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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, [[Madonna Wayne Gacy]], [[Daisy Berkowitz]]
 
| 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 box with something inside. His mother would tell him it was rotten 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 ===
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* ''[[Antichrist Superstar]]''
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=== Singles ===
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* ''[[Man That You Fear (single)|Man That You Fear]]''
  
==Appearances==
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== Versions ==
===Albums===
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* Man That You Fear <small>— Appears on ''Antichrist Superstar''.</small>
* ''[[Antichrist Superstar (album)|Antichrist Superstar]]''
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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>
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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>
  
==Versions==
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== Music video ==
* Man That You Fear <small>&mdash; Appears on ''Antichrist Superstar ''.</small>
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[[File:ManThatYouFearScreenshot.jpg|thumbnail|right|200px|Manson as seen in the music video]]
* 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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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''.
* 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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==Music video==
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{{Gallery
[[Image:ManThatYouFearScreenshot.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Manson as seen in the music video]]
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| /caption = Behind the scenes
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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==Lyrics==
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== Lyrics ==
    the ants are in the sugar
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    the ants are in the sugar
    the muscles atrophied
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    the muscles atrophied
    we're on the other side, the screen is us and
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    we're on the other side, the screen is us and
    we're t.v.
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    we're t.v.
    spread me open, sticking to my pointy ribs are
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    spread me open, sticking to my pointy ribs are
    all your infants in abortion cribs
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    all your infants in abortion cribs
    I was born into this
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    I was born into this
    everything turns to shit
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    everything turns to shit
    the boy that you loved is the
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    the boy that you loved is the
    man that you fear
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    man that you fear
    pray until you're number, asleep from all
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    pray until you're number, asleep from all
    your pain, your apple has been rotting
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    your pain, your apple has been rotting
    tomorrow's turned up dead
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    tomorrow's turned up dead
    i have it all and i have no choice but to
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    i have it all and i have no choice but to
    i'll make everyone pay and you will see
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    i'll make everyone pay and you will see
    you can kill yourself now
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    you can kill yourself now
    because you're dead
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    because you're dead
    in my mind
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    in my mind
    the boy that you loved is the
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    the boy that you loved is the
    monster you fear
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    monster you fear
    peel off all those eyes and crawl into the
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    peel off all those eyes and crawl into the
    dark, you've poisoned all of your children
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    dark, you've poisoned all of your children
    to camouflage your scars
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    to camouflage your scars
    pray unto the splinters, pray unto your fear
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    pray unto the splinters, pray unto your fear
    pray your life was just a dream
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    pray your life was just a dream
    the cut that never heals
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    the cut that never heals
    pray now baby, pray your
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    pray now baby, pray your
    life was just a dream
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    life was just a dream
    (I am so tangled in my sins that I cannot
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    (I am so tangled in my sins that I cannot
    Escape)
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    Escape)
    pinch the head off, collapse me like a weed
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    pinch the head off, collapse me like a weed
    someone had to go this far
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    someone had to go this far
    I was born into this
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    I was born into this
    everything turns to shit
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    everything turns to shit
    the boy that you loved is the
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    the boy that you loved is the
    man that you fear
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    man that you fear
    peel off all those eyes and crawl into the
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    peel off all those eyes and crawl into the
    dark, you've poisoned all of your children
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    dark, you've poisoned all of your children
    to camouflage your scars
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    to camouflage your scars
    pray unto the splinters, pray unto your fear
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    pray unto the splinters, pray unto your fear
    pray your life was just a dream
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    pray your life was just a dream
    the cut that never heals
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    the cut that never heals
    pray now baby, pray your life was just a
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    pray now baby, pray your life was just a
    dream
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    dream
    the world in my hands, there's no one left to
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    the world in my hands, there's no one left to
    hear you scream
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    hear you scream
    there's no one left for you
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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]]
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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]