Thingmaker
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| Song by Marilyn Manson | ||
| Album | The Family Jams | |
| Released | August 1992 | |
| Recorded | August 1991–August 1992 | |
| Genre | Alternative rock | |
| Length | 4:08 | |
| Label | Beat Up Your Mom | |
| Writer | Marilyn Manson | |
| Composer | Daisy Berkowitz, Gidget Gein | |
| Producer | Daisy Berkowitz | |
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"Thingmaker" is the fourth track on the 1992 release The Family Jams. The song was inspired by a man referred to in The Long Hard Road Out of Hell as Carl, who intentionally looked and acted like Manson, used the image of a gnarled, twisted tree that Manson had created in a poster for another local band; and how Manson was sick of his stealing from him. Manson's then-girlfriend, referred to as Teresa, was also implied to have been having an affair with Carl.
Select lines of lyrics were later reworked for "Mutilation Is the Most Sincere Form of Flattery", a song from the band's 2007 album Eat Me, Drink Me.
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- "Thingmaker" — Appears on The Family Jams.
- "Thingmaker" (Remastered mix) — Appears on Lunch Boxes & Choklit Cows.
[edit] Lyrics
you want to look like me you want to act like me, you've got no sense of
your own identity you can't begin to see that you and me makes we, that's
not what I want to be so fuck you...imitation's not a flattery, you can't begin
to feel, you can't begin to feel, you can't begin to feel, I said fuck you...I
don't want to know you, I don't want to know...It's about time made up
my mind, get out of my life you motherfucker, it's about time made up my
mind, I'm taking what's mine you motherfucker, you are made from things
you steal from me, you can't begin to feel,you can't begin to feel, you can't
begin to feel so fuck you...you suck my energy, my personality, you steal
steal steal from me, you can't begin to feel, you can't begin to feel, can't begin
to feel so fuck you, imitation' not a flattery so you're a pitiful thief, you're a
pitiful thief, you're a pitiful thief, fuck you...I don't want to know you, I don't
want to know...It's about time, I've made up my mind, get out of my life you
motherfucker, it's about time, made up my mind, I'm taking what's mine you
motherfucker, you are made from things you steal from me, you can't begin
to feel, can't begin to feel, can't begin to feel fuck you... If you want to
worship me then just worship me, don't even try to be...you're a fucking
thief, you're a fucking thief, a fucking thief so fuck you...imitation's not a
flattery so you're a pitiful thief, a pitiful thief, you're a fucking thief fuck
you...I don't want to know you
