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Today I'm dirty
And I want to be pretty
Tomorrow, I know I'm just dirt
Today I'm dirty
And I want to be pretty
Tomorrow, I know I'm just dirt
We are the nobodies
Wanna be somebodies
When we're dead
They'll know just who we are
We are the nobodies
Wanna be somebodies
When we're dead
They'll know just who we are
Yesterday I was dirty
Wanted to be pretty
I know now that I'm forever dirt
Yesterday I was dirty
Wanted to be pretty
I know now that I'm forever dirt
We are the nobodies
Wanna be somebodies
When we're dead
They'll know just who we are
We are the nobodies
Wanna be somebodies
When we're dead
They'll know just who we are
Some children died the other day
We fed machines and then we prayed
Puked up and down in morbid faith
You should have seen the ratings that day
Some children died the other day
We fed machines and then we prayed
Puked up and down in morbid faith
You should have seen the ratings that day
We are the nobodies
Wanna be somebodies
When we're dead
They'll know just who we are
We are the nobodies
Wanna be somebodies
When we're dead
They'll know just who we are
We are the nobodies
Wanna be somebodies
When we're dead
They'll know just who we are
We are the nobodies
Wanna be somebodies
When we're dead
They'll know just who we are
And I want to be pretty
Tomorrow, I know I'm just dirt
Today I'm dirty
And I want to be pretty
Tomorrow, I know I'm just dirt
We are the nobodies
Wanna be somebodies
When we're dead
They'll know just who we are
We are the nobodies
Wanna be somebodies
When we're dead
They'll know just who we are
Yesterday I was dirty
Wanted to be pretty
I know now that I'm forever dirt
Yesterday I was dirty
Wanted to be pretty
I know now that I'm forever dirt
We are the nobodies
Wanna be somebodies
When we're dead
They'll know just who we are
We are the nobodies
Wanna be somebodies
When we're dead
They'll know just who we are
Some children died the other day
We fed machines and then we prayed
Puked up and down in morbid faith
You should have seen the ratings that day
Some children died the other day
We fed machines and then we prayed
Puked up and down in morbid faith
You should have seen the ratings that day
We are the nobodies
Wanna be somebodies
When we're dead
They'll know just who we are
We are the nobodies
Wanna be somebodies
When we're dead
They'll know just who we are
We are the nobodies
Wanna be somebodies
When we're dead
They'll know just who we are
We are the nobodies
Wanna be somebodies
When we're dead
They'll know just who we are
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"Today, i'm dirty
I want to be pretty
Tomorrow, i'll know, i'm just dirt
What i see here, is someone who feels bad about himself, doesn't matter what, and does something to become "pretty", losing with this his humanity, first he was dirty, but then, he lost himself, and only the dirt was left.
The Bridge it's obviously about television, but not exactly the columbine, i think, even if manson said it was, clever publicity stunt by him, but when we talk about "the kids" we talk about someone young, who's still not corrupted by our shitty society, we talk about something pure, and i guess that's what manson wanted to say.
Manson is awesome, just awesome <3
i think the line "Some children died the other day" isn't necessarily dismissive of those two boys.
it's including them with all other events like that. other school shootings or just suicides.
it's also kind of saying that they ARE just children. and shouldn't be demonized for what they did. separated from the rest of "humanity" because society and their parents HAD a part in it. no one is innocent.
the line "we fed machines and then we prayed" is saying that people are still loading their guns ("feeding" bullets into the machine) while watching all this on tv and praying about it. not realizing that they are still contributing to the problem.
(mm i think has verbalized his belief that part of the problem was that they had such easy access to guns)
I want to be pretty
Tomorrow, I know I'm just dirt
My interpretation relates back to the song "the beautiful people"
In a similar theme and simply put; the media/society specifies who is somebody, "pretty" and therefore specifies who isn't "somebody" or who is pretty. Put slightly differently, what is the opposite of pretty? someone ugly or dirty.
No one like to be think badly of themselves, so they aim/hope to be higher {to be somebody} but are never able to reach that and that leads to despair and hopelessness.
Some children died the other day
we fed machines and then we prayed
puked up and down in morbid faith
you should have seen the ratings that day
This is a bit more complicated but what I think it relates to; on face value is the Columbine shooting. Firstly, considering what has been discussed about societies role in partially creating these individuals. The hypocrisy of the media and society is self evident
Secondly, to pray to God is to look for guidance. However, they first fed the machines {i'm slightly unsure as to the meaning of this metaphor, it may mean as someone suggested to get the printing press started, the media machine}. However, what can be said is that they acted before thinking or more pervasively they already knew how to use the situation to their advantage and partly to do this using religious dogma to justify themselves to narrow assessment of the tragic events.......{ continued another day, Im tired}
Other ideas{you get the idea}
To vomit is to act in a visceral way.