Editing "President Dead"

{{Song
| Name        = "President Dead"
| Cover       = HolyWood(InTheShadowOfTheValleyOfDeath).jpg
| Artist      = [[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]]
| Album       = [[Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death)]]
| Released    = November 13, 2000
| Recorded    = 1999–2000 at The Mansion in Death Valley, California
| Genre       = Alternative metal, heavy metal, industrial metal
| Length      = 3:13
| Label       = [[Nothing]], [[Interscope Records|Interscope]]
| Writer      = [[Marilyn Manson]]
| Composer    = [[Twiggy]], [[John 5]], [[Stephen Bier]]
| Producer    = [[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]], Dave Sardy
}}
"'''"President Dead"'''" is the sixth track on [[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]]'s fourth studio album, ''[[Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death)]]''. It was recorded at The Mansion in Death Valley, California between 1999 and 2000, and was released on November 13, 2000. The band's heavy use of synthesizers in the song makes ""President Dead"" comparable to an earlier track, "[[Great Big White World]]". This is one of the only Marilyn Manson songs to which former guitarist [[John 5]] contributed a solo.

== Appearances ==
* ''Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death)'' – This 2000 album is the only Marilyn Manson release on which ""President Dead"" appears.

== Versions ==
* ""President Dead"" – The album version of this song remains the only version released to date.

== Live ==
""President Dead"" was performed by Marilyn Manson once, in Dallas, Texas [[2000/12/16 Dallas, TX|on December 16, 2000]].

== Lyrics ==
     this is for the people, they want you
     this is for the people, they want you
     getting high on violence, baby
     
     President Dead is clueless
     and he's caught in a headlight, police-state god
     and his skull is stained glass
     
     incubated and jet set
     the bitter thinkers buy their tickets
     to go find god like a piggy in a fair
     
     and we don't want to live forever
     and we know that suffering is so much better
     
     this is for the people, they want you
     this is for the people, they want you
     getting high on violence, baby
     
     give the pills time to work
     we all can't be martyred in the
     winter of our discontent
     
     (getting high on violence, baby)
     
     every night we are nailed into place and
     every night we just can't seem to
     ever remember the reason why
     
     (getting high on violence, baby)
     
     and we don't want to live forever
     and we know that suffering is so much better
     
     this is for the people, they want it
     this is for the people, they want it
     getting high on violence, baby
     
     and we don't want to live forever
     and we know that suffering is so much better

== Trivia ==
* ''Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death)'' lists quotation marks as part of this song's actual title, possibly as an interpretation of a newspaper headline.
* "President Dead" has a duration of exactly 3 minutes and 13 seconds. Frame 313 of the Zapruder film, the most complete visual recording of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, is the precise frame where Kennedy is shot.
* This song's content is more than likely in direct reference to Kennedy's assassination in 1963 by Harvey Lee Oswald.

== Personnel ==
* [[Marilyn Manson]] – vocals, syncussion, mellotron, lyrics
* [[Twiggy]] – rhythm guitar, bass, music
* [[John 5]] – lead guitar, rhythm guitar, music
* [[Stephen Bier]] – keyboards, music
* [[Ginger Fish]] – loop, live drums
* Alex Suttle – backing vocals
* Dave Sardy – producer

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