metal Industrial Metal

And I don’t want you and I don’t need you
Don’t bother to resist, or I’ll beat you
It’s not your fault that you’re always wrong
The weak ones are there to justify the strong
The beautiful people, the beautiful people
It’s all relative to the size of your steeple
You can’t see the forest for the trees
You can’t smell your own shit on your knees

There’s no time to discriminate
Hate every motherfucker
That’s in your way

Hey you, what do you see?
Something beautiful, something free?
Hey, you, are you trying to be mean?
If you live with apes man, it’s hard to be clean

The worms will live in every host
It’s hard to pick which one they eat most
The horrible people, the horrible people
It’s as anatomic as the size of your steeple
Capitalism has made it this way
Old-fashioned fascism will take it away

Hey you, what do you see?
Something beautiful, something free?
Hey, you, are you trying to be mean?
If you live with apes man, it’s hard to be clean

There’s no time to discriminate
Hate every motherfucker
That’s in your way

The beautiful people
The beautiful people (aahh)
The beautiful people (aahh)
The beautiful people (aahh)
The beautiful people (aahh)

Hey you, what do you see?
Something beautiful, 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, 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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Lyrics added by Thomas B. Watts

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"The Beautiful People peaked at no. 26 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart and it is known as one of Marilyn Manson's most famous and most successful original songs.
Song details
  • Video Direction: Floria Sigismondi
  • Publishing: Interscope
  • Co-Production: Trent Reznor, Dave Ogilvie & Marilyn Manson
  • Mixing: Sean Beavan
  • Composition: Marilyn Manson & Twiggy Ramirez
  • Vocals: Marilyn Manson
  • Release Date: September 22, 1996
The song discusses Marilyn Manson's version of "the culture of beauty".