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, Alternative 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]: 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" (x2)
    
    [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 ourselves"
    
    [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.
• The song features a passage containing the same lyrics as heard in "Wormboy": "then I got my wings and I never knew it/when I was the worm, thought I wouldn't get through it..."
• Chris Vrenna played live drums on "Kinderfeld".