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| Released = November 13, 2000 | | Released = November 13, 2000 | ||
| Recorded = 1999–2000 at the Mansion in Death Valley, California | | Recorded = 1999–2000 at the Mansion in Death Valley, California | ||
− | | Genre = | + | | Genre = Alternative metal |
| Length = 4:39 | | Length = 4:39 | ||
− | | Label = [[Nothing]], [[Interscope Records|Interscope]] | + | | Label = [[Nothing Records|Nothing]], [[Interscope Records|Interscope]] |
| Writer = [[Marilyn Manson]] | | Writer = [[Marilyn Manson]] | ||
| Composer = [[Twiggy Ramirez]] | | Composer = [[Twiggy Ramirez]] | ||
| Producer = Marilyn Manson, Dave Sardy | | Producer = Marilyn Manson, Dave Sardy | ||
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− | "'''Lamb of God'''" is the twelfth track on the 2000 release ''[[Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death)]]''. The song | + | "'''Lamb of God'''" is the twelfth track on the 2000 release ''[[Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death)]]''. The song was inspired by the way the media presents death a la [[Marilyn Manson|Manson]]'s observation that the media views tragic death as a form of entertainment for the masses. It also makes references to assassination victims treated as martyrs such as John F. Kennedy, referred to by nickname ("thats how Jack became sainted"), John Lennon ("nothing's going to change the world", a line from The Beatles song "Across the Universe" which Lennon wrote, and "There was Lennon in the happy gun"), and Mark David Chapman, John Lennon's killer ("we were looking for Mark David"). |
− | == Appearances == | + | ==Analysis== |
− | === Albums === | + | "if you die when there's no one watching/then your ratings drop and you're forgotten/if they kill you on their TV/you're a martyr and a lamb of god." And that's such a damned shame. Traveling from "how Jack became sainted" to the assassination of John Lennon (the reference to "Lennon and the happy gun" points up the awful irony that death-by-bullet befell the man who wrote and sang the savage satire "[[Happiness Is a Warm Gun]]"), Manson here instead of castigating the death'n'fame process simply and quietly grieves over it: his voice drops to a soft breaking whisper to sing "nothing's gonna change the world," another Lennon homage. Even the bitter aside about the value of the serial rights to crucifixion coverage (just imagine the ratings that would draw these days...) doesn't take the tenderness out of this one. |
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+ | ==Appearances== | ||
+ | ===Albums=== | ||
* ''[[Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death)]]'' | * ''[[Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death)]]'' | ||
− | == Versions == | + | ==Versions== |
− | * Lamb of God <small> | + | * Lamb of God <small>— Appears on ''Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death)''.</small> |
− | == Lyrics == | + | ==Lyrics== |
There was Christ in the metal shell | There was Christ in the metal shell | ||
there was blood on the pavement | there was blood on the pavement | ||
The camera will make you god | The camera will make you god | ||
− | + | that's how Jack became sainted | |
If you die when there's no one watching | If you die when there's no one watching | ||
− | + | then your ratings drop and you're forgotten | |
− | + | but if they kill you on their TV | |
− | + | you're a martyr and a lamb of god | |
− | + | nothing's going to change | |
− | + | nothing's going to change the world | |
There was Lennon in the happy gun | There was Lennon in the happy gun | ||
There were words on the pavement | There were words on the pavement | ||
− | + | we were looking for the lamb of god | |
− | + | we were looking for Mark David | |
If you die when there's no one watching | If you die when there's no one watching | ||
− | + | then your ratings drop and you're forgotten | |
− | + | but if they kill you on their TV | |
− | + | you're a martyr and a lamb of god | |
Nothing's going to change the world | Nothing's going to change the world | ||
− | + | nothing's going to change | |
Nothing's going to change the world | Nothing's going to change the world | ||
− | + | nothing's going to change | |
− | + | the world | |
− | + | it took three days for him to die | |
− | + | so the born again could buy the serial rights | |
− | + | lamb of god have mercy on us | |
− | + | lamb of god won't you grant us | |
Nothing's going to change the world | Nothing's going to change the world | ||
− | + | nothing's going to change | |
Nothing's going to change the world | Nothing's going to change the world | ||
− | + | nothing's going to change | |
− | + | the world | |
If you die when there's no one watching | If you die when there's no one watching | ||
− | + | then your ratings drop and you're forgotten | |
− | + | but if they kill you on their TV | |
− | + | you're a martyr and a lamb of god | |
− | + | nothing's going to change the world | |
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− | [[Category:Marilyn Manson | + | [[Category:Marilyn Manson Songs]] |
[[Category:Songs from Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death)]] | [[Category:Songs from Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death)]] | ||
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