Thingmaker

"Thingmaker"
Song by Marilyn Manson
Album	The Family Jams
Released	August 1992
Recorded	August 1991–August 1992
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	4:08
Label	Beat Up Your Mom
Writer	Marilyn Manson
Composer	Daisy Berkowitz, Gidget Gein
Producer	Daisy Berkowitz

"Thingmaker" is the fourth track on the 1992 release The Family Jams. The song was inspired by a man referred to in The Long Hard Road out of Hell as Carl, who intentionally looked and acted like Manson, used the image of a gnarled, twisted tree that Manson had created in a poster for another local band; and how Manson was sick of his stealing from him. Manson's then-girlfriend, referred to as Teresa, was also implied to have been having an affair with Carl.

Select lines of lyrics were later reworked for "Mutilation is the Most Sincere Form of Flattery", a song from the band's 2007 album Eat Me, Drink Me.

Appearances

Cassettes

• The Family Jams

Albums

• Lunch Boxes & Choklit Cows

Versions

• "Thingmaker" — Appears on The Family Jams.
• "Thingmaker" (Remastered mix) — Appears on Lunch Boxes & Choklit Cows.

Lyrics

    you want to look like me you want to act like me, you've got no sense of
    your own identity you can't begin to see that you and me makes we, that's
    not what I want to be so fuck you...imitation's not a flattery, you can't begin
    to feel, you can't begin to feel, you can't begin to feel, I said fuck you...I
    don't want to know you, I don't want to know...It's about time made up
    my mind, get out of my life you motherfucker, it's about time made up my
    mind, I'm taking what's mine you motherfucker, you are made from things
    you steal from me, you can't begin to feel,you can't begin to feel, you can't
    begin to feel so fuck you...you suck my energy, my personality, you steal
    steal steal from me, you can't begin to feel, you can't begin to feel, can't begin
    to feel so fuck you, imitation' not a flattery so you're a pitiful thief, you're a
    pitiful thief, you're a pitiful thief, fuck you...I don't want to know you, I don't
    want to know...It's about time, I've made up my mind, get out of my life you
    motherfucker, it's about time, made up my mind, I'm taking what's mine you
    motherfucker, you are made from things you steal from me, you can't begin
    to feel, can't begin to feel, can't begin to feel fuck you... If you want to
    worship me then just worship me, don't even try to be...you're a fucking
    thief, you're a fucking thief, a fucking thief so fuck you...imitation's not a
    flattery so you're a pitiful thief, a pitiful thief, you're a fucking thief fuck
    you...I don't want to know you