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"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.
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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
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- "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.
- The sample, "Go home to your mother! Doesn't she ever watch you!? Tell her this isn't some Communist day-care center! Tell your mother I hate her! Tell your mother I hate you!" is spoken by Mink Stole from the John Waters 1977 film "Desperate Living". After this, a telephone can be heard ringing very quietly for several minutes, which is then followed an irate answering machine message, presumably from a parent of a Manson fan saying "I want my son off of your mailing list. I have already contacted the post office for your pornographic material that has been received in the mail. My next stop is my attorney. I do not want this number called anymore and do not want anything delivered to my address. If I receive anything else from this band or this group, my next phone call will be my attorney and you will be contacted. Thank you and good bye."
