Overneath the Path of Misery

"Overneath the Path of Misery"
Song by Marilyn Manson
Album	Born Villain
Released	April 25, 2012
Recorded	2009–January 2011 at Zane-a-Due in California
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's eighth studio album Born Villain. The song first appeared in the 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."

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.

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

    Stare into my Kodak Rome
    Jackhammer ice eyes
    I never thought you'd see the asphalt
    Crack, crack, crack like a black eggshell

    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

    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'

    No Macbeth confessed Oedipus no longer present tense
    No Macbeth confessed Oedipus no longer present tense

    No, no, no, no, no reason
    No, no, no, no, no reason
    No, no, no, no
    No reason

    High and overneath
    High and overneath

    I won’t regret letting you live even if you forgot what you never saved me from
    So I say whatever or for never

    For, for, for, for, fallen for never
    For, for, for, for, fallen for never
    For, for, for, for, fallen for never
    Whatever

    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

    High and overneath
    High and overneath

    Overneath, overneath, overblown, unbeloved
    Cannot be low
    From the top of my lungs to the bottom of my heart I scream
    at the chasm in between and the path of misery

    Overneath, overneath, overblown, unbeloved
    Cannot be low
    From the top of my lungs to the bottom of my heart I scream
    at the chasm in between and the path of misery

    High and overneath
    High and overneath

    No, no, no, no, no reason
    No, no, no, no, no reason
    No, no, no, no
    No reason

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.

He's also a cross-dressing douechbag that thinks he's better than everyone else.

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