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"Mutilation Is the Most Sincere Form of Flattery" is the ninth track from the 2007 release Eat Me, Drink Me. The title first appeared on a Marilyn Manson shirt in early 2007 though it's significance was largely unknown at this time.[1]

Music details

Manson blasts the imitation bands and the emo trend on the album's coarsest track. It features a small Skold guitar solo. Initially titled "Rebels Without Applause".

Appearances

Albums

• Eat Me, Drink Me

Versions

• Mutilation Is the Most Sincere Form of Flattery — Appears on Eat Me, Drink Me

Lyrics

    Hey
    there's no rules today.
    You steal instead of borrow
    You take all the shapes that I make
    And you think
    that you thought
    all the thoughts 
    that I thought you,
    Don't you?
    Mutilation's the most
    sincere form of flattery
    If you want to be me,
    then stand in line like the rest.
    Now, do you know what I mean?
    The young get less bolder
    The legends get older
    But I stay the same
    as long as you have less to say
    Do you think that I wouldn't say this?
    You know that I play this better than you.
    Fuck you
    fuck you
    fuck you
    and
    fuck you too
    Do you really think that I wouldn't say this?
    You know that I play this better than you.
    Rebels without applause
    I sell my shadow to those
    who are standing in it
    They think that I would
    bitch about them
    thinking they are
    the shit
    When they can't
    even step
    in it
    The young get less bolder
    The legends get older
    But I stay the same
    as long as you have less to say
    Do you think that I wouldn't say this?
    You know that I play this better than you.
    Fuck you
    fuck you
    fuck you
    Fuck you
    fuck you
    fuck you
    and
    fuck you too
    The young get less bolder
    The legends get older
    But I stay the same
    as long as you have less to say
    Do you think that I wouldn't say this?
    You know that I play this better than you.
    Fuck you
    fuck you fuck you
    and
    fuck you too
    Do you really think that I wouldn't say this?
    You know that I play this better than you.