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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 is [[Marilyn Manson|Manson]]'s observation on how mass media treats and reports tragic death as a form of public entertainment in the hunt for ratings. Specifically, the song criticizes the press' canonization of people who have attained fame or infamy within their lifetime, after their death, into 'martyrdom' and the cult-of-personality America reciprocates in response. To expound the point, Manson make allegories to martyred assassination icons Jesus Christ ("it took three days for him to die [just so] the born again could buy the serial rights"), John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy ("the camera will make you god, that's how Jack became sainted") and John Lennon ("nothing's going to change the world", a line from The Beatles song "Across the Universe" and "there was Lennon in the happy gun", a reference to the ''White Album'' anti-gun song "Happiness is a Warm Gun"). Ironically, the latter song contains the lyric "I know no one can do me no harm because happiness is a warm gun" as Lennon's assassin, Mark David Chapman, would later look for his own happiness in a warm gun. |
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* Before playing "[[The Fight Song]]" in Los Angeles, California on [[2004/12/20 Los Angeles, CA|December 20, 2004]], Manson sung a handful of lines from both this and "[[Little Child]]", however this is the only time the song has been heard live. | * Before playing "[[The Fight Song]]" in Los Angeles, California on [[2004/12/20 Los Angeles, CA|December 20, 2004]], Manson sung a handful of lines from both this and "[[Little Child]]", however this is the only time the song has been heard live. | ||
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| Song by Marilyn Manson | ||
| Album | Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death) | |
| Released | November 13, 2000 | |
| Recorded | 1999–2000 at the Mansion in Death Valley, California | |
| Genre | Alternative metal | |
| Length | 4:39 | |
| Label | Nothing, Interscope | |
| Writer | Marilyn Manson | |
| Composer | Twiggy Ramirez | |
| Producer | Marilyn Manson, Dave Sardy | |
"Lamb of God" is the twelfth track on the 2000 release Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death). The song is Manson's observation on how mass media treats and reports tragic death as a form of public entertainment in the hunt for ratings. Specifically, the song criticizes the press' canonization of people who have attained fame or infamy within their lifetime, after their death, into 'martyrdom' and the cult-of-personality America reciprocates in response. To expound the point, Manson make allegories to martyred assassination icons Jesus Christ ("it took three days for him to die [just so] the born again could buy the serial rights"), John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy ("the camera will make you god, that's how Jack became sainted") and John Lennon ("nothing's going to change the world", a line from The Beatles song "Across the Universe" and "there was Lennon in the happy gun", a reference to the White Album anti-gun song "Happiness is a Warm Gun"). Ironically, the latter song contains the lyric "I know no one can do me no harm because happiness is a warm gun" as Lennon's assassin, Mark David Chapman, would later look for his own happiness in a warm gun.
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Appearances
Albums
Versions
- Lamb of God — Appears on Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death).
Lyrics
There was Christ in the metal shell
there was blood on the pavement
The camera will make you god
That's how Jack became sainted
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 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
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
Nothing's going to change the world
Nothing's going to change
The world
It took three days for him to die
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
Nothing's going to change the world
Nothing's going to change
The world
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
Trivia
- Before playing "The Fight Song" in Los Angeles, California on December 20, 2004, Manson sung a handful of lines from both this and "Little Child", however this is the only time the song has been heard live.
