Editing The Gardener

{{Song
|Name        = The Gardener
|Cover       = BornVillain.jpg
|Artist      = [[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]]
|Album       = [[Born Villain]]
|Released    = April 30th, 2012 (worldwide), May 1st (north american )
|Recorded    = 2009 – 2011, California
|Genre       = Spoken word, alternative rock
|Length      = 4:39
|Label       = [[Cooking Vinyl]], [[Hell, etc.]]
|Writer      = [[Marilyn Manson]]
|Composer    = 
|Producer    = 
}}
"'''The Gardener'''" is a song set to appear on [[Marilyn Manson]]'s upcoming album, ''[[Born Villain]]''. The title of the song was revealed in the March 2012 issue of ''Revolver'' magazine where it was described as a "perverse epic."<ref name="Revolver Magazine'">[[2010-2013 Born Villain imagery#Revolver Magazine  _March 2012|Manson Reveals New Song Titles In ''Revolver'']], March. 2011, ''Revolver Magazine''.</ref> The song seems to be about how, in relationships, we create false images of people and then hold them to the standard of our illusions about them.

==Versions==
* "The Gardener" appears on Born Villain.

==Song==

==Lyrics==
     I'm not man enough to be human 
     but I'm trying to fit in 
     and I'm learning to fake it
     
     Don't ever meet their friends
     It tells you too much 
     or not enough
     or worse
     exactly the wrong thing
     every nuance
     every detail
     every movement
     every smell
     sound
     phrase
     inflection
     the way she laughs
     these are all the things that you either obsessively fetishize
     or make yourself grow to love
     although you are supposed to be done growing
     she is still growing
     it's like a garden with two flowers
     one just blooming and casting a shadow 
     just like yours
     and then it becomes a struggle 
     of sunlight 
     or rain 
     or weeds
     she and every she 
     is doomed to be your idea of her
     she and every she 
     is doomed to be your idea of her
     
     I'm not man enough to be human 
     but I'm trying to fit in 
     and I'm learning to fa fa fa fake it
     
     but worse so, 
     back to the point
     you are no longer the flower 
     and the sun
     and most importantly the garden 
     or the gardener

     a muse 
     the amusement
     I am used
     it's all ruined if you meet their friends
     
     she and every she 
     is doomed to be your idea of her
     she and every she 
     is doomed to be your idea of her
     I'm not man enough to be human 
     but I'm trying to fit in 
     and I'm learning to fa fa fa fake it
     fa fa fa fa fa fake it
     fa fa fa fa fa fake it
     fa fa fa fa fa fake it
     ffffffffffffffa fa fa fake it
     
     you never wanted 
     to share 
     your concept of your creation 
     with any other gods or worshippers
     your book isn't burned 
     it was never written
     your book isn't burned 
     it was never written
     
     I'm not man enough to be human
     but I'm trying to fit in 
     and I'm learning to fa fa fa fake it
     fa fa fa fa fa fake it
     fa fa fa fa fa fake it
     fa fa fa fa fa fake it
     fa fa fa fa fa fake it
     
     ffffffffffffffa fa fa fake it

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