Kinderfeld

"Kinderfeld"
Song by Marilyn Manson
Album	Antichrist Superstar
Released	October 8, 1996
Recorded	1996 at Nothing Studios in New Orleans, Louisiana
Genre	Industrial rock
Length	4:51
Label	Nothing, Interscope
Writer	Marilyn Manson
Composer	Twiggy Ramirez, Madonna Wayne Gacy
Producer	Marilyn Manson, Sean Beavan

"Kinderfeld" is the eleventh track on the 1996 release Antichrist Superstar. Its lyrics were inspired by Manson's discovery as a child that his grandfather would masturbate in his basement while his toy train set would be running ("When he turns the trains on he unties all of the strings").

In the album booklet, the lyrics are strangely indented, while all other songs lyrics are typed in a typical fashion.

Appearances

Albums

• Antichrist Superstar

Versions

• Kinderfeld — Appears on Antichrist Superstar.
• Kinderfeld (Live) — Appears on Dead to the World.
• Smells Like Children — A song performed live on the Smells Like Children Tour whose lyrics eventually evolved into Kinderfeld.

Lyrics

    he lives inside my mouth
    and tells me what to say
    when he turns the trains
                      on he makes it go away
                      the hands are cracked and dirty and
                 the nails are beetle wings
    when he turns the trains on he
    unties all of the strings
      the worm: "tell me something beautiful,
                tell me something free,
                tell me something beautiful
                and I wish that I could be."
    (then I got my wings and I never even knew it,
    when I was a worm, thought I couldn't get through it)
     jack: (not spoken) come, come
    the toys all smell like children
    and scab-knees will obey
    i'll have to kneel on broomsticks
    just to make it go away.
      [the inauguration of the worm]
    (then I got my wings and I never even knew it,
    when I was a worm, thought I couldn't get through it)
    a voice we have not yet heard: "because today
    is black/because there is no turning back.
    because your lies have watered me/I have become the
    strongest weed" weed...
      through jack's eyes:
    the taste of metal
    disintegrator
         three holes upon the leather belt
         it's cut and swollen
         and the age is showing
    boy: "There's no one here to save ourself."
    the disintegrator: (to himself)
    this is what you should fear
    you are what you should fear

Trivia

• The Jack mentioned in "Kinderfeld" refers to Manson's grandfather, Jack Warner.
• The lyrics "This is what you should fear/You are what you should fear" also appear in "Astonishing Panorama of the Endtimes".
• During live performances, Manson plays a pan flute.
• Chris Vrenna played live drums on "Kinderfeld".