Editing Posthuman

:''Posthuman directs here. For the record label, see [[Posthuman Records]].''
{{Song
| Name        = Posthuman
| Cover       = MechanicalAnimals.png
| Artist      = [[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]]
| Album       = [[Mechanical Animals]]
| Released    = September 14, 1998
| Recorded    = 1997–1998 at the White Room, Westlake Recording Studios in West Hollywood, California and Conway Studios
| Genre       = Industrial rock, Electronic rock, alternative rock
| Length      = 4:17
| Label       = [[Nothing]], [[Interscope Records|Interscope]]
| Writer      = [[Marilyn Manson]]
| Composer    = [[Twiggy Ramirez]], [[Madonna Wayne Gacy]]
| Producer    = Michael Beinhorn, Marilyn Manson
}}
"'''Posthuman'''" is the seventh track on the 1998 release ''[[Mechanical Animals]]''. It makes several references to past presidents, such as John F. Kennedy and his wife Jackie O, as well as Abraham Zapruder, the man who ultimately shot the most complete visual recording of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, while videotaping the presidential motorcade through Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963.

== Appearances ==
=== Albums ===
* ''[[Mechanical Animals]]''

== Versions ==
* "Posthuman" <small>— Appears on ''Mechanical Animals''.</small>

== Lyrics ==
     She's got eyes like Zapruder
     And a mouth like heroin
     She wants me to be
     Perfect like Kennedy
     This isn't god, this isn't god
     God is just a statistic,
     God is just a statistic
     Say,
     "Show me the dead stars,
      All of them sing."
     This is a riot
     Religious and clean
     
     God is a number you cannot count to
     You are posthuman and hardwired
     
     She's pilgrim and pagan
     Softworn and so-cial
     In all of her dreams
     She's a saint like Jackie-O
     
     This isn't god, this isn't god
     God is just a statistic,
     God is just a statistic
     Say,
     "Show me the dead stars,
      All of them sing."
     This is a riot
     Religious and clean
     
     God is a number you cannot count to
     You are posthuman and hardwired


     Coma White:
     "All that glitters is cold, all that glitters is cold"

== Personnel ==
* [[Marilyn Manson]] – vocals
* [[Twiggy Ramirez]] – rhythm guitar and bass
* [[Madonna Wayne Gacy]] – keyboards and electric percussion
* [[Ginger Fish]] – drums
* [[Zim Zum]] – additional lead guitar
* [[Rose McGowan]] – vocals

== Trivia ==
* "Posthuman" was made available for streaming on [[MarilynManson.com|the band's website]] before "Mechanical Animals" was released, making it the first song off the album to be heard by the public.
* The voice that says "all that glitters is cold" was said by Manson's then girlfriend, [[Rose McGowan]].
* After the song, a digitized voice announces to a roaring crowd "Ladies and Gentleman, Omega and the Mechanical Animals" which leads into the next song, "[[I Want to Disappear]]". A similar voice can also be heard introducing Omega and the Mechanical Animals on the live version of "[[Rock Is Dead]]" found on "[[The Last Tour on Earth]]"

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[[Category:Songs from Mechanical Animals]]