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"Astonishing Panorama of the Endtimes"

"Astonishing Panorama of the Endtimes" is a b-side of the 1996 album Antichrist Superstar. It was released officially on The Last Tour on Earth in 1999, and became a single and music video, the latter which featured the band as MTV Celebrity Deathmatch characters performing.

This is also the first song with a writing credit for John 5.

Appearances

Albums

• The Last Tour on Earth

Singles

• "Astonishing Panorama of the Endtimes"

Versions

• Astonishing Panorama of the Endtimes — Appears on The Last Tour on Earth and the "Astonishing Panorama of the Endtimes" single.
• Astonishing Panorama of the Endtimes (Clean Version) — Appears on the "Astonishing Panorama of the Endtimes" single.
• Astonishing Panorama of the Endtimes (Live) — Appears on the Guns, God and Government World Tour DVD.

Music video

A clay version of Manson in the music video

The music video is done in the style of Celebrity Deathmatch, showing Manson and the band performing as clay figures. Manson is dressed in the same outfit as he wore in the Rock is Dead music video. The video starts as a standard performance by the band, and then a pair of conjoined monkeys watching a TV with mechanical legs is seen. The monkeys begin to run after the TV as it runs away, but later the TV runs after them, and eventually the monkeys' heads are replaced by a large television screen. The music video ends, with the mechanical TV seemingly broken.

Track listing

Promotional

1. "Astonishing Panorama of the Endtimes" (Clean Edit) – 3:28
2. "Astonishing Panorama of the Endtimes" (Original Version) – 3:58

Lyrics

    the boy's got a head like an atom bomb
    hang him from a cross like the number one son
    and he's been waiting so long
    to get it on
    the boy's 15 but he's 16 gauge
    wants to break out from his Jesus cage
    he's already torn out the last page
    it's the "latest rage"
    violence for the people
    they always eat the hand that bleeds
    violence for the people
    give the kids what they need
    kill your god, kill your god
    kill your t.v.
    the boy's purified by the quitter gods
    burning up his cross like a revelation
    and his glass jaw opens
    like a puppet head
    this is what you should fear
    you are what you should fear