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:''This article is about the song. For the single, see [[Man That You Fear (single)]]. For the live bootleg recorded on [[1997/05/04 Pittsburgh, PA|May 4, 1997]], see [[Man That You Fear (bootleg)]].''
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{{Disambiguation|the song|the single|Man That You Fear (single)|the live bootleg recorded on [[1997/05/04 Pittsburgh, PA|May 4, 1997]]|Man That You Fear (bootleg)}}
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{{Song
 
{{Song
 
| Name        = Man That You Fear
 
| Name        = Man That You Fear
 
| Cover      = AntichristSuperstar.png
 
| Cover      = AntichristSuperstar.png
 
| Artist      = [[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]]
 
| Artist      = [[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]]
| Album      = [[Antichrist Superstar (album)|Antichrist Superstar]]
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| Album      = [[Antichrist Superstar]]
 
| Released    = October 8, 1996
 
| Released    = October 8, 1996
 
| Recorded    = 1996 at Nothing Studios in New Orleans, Louisiana
 
| Recorded    = 1996 at Nothing Studios in New Orleans, Louisiana
| Genre      = Alternative rock
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| Genre      = Alternative rock, Experimental rock, Piano rock
 
| Length      = 6:10
 
| Length      = 6:10
| Label      = [[Nothing Records|Nothing]], [[Interscope Records|Interscope]]
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| Label      = [[Nothing]], [[Interscope Records|Interscope]]
 
| Writer      = [[Marilyn Manson]]
 
| Writer      = [[Marilyn Manson]]
| Composer    = [[Twiggy Ramirez]], Marilyn Manson, [[Stephen Bier|Madonna Wayne Gacy]], [[Daisy Berkowitz]]
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| Composer    = [[Twiggy Ramirez]], Marilyn Manson, [[Madonna Wayne Gacy]], [[Daisy Berkowitz]]
 
| Producer    = [[Trent Reznor]], Dave Ogilvie, Marilyn Manson
 
| Producer    = [[Trent Reznor]], Dave Ogilvie, Marilyn Manson
 
}}
 
}}
"'''Man That You Fear'''" is the third and final single of the second album ''[[Antichrist Superstar (album)|Antichrist Superstar]]''. The song is inspired by what [[Marilyn Manson|Manson]] had to grow up with and how it turned him into what he is now, a man or monster that people now have grown to fear. The chorus ("Peel off all those eyes, crawl into the dark") is about how parents are hiding their children from what is really going on out there and how they are teaching them to fear anything that is different. The line, "Are all your infants in abortion cribs" substantiates a history contained in ''[[The Long Hard Road Out of Hell]]'' in which Manson as a child found a coffee can with something rotting inside. His mother told him it was discarded meat, but later told him that it was actually an aborted fetus.
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"'''Man That You Fear'''" is the third and final single and the sixteenth track of the second album ''[[Antichrist Superstar]]''. The song is inspired by what [[Marilyn Manson|Manson]] had to grow up with and how it turned him into what he is now, a man or monster that people now have grown to fear. The line, "Are all your infants in abortion cribs?" refers to a story told in ''[[The Long Hard Road Out of Hell]]'' in which Manson as a child found a coffee can with something rotting inside. His [[Barbara Warner|mother]] told him it was discarded meat, but later told him that it was actually an aborted fetus.
  
The album version of ''Man That You Fear'' contains the very great noise in the final two minutes of the song. In the middle of the noise, the phrase "when all of your wishes had granted, many of your dreams will be destroyed" sounded repeatedly.
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== Appearances ==
 
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=== Albums ===
==Appearances==
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===Albums===
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* ''[[Antichrist Superstar]]''
 
* ''[[Antichrist Superstar]]''
===Singles===
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=== Singles ===
 
* ''[[Man That You Fear (single)|Man That You Fear]]''
 
* ''[[Man That You Fear (single)|Man That You Fear]]''
  
==Versions==
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== Versions ==
* Man That You Fear <small>&mdash; Appears on ''Antichrist Superstar ''.</small>
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* Man That You Fear <small>Appears on ''Antichrist Superstar''.</small>
* Man That You Fear ([[Man That You Fear (Radio Edit)|Radio Edit]]) <small>&mdash; Appears on the "Man That You Fear" [[Man That You Fear (single)|promotional single]].</small>
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* Man That You Fear ([[Man That You Fear (Radio Edit)|Radio Edit]]) <small>Appears on the "Man That You Fear" [[Man That You Fear (single)|promotional single]].</small>
* Man That Your Fear ([[Man That You Fear (Acoustic Requiem for Antichrist Superstar)|Acoustic Requiem for Antichrist Superstar]]) <small>&mdash; Appears on ''[[Remix & Repent]]''.</small>
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* Man That You Fear ([[Acoustic Requiem for Antichrist Superstar]]) <small>Appears on ''[[Remix & Repent]]''.</small>
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* Man That You Fear (Demo #1) <small>— Never officially released but available online and appears on ''[[Antichrist Final Songs]]''.</small>
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* Man That You Fear (Demo #2) <small>— Never officially released but available online and appears on ''Antichrist Final Songs''.</small>
  
==Music video==
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== Music video ==
[[Image:ManThatYouFearScreenshot.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Manson as seen in the music video]]
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[[File:ManThatYouFearScreenshot.jpg|thumbnail|right|200px|Manson as seen in the music video]]
In the [http://youtube.com/watch?v=soH8LQdsiac music video], directed by Wiz, [[Marilyn Manson|Manson]] portrays a man who is condemned to die. He is "chosen" by a blindfolded child who spins around pointing her finger. When she stops spinning, she removed the blindfold and sees the trailer home that she is pointing to &mdash; the condemned's home. The video features all events of his last day on earth, leading up to his death by stoning in an isolated location of the desert. It is oddly reminiscent of Shirley Jackson's short story ''The Lottery''.
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In the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rthl_O4_G2o music video], directed by Wiz, [[Marilyn Manson|Manson]] portrays a man who is condemned to die. He is "chosen" by a blindfolded child who spins around pointing her finger. When she stops spinning, she removed the blindfold and sees the trailer home that she is pointing to the condemned's home. The video features all events of his last day on earth, leading up to his death by stoning in an isolated location of the desert. It is oddly reminiscent of Shirley Jackson's short story ''The Lottery''.
  
==Lyrics==
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{{Gallery
    the ants are in the sugar
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| /caption = Behind the scenes
    the muscles atrophied
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| man-that-you-fear-behind-the-scenes-1.jpg =
    we're on the other side, the screen is us and
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| manfear15.jpg =
    we're t.v.
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| man-that-you-fear-behind-the-scenes-2.jpg =
    spread me open, sticking to my pointy ribs are
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| man-that-you-fear-behind-the-scenes-3.jpg =}}
    all your infants in abortion cribs
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    I was born into this
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== Lyrics ==
    everything turns to shit
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    the ants are in the sugar
    the boy that you loved is the
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    the muscles atrophied
    man that you fear
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    we're on the other side, the screen is us and
    pray until you're number, asleep from all
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    we're t.v.
    your pain, your apple has been rotting
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    spread me open, sticking to my pointy ribs are
    tomorrow's turned up dead
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    all your infants in abortion cribs
    i have it all and i have no choice but to
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    I was born into this
    i'll make everyone pay and you will see
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    everything turns to shit
    you can kill yourself now
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    the boy that you loved is the
    because you're dead
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    man that you fear
    in my mind
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    pray until you're number, asleep from all
    the boy that you loved is the
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    your pain, your apple has been rotting
    monster you fear
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    tomorrow's turned up dead
    peel off all those eyes and crawl into the
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    i have it all and i have no choice but to
    dark, you've poisoned all of your children
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    i'll make everyone pay and you will see
    to camouflage your scars
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    you can kill yourself now
    pray unto the splinters, pray unto your fear
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    because you're dead
    pray your life was just a dream
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    in my mind
    the cut that never heals
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    the boy that you loved is the
    pray now baby, pray your
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    monster you fear
    life was just a dream
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    peel off all those eyes and crawl into the
    (I am so tangled in my sins that I cannot
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    dark, you've poisoned all of your children
    Escape)
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    to camouflage your scars
    pinch the head off, collapse me like a weed
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    pray unto the splinters, pray unto your fear
    someone had to go this far
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    pray your life was just a dream
    I was born into this
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    the cut that never heals
    everything turns to shit
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    pray now baby, pray your
    the boy that you loved is the
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    life was just a dream
    man that you fear
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    (I am so tangled in my sins that I cannot
    peel off all those eyes and crawl into the
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    Escape)
    dark, you've poisoned all of your children
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    pinch the head off, collapse me like a weed
    to camouflage your scars
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    someone had to go this far
    pray unto the splinters, pray unto your fear
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    I was born into this
    pray your life was just a dream
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    everything turns to shit
    the cut that never heals
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    the boy that you loved is the
    pray now baby, pray your life was just a
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    man that you fear
    dream
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    peel off all those eyes and crawl into the
    the world in my hands, there's no one left to
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    dark, you've poisoned all of your children
    hear you scream
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    to camouflage your scars
    there's no one left for you
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    pray unto the splinters, pray unto your fear
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    pray your life was just a dream
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    the cut that never heals
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    pray now baby, pray your life was just a
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    dream
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    the world in my hands, there's no one left to
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    hear you scream
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    there's no one left for you
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== Demo Versions ==
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In 2011, Scott Putesky released the first demo version of "Man That You Fear", that was published as two different demo versions with purely minor audio differences, to the public via the website SoundCloud. The first version was recorded in the fall of 1995, and the other in 1996. Both versions are considerably shorter than the final song and notably lack several verses and the bridge present in the final version.
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{{Videos
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| khtkwi6LmbQ = Demo #1
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| xEhVaRF-hGI = Demo #2
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}}
  
==Trivia==
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== Trivia ==
The opening line of the song was first used in the song "[[Luci in the Sky with Demons]]" from ''[[The Family Jams]]''.
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* The opening line of the song was first used in the song "[[Luci in the Sky with Demons]]" from ''[[The Family Jams]]''.
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* The song was initially penned during Manson's [[Chad McCabe|cousin]]'s wedding ceremony.
  
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{{Videography}}
  
[[Category:Marilyn Manson Songs]]
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[[Category:Antichrist Superstar era]]
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[[Category:Marilyn Manson songs]]
 
[[Category:Songs from Antichrist Superstar]]
 
[[Category:Songs from Antichrist Superstar]]
 
[[Category:Songs from Remix & Repent]]
 
[[Category:Songs from Remix & Repent]]
[[Category:Marilyn Manson Songs With Music Videos]]
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[[Category:Marilyn Manson songs with music videos]]

Latest revision as of 13:13, 8 February 2024

This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. This article is about the song
"Man That You Fear"
Man That You Fear cover
Song by Marilyn Manson
Album Antichrist Superstar
Released October 8, 1996
Recorded 1996 at Nothing Studios in New Orleans, Louisiana
Genre Alternative rock, Experimental rock, Piano rock
Length 6:10
Label Nothing, Interscope
Writer Marilyn Manson
Composer Twiggy Ramirez, Marilyn Manson, Madonna Wayne Gacy, Daisy Berkowitz
Producer Trent Reznor, Dave Ogilvie, Marilyn Manson

"Man That You Fear" is the third and final single and the sixteenth track of the second album Antichrist Superstar. The song is inspired by what Manson had to grow up with and how it turned him into what he is now, a man or monster that people now have grown to fear. The line, "Are all your infants in abortion cribs?" refers to a story told in The Long Hard Road Out of Hell in which Manson as a child found a coffee can with something rotting inside. His mother told him it was discarded meat, but later told him that it was actually an aborted fetus.

Appearances[edit]

Albums[edit]

Singles[edit]

Versions[edit]

Music video[edit]

Manson as seen in the music video

In the music video, directed by Wiz, Manson portrays a man who is condemned to die. He is "chosen" by a blindfolded child who spins around pointing her finger. When she stops spinning, she removed the blindfold and sees the trailer home that she is pointing to — the condemned's home. The video features all events of his last day on earth, leading up to his death by stoning in an isolated location of the desert. It is oddly reminiscent of Shirley Jackson's short story The Lottery.

Lyrics[edit]

   the ants are in the sugar
   the muscles atrophied
   we're on the other side, the screen is us and
   we're t.v.
   spread me open, sticking to my pointy ribs are
   all your infants in abortion cribs
   I was born into this
   everything turns to shit
   the boy that you loved is the
   man that you fear
   pray until you're number, asleep from all
   your pain, your apple has been rotting
   tomorrow's turned up dead
   i have it all and i have no choice but to
   i'll make everyone pay and you will see
   you can kill yourself now
   because you're dead
   in my mind
   the boy that you loved is the
   monster you fear
   peel off all those eyes and crawl into the
   dark, you've poisoned all of your children
   to camouflage your scars
   pray unto the splinters, pray unto your fear
   pray your life was just a dream
   the cut that never heals
   pray now baby, pray your
   life was just a dream
   (I am so tangled in my sins that I cannot
   Escape)
   pinch the head off, collapse me like a weed
   someone had to go this far
   I was born into this
   everything turns to shit
   the boy that you loved is the
   man that you fear
   peel off all those eyes and crawl into the
   dark, you've poisoned all of your children
   to camouflage your scars
   pray unto the splinters, pray unto your fear
   pray your life was just a dream
   the cut that never heals
   pray now baby, pray your life was just a
   dream
   the world in my hands, there's no one left to
   hear you scream
   there's no one left for you

Demo Versions[edit]

In 2011, Scott Putesky released the first demo version of "Man That You Fear", that was published as two different demo versions with purely minor audio differences, to the public via the website SoundCloud. The first version was recorded in the fall of 1995, and the other in 1996. Both versions are considerably shorter than the final song and notably lack several verses and the bridge present in the final version.


Demo #1
Demo #2


Trivia[edit]