Cyclops

"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

• After School Special

Albums

• Portrait of an American Family

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

• If the song is fast-forwarded by x1, the sinister moaning from "The Hands of Small Children" can be heard.