Misery Machine

"Misery Machine"
Misery Machine cover
Song by Marilyn Manson
Album	Portrait of an American Family
Released	July 12, 1994
Recorded	August–December 1993 at Criteria Studios in Miami, Florida, Record Plant Studios in Los Angeles, California, The Village Recorder and Pig
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	4:48
Label	Nothing, Interscope
Writer	Marilyn Manson
Composer	Gidget Gein, Daisy Berkowitz, Madonna Wayne Gacy
Producer	Marilyn Manson, Trent Reznor

"Misery Machine" is the thirteenth and final track on the 1994 release Portrait of an American Family. It was the first Marilyn Manson song to be played live.

Appearances

Albums

• Portrait of an American Family

Singles

• Get Your Gunn

Versions

• "Misery Machine" (Live) — Appears on Live as Hell.
• "Misery Machine" — Appears on Portrait of an American Family and the "Get Your Gunn" single.

Lyrics

    man in the front got a sinister grin, careen down highway 666
    we wanna go, crush the slow, as the pitchfork bends the needles grow
    my arms are wheels, my legs are wheels, my blood is pavement
    we're gonna ride to the abbey of thelema, to the abbey of thelema
    blood is pavement
    the grill in the front is my sinister grin, bugs in my teeth make me sick sick sick
    the objects may be larger than they appear in the mirror
    my arms are wheels, my legs are wheels, my blood is pavement
    we're gonna ride to the abbey of thelema, to the abbey of thelema
    blood is pavement
    "when you ride you're ridden, when you ride, you're ridden"
    i am fueled by filth and fury
    do what I will, I will hurry there, there
    my arms are wheels, my legs are wheels, my blood is pavement
    blood is pavement

Trivia

"We're gonna ride to the abbey of thelema" is a reference to Aleister Crowley's Abbey of Thelema, which was used as the headquarters from which the doctrines of Thelema would be spread throughout the world.