Wormboy

"Wormboy"
Song by Marilyn Manson
Album	Antichrist Superstar
Released	October 8, 1996
Recorded	1996 at Nothing Studios in New Orleans, Louisiana
Genre	Industrial metal, Alternative rock
Length	3:56
Label	Nothing, Interscope
Writer	Marilyn Manson
Composer	Daisy Berkowitz, Twiggy Ramirez
Producer	Trent Reznor, Dave Ogilvie, Marilyn Manson

"Wormboy" is the eighth track on the 1996 release Antichrist Superstar.

Appearances

Albums

• Antichrist Superstar

Versions

• "Wormboy" — Appears on Antichrist Superstar.
• "Wormboy Gets His Wings" — Demo version of Wormboy. Never officially released but put online by Scott Putesky in 2011 and appears on Antichrist Final Songs.
• "Nu Groove" — Daisy Berkowitz's draft demo. Never officially released but put online by Scott Putesky on his Soundcloud.

Lyrics

    when will you realize you're already there?
    so watered down-your feelings have turned to mud.
    "love everybody" is destroying the value of
    all hate has got me nowhere
    I know I'm slipping, I know I'm slipping, I know I'm slipping away
    oh no, it is everything they said it was
    oh no, I am all the things they said I was
    when you get to heaven you will wish you're in hell
    when will you realize, you're already here
    you'll thank us now that you have crossed over
    don't pick the scabs or you will never heal
    the world shudders as the worm gets its wings
    oh no, it is everything they said it was
    oh no, I am all the things they said I was
    then I got my wings and I never even knew it
    when I was a worm, thought I wouldn't get through it...

Demo versions

Wormboy Gets His Wings

Nu Groove

Trivia

Daisy guitar used to record Wormboy.

• According to photos on his MySpace profile, former Marilyn Manson guitarist Scott Putesky, better known as Daisy Berkowitz, used an Ibanez Iceman to record "Wormboy".
• The song features a passage containing the same lyrics as heard in "Kinderfeld": "then I got my wings and I never knew it/when I was the worm, thought I wouldn't get through it..."
• According to Manson's autobiography, this song most incorporated Daisy Berkowitz's musical ideas.