Posthuman

Posthuman directs here. For the record label, see Posthuman Records.

"Posthuman"
Song by Marilyn Manson
Album	Mechanical Animals
Released	September 14, 1998
Recorded	1997–1998 at the White Room, Westlake Recording Studios in West Hollywood, California and Conway Studios
Genre	Industrial rock, Electronic rock
Length	4:17
Label	Nothing, Interscope
Writer	Marilyn Manson
Composer	Twiggy Ramirez, Madonna Wayne Gacy
Producer	Michael Beinhorn, Marilyn Manson

"Posthuman" is the seventh track on the 1998 release Mechanical Animals. It makes several references to past presidents, such as John F. Kennedy and his wife Jackie O, as well as Abraham Zapruder, the man who ultimately shot the most complete visual recording of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, while videotaping the presidential motorcade through Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963.

Appearances

Albums

• Mechanical Animals

Versions

• "Posthuman" — Appears on Mechanical Animals.

Lyrics

    She's got eyes like Zapruder
    And a mouth like heroin
    She wants me to be
    Perfect like Kennedy
    This isn't god, this isn't god
    God is just a statistic,
    God is just a statistic
    Say,
    "Show me the dead stars,
     All of them sing."
    This is a riot
    Religious and clean
    
    God is a number you cannot count to
    You are posthuman and hardwired
    
    She's pilgrim and pagan
    Softworn and so-cial
    In all of her dreams
    She's a saint like Jackie-O
    
    This isn't god, this isn't god
    God is just a statistic,
    God is just a statistic
    Say,
    "Show me the dead stars,
     All of them sing."
    This is a riot
    Religious and clean
    
    God is a number you cannot count to
    You are posthuman and hardwired

    Coma White:
    "All that glitters is cold, all that glitters is cold"

Personnel

• Marilyn Manson – vocals
• Twiggy Ramirez – rhythm guitar and bass
• Madonna Wayne Gacy – keyboards and electric percussion
• Ginger Fish – drums
• Zim Zum – additional lead guitar
• Rose McGowan – vocals

Trivia

• "Posthuman" was made available for streaming on the band's website before "Mechanical Animals" was released, making it the first song off the album to be heard by the public.
• The voice that says "all that glitters is cold" was said by Manson's then girlfriend, Rose McGowan.
• After the song, a digitized voice announces to a roaring crowd "Ladies and Gentleman, Omega and the Mechanical Animals" which leads into the next song, "I Want to Disappear". A similar voice can also be heard introducing Omega and the Mechanical Animals on the live version of "Rock Is Dead" found on "The Last Tour on Earth"