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==Trivia==
 
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* If the song is fast-forwarded by x1, the sinister moaning from "[[The Hands of Small Children]]" can be heard.
 
* If the song is fast-forwarded by x1, the sinister moaning from "[[The Hands of Small Children]]" can be heard.
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==Review by J7==
 
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*This section is only for archive purposes and has not been confirmed by any authority, and is only J7's interpretation written for your pleasure.
 
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Just the title of this song stands out against the rest of the tracks on the album. What is a song named after a mythical beast doing on Portrait of an American Family? But the song isn’t about the literal Cyclops, instead it is about the pedestal beautiful women are propped upon in America, and the hideous personalities that grow inside of them because of it. Their lives become so centered upon themselves they can’t see anything but themselves. “She can’t see nothing, nothing at all . .” The enormous amounts of attention we pay them slowly consume them until they lose all sense of individuality. The best part of the song is when Manson growls the last lines “Dilate … Dilate” (Dilation of the pupils is due to fear) to explain it is the frailty of Americans today that keep them stagnant, it’s too difficult for them to stand up to the “Cyclops.” A future Manson song, The Beautiful People, would take certain parts of this theme and run with it. While the song is not as fleshed out as other tracks, Cyclops does contain one of the best riffs on the album. Good song, but not the best on the Portrait of an American Family. 
 
  
 
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"Cyclops"
Cyclops cover
Song by 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 Alternative rock
Length 3:32
Label Nothing, 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 January 1991.

Appearances

Cassettes

Albums


Spooky Kids Version

Genesis of the Devil

The Manson Family Album Version


Versions

  • "Cyclops" (Demo) — Appears on After School Special.
  • "Cyclops" — Appears on Portrait of an American Family.

Lyrics

    
cyclops woman got one eye in her head
mascara-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

Trivia

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