Editing Overneath the Path of Misery

{{Song
|Name        = Overneath the Path of Misery
|Cover       = BornVillain(front).jpg
|Artist      = [[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]]
|Album       = [[Born Villain]]
|Released    = April 25, 2012
|Recorded    = 2009–January 2011 at Zane-a-Due in California
|Genre       = Gothic rock, alternative metal
|Length      = 5:18
|Label       = [[Hell, etc.]], [[Cooking Vinyl]]
|Writer      = [[Marilyn Manson]]
|Composer    = [[Twiggy]], Marilyn Manson, [[Chris Vrenna]]
|Producer    = Marilyn Manson, Chris Vrenna
}}
"'''Overneath the Path of Misery'''" is the fourth song on [[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]]'s eighth studio album ''[[Born Villain]]''. The song first appeared in the [[Born Villain (film)|''Born Villain'' trailer]] released on September 1, 2011. The title of the song was initially thought to be "No Reason" due to the amount of times the phrase is repeated throughout the song, though [[Marilyn Manson]] confirmed later in 2011 at [[The Path of Misery]] art exhibition that the song's title was in fact, "Overneath the Path of Misery."<ref name="Revolver Magazine'">[http://www.providermodule.com/art.php?fn_mode=fullnews&fn_id=346 Manson Confirms Song Title At Art Show], 2nd Nov. 2011, ''provider module.com''.</ref>

== Versions ==
* "Overneath the Path of Misery" appears on ''Born Villain''.
* An early mix of the song was used for the ''Born Villain'' trailer score.
* Manson performed a spoken poetry version for The Words.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzOK_HLh2Dw Marilyn Manson - Overneath the Path Of Misery]. AmpRockTv presents 'The Words' - Marilyn Manson.</ref>

== Lyrics ==
     "And all our yesterdays have lighted fools 
     The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
     Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
     That struts and frets his hour upon the stage 
     And then is heard no more. It is a tale 
     Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, 
     Signifying nothing."
     - William Shakespeare
<br>
     Stare into my Kodak Rome
     Jack-hammer ice eyes
     I never thought you'd see 
     The asphalt crack, crack, crack 
     Like black eggshell
<br>
     Don't ever say I never warned 
     You from the start
     Don't ever say I never warned 
     You from the start
     You're not a shovel 
     And I'm not your dirt
<br>
     Is there any way to unswallow 
     My pride
     Can I fuck myself down?
     Why die, 
     when you can kill the father?
     Dad is missing an 'e'
<br>
     No Macbeth 
     Confessed Oedipus, 
     No longer present tense
     No Macbeth 
     Confessed Oedipus 
     No longer present tense
<br>
     No no no no no reason
     No no no no no reason
     No no no no no reason
<br>
     High and overneath
     High and overneath
<br>
     I won’t regret 
     Letting you live 
     Even if you forgot 
     What you never 
     Saved me from.
     So I say 'whatever' 
     Or fornever
<br>
     For for for for for fornever
     For for for for for fornever
     Or for for for for fornever
     'Whatever'
<br>
     The Rape of Persephone 
     Was choreographed by all the wrong Greeks
     The Rape of Persephone 
     Was a marketing scheme
     Rape rape rape per so phony
     Rape rape rape per so phony
     Rape rape rape per so phony
     Rape rape rape per so phony
<br>
     High and overneath
     High and overneath
<br>
     Overneath 
     Overneath 
     Overblown 
     Unbeloved
     Cannot be low
     Overneath 
     Overneath 
     Overblown 
     Unbeloved
     Cannot be low
<br>
     From the top of my lungs 
     to the bottom of my heart 
     I scream
     At the chasm in between 
     And the path of misery
     From the top of my lungs 
     to the bottom of my heart 
     I scream
     At the chasm in between 
     And the path of misery
<br>
     High and overneath
     High and overneath
<br>
     No no no no no reason
     No no no no no reason
     No no no no no reason
<br>

== Trivia ==
* The recurring phrase "no reason" may have derived from its use in the 2010 film ''Rubber'', which Manson has called his favorite film of the year.
* Manson got a tattoo of the words "No Reason" shortly after the release of [[Born Villain]], directly above his Spiral Heart tattoo on his left wrist.
* The beginning of the song which is spoken word is written by William Shakespeare in “Macbeth”. The main character, Macbeth describes his outlook on life after he finds out his wife, Lady Macbeth, killed herself. 
* The song's [[List of working titles for Marilyn Manson material|working title]] was "No Reason".

== References ==
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[[Category:Born Villain era]]
[[Category:Marilyn Manson songs]]
[[Category:Songs from Born Villain]]
[[Category:Never performed live]]