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| Cover      = TheLongHardRoadOutOfHell.jpg
 
| Cover      = TheLongHardRoadOutOfHell.jpg
 
| Cover size  = 200
 
| Cover size  = 200
| Writer      = [[Marilyn Manson]]
 
 
| Released    = February 14, 1998
 
| Released    = February 14, 1998
 
| Illustrator = [[P. R. Brown]]
 
| Illustrator = [[P. R. Brown]]
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"'''Stained Glass'''" is a poem [[Brian Warner]] wrote to Night Terrors magazine in 1988. The letters along with the poem can be found in [[The Long Hard Road Out of Hell]].
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"'''Stained Glass'''" is a poem [[Marilyn Manson|Brian Warner]] wrote to Night Terrors magazine in 1988. The letters along with the poem can be found in [[The Long Hard Road Out of Hell]].
  
== Poem ==
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==Poem==
<blockquote><small>
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      In the wooden silence
In the wooden silence<br>
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      genuflecting fornicators
genuflecting fornicators<br>
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      seek penance and false-toothed
seek penance and false-toothed<br>
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      idealists throw grub steaks on the offering plate
idealists throw grub steaks on the offering plate<br>
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<br>
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light a candle for the sinners<br>
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light a fire<br>
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<br>
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self-pronounced prophet, parable seeking Protestant<br>
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preaches his diatomic dogma,<br>
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disembowelling indiscreetly.<br>
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<br>
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Supplicate<br>
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congregate<br>
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the world looks better through stained glass<br>
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<br>
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light a candle for the sinners<br>
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set the world on fire<br>
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<br>
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Falsities<br>
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Falsities<br>
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Falsified, Factuality’s<br>
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All sitting like eager sponges,<br>
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soaking up the tertiary realities of life. <br>
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<br></small></blockquote>
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== Trivia ==
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      light a candle for the sinners
* The poem can be found on page 58 in [[The Long Hard Road Out of Hell]].
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      light a fire
* The line "light a candle for the sinners, set the world on fire" was to be used 8 years later in the song "[[1996]]".
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* The line "Falsities, falsities, falsified factuality's" was used in "[[All Fall Down]]", their first live-in-rehearsal track with former bassist [[Olivia Newton Bundy]].
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[[Category:Writings and literature by Marilyn Manson]]
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      self-pronounced prophet, parable seeking Protestant
[[Category:Marilyn Manson bibliography]]
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      preaches his diatomic dogma,
 +
      disembowelling indiscreetly.
 +
 
 +
      Supplicate
 +
      congregate
 +
      the world looks better through stained glass
 +
 
 +
      light a candle for the sinners
 +
      set the world on fire
 +
 
 +
      Falsities
 +
      Falsities
 +
      Falsities, Factuality’s
 +
      All sitting like eager sponges,
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      soaking up the tertiary realities of life. 
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==Trivia==
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*The poem can be found on page 58 in [[The Long Hard Road Out of Hell]].
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*The line "light a candle for the sinners, set the world on fire" was later to be used 8 years later in the song "[[1996]]".
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[[Category:Marilyn Manson Songs]]
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[[Category:Marilyn Manson Bibliography]]

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