Editing Cyclops

{{Disambiguation|the song|the live bootleg|Cyclops Live}}

{{Song
| Name        = Cyclops
| 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       = Heavy metal, alternative metal
| Length      = 3:32
| Label       = [[Nothing]], [[Interscope Records|Interscope]]
| Writer      = [[Marilyn Manson]]
| Composer    = [[Daisy Berkowitz]], [[Gidget Gein]], [[Madonna Wayne Gacy]]
| Producer    = Marilyn Manson, [[Trent Reznor]]
}}
"'''Cyclops'''" is the fifth track on the 1994 release ''[[Portrait of an American Family]]''. The earliest recording of this song dates back to the band's ''[[After School Special]]'' cassette tape, released in December 1991.<ref>[http://www.marilynmansonimages.com/discog-demos.html marilynmansonimages.com]</ref>

== Appearances ==
=== Cassettes ===
* ''[[After School Special]]''
* ''[[The Manson Family Album]]''

=== Albums ===
* ''[[Portrait of an American Family]]''

== Versions ==
* "Cyclops" — Appears on ''After School Special''.
* "Cyclops" — Appears on ''The Manson Family Album''.
* "Cyclops" — Appears on ''Portrait of an American Family''.

{{Videos
| Np73nBXr98I = After School Special
| YwMldB84Iiw = The Manson Family Album version
}}

== Lyrics ==
    cyclops woman got one eye in her head
    mascera-clotted vision she is fed
    cyclops woman can't see nothing at all
    she got a pin-prick-spiral hole
    she can't see nothing, nothing at all
    she can't see nothing, nothing at all
    cyclops woman dying in her shell
    guilt got her trapped in nailed in well
    cyclops woman is the eye of the world
    who's reflection's in the retina?
    she can't see nothing, nothing at all
    she can't see nothing, nothing at all
    dialate, dialate


== Demo Lyrics ==
The 1991 demo featured and alterative second chorus
     

    We are all evil inside
    We are all evil inside
    
    Cyclop's woman got one eye in her head
    Mascera-clotted vision she is fed
    Cyclop's woman can't see nothing at all
    She got a pin-prick-spiral hole yeah
    
    She can't see nothing, nothing at all
    She can't see nothing, nothing at all
    
    Cyclop's woman dying in her shell
    Guilt got her trapped in nailed in well
    Cyclop's woman is the eye of the world
    Who's reflection's in the retina?
 
    She paints her eyes, blackest of all
    She paints her eyes, blackest of all
    
    Dialate
    Yeah!
    Dialate
    
    We are all evil inside
    We are all evil inside
    We are all evil inside
    We are all evil inside

== Trivia ==
* If the song is fast-forwarded by x1, the sinister moaning from "[[The Hands of Small Children]]" can be heard.
* The guitar riff, especially in the ''[[After School Special]]'' version, strongly resembles that of "[[Coma White]]".
* The beginning of the song provides samples from ''The Exorcist 2''.

== References ==
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[[Category:1989-1995 era]]
[[Category:Marilyn Manson songs]]
[[Category:Marilyn Manson songs featuring guitar solos]]
[[Category:Songs from Portrait of an American Family]]
[[Category:Marilyn Manson & the Spooky Kids songs]]