Hey, Cruel World... (song)

"Hey, Cruel World..."
Song by Marilyn Manson
Album	Born Villain
Released	April 25, 2012
Recorded	2009–January 2011 at Zane-a-Due in California
Length	3:44
Label	Hell, etc., Cooking Vinyl
Writer	Marilyn Manson
Composer	Twiggy, Chris Vrenna
Producer	Marilyn Manson, Chris Vrenna

"Hey, Cruel World..." is the first song on Marilyn Manson's eighth studio album Born Villain.

Versions

• "Hey, Cruel World..." appears on Born Villain.

Lyrics

hey, cruel world...
you don't have what it takes
we don't need your faith.
we've got fucking fate.
hey, cruel world...
you don't have what it takes
we don't need your faith.
we've got fucking fate.
Creator
Preserver
Destroyer
Ask which one I am.
There's no drugged-out devils or
square-halo angels
walking among us.
I am among no one
I am among no one
I am among no one
no one
hey, cruel world...
you don't have what it takes
we don't need your faith.
we've got fucking fate.
Fate
Fate
Fate
the center of the universe
cannot exist
when there are no,
no edges
the center of the universe
cannot exist
when there are no,
no edges
hey, cruel world...
you don't have what it takes
we don't need your faith.
we've got fucking fate.
Fate
Fate
Fate
Fate
fate, fate, fate
fate, fate, fate
I am among no one
I am among no one
I am among no one
no one
hey, cruel world...
you don't have what it takes
we don't need your faith.
we've got fucking fate.
Fate
Fate
Fate
Fate
Fate
Fate

Trivia

The song's chorus, scrawled on a door in a Facebook upload.

• A portion of the song's chorus can be seen in a 2010 Facebook photo entitled "your goddamn right."
• "Square-halo angels" references early Christian paintings of religious scenes, in which living persons, who often-times had commissioned the actual painting, were portrayed with a square-shaped halo.
• The lyric "creator, preserver, destroyer" is a reference to three trigrams of the i ching:

☰ - 乾 quán, or "the creative" ("creator"), which represents the father of the family, the head of the body, the creature of the horse, the element of the sky, and being the strong, creative one

☷ - 坤 kūn, or "the receptive" ("preserver"), which represents the mother of the family, the belly of the body, the creature of the cow the element of earth, and being the devoted, receptive one

☳ - 震 zhèn, or "the arousing" ("destroyer"), which represents the first born son of the family, the foot of the body, the creature of the dragon, the element of thunder, and being one with the initiative to incite movement, or change

The concept of the album is being the villain whom has the chance to change, so in this line Marilyn Manson assumes the role of the destroyer in order to make change.

Another possible reference is to the three forms of the Hindu concept of Trimurti, personified by the gods Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva, who are sequentially the gods of creation, preservation and destruction.

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