The Gardener

"The Gardener"
Song by Marilyn Manson
Album	Born Villain
Released	April 30th, 2012 (worldwide), May 1st (north american )
Recorded	2009 – 2011, California
Label	Cooking Vinyl, Hell, etc.
Writer	Marilyn Manson

"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." 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.

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
    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 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, your 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
    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-fake it