Editing Wrapped in Plastic

{{Song
| Name        = Wrapped in Plastic
| Cover       = Portrait-of-an-American-Family.jpg
| Artist      = [[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]]
| Album       = [[Portrait of an American Family]]
| Released    = July 19, 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      = 5:35
| Label       = [[Nothing]], [[Interscope Records|Interscope]]
| Writer      = [[Marilyn Manson]]
| Composer    = [[Daisy Berkowitz]]
| Producer    = Marilyn Manson, [[Trent Reznor]]
}}
"'''Wrapped in Plastic'''" is the eighth track on the 1994 release ''[[Portrait of an American Family]]''. The earliest recording of this song dates back to the band's ''[[Refrigerator]]'' cassette tape, released in 1993. The song is an overt reference to the TV series ''Twin Peaks''. It recycles lyrics from another Manson song, "[[I.V.-T.V.]]".

== Appearances ==
=== Cassettes ===
* ''[[Refrigerator]]''
=== Albums ===
* ''[[Portrait of an American Family]]''

== Versions ==
* "Wrapped in Plastic" <small>— Appears on ''[[Refrigerator]]''.</small>
* "Wrapped in Plastic" <small>— Appears on ''[[Portrait of an American Family]]''.</small>

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=== Refrigerator Version ===
At around 40 seconds into the [[Refrigerator]] version of "Wrapped in Plastic" there is a subliminal message which reads just the first two lines of the song backwards:

     guilt is a snake we beat with a rake
     to grow in our kitchen in the pies we bake

== Lyrics ==
     guilt is a snake we beat with a rake
     to grow in our kitchens, in the pies we bake
     feed it to us, to squirm in our belly
     twisting our guts melt our spines to jelly
     stay, don't want to go now
     drove the children from their chores
     handcrafted housewives into whores
     fear of the beast is calling it near
     creating what we're hating, it's only fear that is here
     stay, don't want to go now
     come into our home, won't you stay?
     I know the steak is cold but its wrapped in plastic
     come into our home, won't you stay?
     I know the steak is cold but its wrapped in plastic
     I'm only as deep as the self that I dig
     I'm only as sick as the stick in the pig
     "thin and so white, thin and so white"
     daddy tells the daughter
     while mommy's sleeping at night
     to wash away sin you must take off your skin
     the righteous father wears the yellowest grin
     "don't wanna go now"
     stay, don't wanna go now, stay, don't wanna go now
     come into our home, won't you stay?
     I know the steak is cold but its wrapped in plastic

== Trivia ==
* The screams and garbled voices at the beginning of "Wrapped in Plastic" are sampled from the final episode of Twin Peaks.
* Manson has stated that the song is an indirect reference for the false personalities families put on when guests arrive in their homes.

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[[Category:Songs from Portrait of an American Family]]