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* The song also employs the heartbeat-like bass drum thumps that later occur in "Antichrist Superstar." | * The song also employs the heartbeat-like bass drum thumps that later occur in "Antichrist Superstar." | ||
* ''Cryptorchid'' refers to an abnormal medical condition of the male anatomy in which one or both testicles have failed to sink into the scrotum. In the song, the condition is employed as a metaphor for ''The Worm's'' (the concept album's protagonist and a metaphorical representation of the young Brian Warner) feelings of self-doubt and inferiority: at the end of the 2nd verse, Manson is heard singing "I wish I had my balls". | * ''Cryptorchid'' refers to an abnormal medical condition of the male anatomy in which one or both testicles have failed to sink into the scrotum. In the song, the condition is employed as a metaphor for ''The Worm's'' (the concept album's protagonist and a metaphorical representation of the young Brian Warner) feelings of self-doubt and inferiority: at the end of the 2nd verse, Manson is heard singing "I wish I had my balls". | ||
| − | * In the background during the first two verses, Manson can be heard saying; "Five, six, seven, eight, heaven" and "Four, three, two, one, never get to seven" which could be switched to infer that the ''Worm'' will never get to heaven | + | * In the background during the first two verses, Manson can be heard saying; "Five, six, seven, eight, heaven" and "Four, three, two, one, never get to seven" which could be switched to infer that the ''Worm'' will never get to heaven. |
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