Posthuman

Posthuman directs here. For the record label, see Posthuman Records.

"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 Zarpruder, 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" — Appears on Mechanical Animals.

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