The Gardener

"The Gardener"
Song by Marilyn Manson
Album	Born Villain
Released	April 30th, 2012 (worldwide), May 1st (north american )
Recorded	2009 – 2011, California
Label	Cooking Vinyl, Hell, etc.
Writer	Marilyn Manson

"The Gardener" is a song set to appear on Marilyn Manson's upcoming album, Born Villain. The title of the song was revealed in the March 2012 issue of Revolver magazine where it was described as a "perverse epic."

Appearances

• Born Villain

Lyrics

The following lyrics have yet to be made official:

I'm not man enough to be human but I'm trying to fit in and I'm learning to fake it

Don't ever meet their friends
It tells you too much or not enough or worse, exactly the wrong thing
Every nuance, every detail, every movement
Every smell, sound, phrase, inflection
The way she laughs
These are all the things that you either obsessively fetishize
or make yourself grow to love
Although you are supposed to be done growing, she is still growing
It's like a garden with two flowers
One just blooming and casting a shadow just like yours
And then it becomes struggle of sunlight or rain or weeds

She and every she is doomed to be your idea of her
She and every she is doomed to be your idea of her

I'm not man enough to be human 
but I'm trying to fit in and I'm learning to fa-fa-fa-fake it

But worse so, back to the point
You are no longer the flower and the sun
And most importantly the garden or the gardener
A muse, your amusement
I am used, it's all ruined if you meet their friends

She and every she is doomed to be your idea of her
She and every she is doomed to be your idea of her

I'm not man enough to be human 

but I'm trying to fit in and I'm learning to fa-fa-fa-fake it

Fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fake it
Fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fake it
Fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fake it
Fake it

You never wanted to share your concept of your creation with any other gods or worshippers
Your book isn't burned, it was never written
Your book isn't burned, it was never written

I'm not man enough to be human
but I'm trying to fit in and I'm learning to fa-fa-fa-fake it
Fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fake it
Fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fake it
Fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fake it
Fa-fa-fa-fa-fake it