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| − | * Apparently, Born Again was recorded at the same time as [[Irresponsible Hate Anthem]], [[Valentine's Day|February 14th]], 1997, despite the album being released in 2000. It is possible that this could have something to do with the story. | + | * Apparently, Born Again was recorded at the same time as [[Irresponsible Hate Anthem]], [[Significance of Valentine's Day to Marilyn Manson|February 14th]], 1997, despite the album being released in 2000. It is possible that this could have something to do with the story. |
* In the book ''Art That Kills'' by George Petros a handwritten note with the ''Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death)'' tracklist on "Born Again" was listed as "Valley of the Dolls". Apparently, this was the song's working title. | * In the book ''Art That Kills'' by George Petros a handwritten note with the ''Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death)'' tracklist on "Born Again" was listed as "Valley of the Dolls". Apparently, this was the song's working title. | ||
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| Song by 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 | |
| Length | 3:20 | |
| Label | Nothing, Interscope | |
| Writer | Marilyn Manson | |
| Composer | Twiggy Ramirez | |
| Producer | Marilyn Manson, Dave Sardy | |
"Born Again" is the thirteenth track on the 2000 release Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death).
Analysis
"It doesn't take a rebel to sing along," sneers Manson in this slashing little number about mass-mind behavior and doing as the crowd does. Suck down the right drugs, buy feeble art in pretty frames, pretend you're in with the latest and coolest - same old shit. "I'm someone else, I'm someone new, I'm someone stupid just like you." In a line framed in quotes - usually to be read as a character voice in MM lyrics - he plays the brand-new-same-old star: "I'll burn down your disco/and take your heart away" - a play-threat of danger and pseudoviolence candy-wrapped in cheesy romance. Adam Kadmon, disheartened, castigates those who destroy the irreplaceable, reward mediocrity, and hardly seem able to tell the difference.
Appearances
Albums
Versions
- Born Again — Appears on Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death).
Bootlegs
2/19/2001 - Stockholm, Sweden/Johanneshovs Isstadion
2/21/2001 - Helsinki, Finland/Ice Hall
2/24/2001 - Moscow, Russia/Olympisky Arena
3/11/2001 - Tokyo, Japan/Tokyo International Forum
Lyrics
Do you or don't you want this to be your song?
It doesn't take a rebel to sing along.
This art is weak
in its pretty, pretty frame
and I am a monkey with
a misspelled name
"I'll put down your disco
and take you heart away"
"I'll put down your disco
and take you heart away"
I'll be born again
I'm someone else
I'm someone new
I'm someone stupid just like you
I'm someone else
I'm someone new
I'm someone stupid just like you
do you or don't you want to take this hit?
Does it make you feel like you're a part of "it."
"I'll put down your disco
and take you heart away"
"I'll put down your disco
and take you heart away"
I am born again
I'm someone else
I'm someone new
I'm someone stupid just like you
I'm someone else
I'm someone new
I'm someone stupid just like you
the valley of the dolls is
the valley of the dead
the valley of the dolls is
the valley of the dead
I'm someone else
I'm someone new
I'm someone stupid just like you
I'm someone else
I'm someone new
I'm someone stupid just like you
I'll be born again...
Trivia
- Apparently, Born Again was recorded at the same time as Irresponsible Hate Anthem, February 14th, 1997, despite the album being released in 2000. It is possible that this could have something to do with the story.
- In the book Art That Kills by George Petros a handwritten note with the Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death) tracklist on "Born Again" was listed as "Valley of the Dolls". Apparently, this was the song's working title.
