Ants are in the sugar, muscles atrophied
We're on the other side, the screen is us, and we're TV
Spread me open, sticking to my pointy ribs
Are all your infants in abortion cribs
I was born into this, everything turns to shit
The boy that you loved is the man that you fear
Pray until your number
Asleep from all your pain
Your apple has been rotting
Tomorrow's turned up dead
I have it all and I have no choice but to
I'll make everyone pay and you will see
You can kill yourself now, because you're dead in my mind
The boy that you loved is the monster you fear
Peel off all those eyes
Crawl into the dark
You've poisoned all of your children
To camouflage your scars
Pray unto the splinters
Pray unto your fear
Pray your life was just a dream
The cut that never heals
Pray now, baby
Pray your life was just a dream
I am so tangled in my sins that I cannot escape
I am so tangled in my sins that I cannot escape
Pinch the head off, collapse me like a weed
Someone had to go this far
I was born into this, everything turns to shit
The boy that you loved is the man that you fear
Peel off all those eyes
Crawl into the dark
You've poisoned all your children
To camouflage your scars
Pray unto the splinters
Pray unto your fear
Pray your life was just a dream
The cut that never heals
Pray now, baby
Pray your life was just a dream
The world in my hands
There's no one left to hear you scream
No one left for you
When all of your wishes are granted
Many of your dreams will be destroyed
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“Man That You Fear” was released as the final single from Antichrist Superstar. The album’s concept follows the journey of its protagonist, “The Worm,” as he metaphorically evolves from a worm to angel. Having shed his ability to feel empathy, he repurposes himself as someone feared by society, the eponymous Antichrist Superstar.

As outlined in his autobiography, Marilyn Manson initially wrote “Man That You Fear” during his cousin’s wedding ceremony. The song appears to detail how Manson’s past experiences and upbringing have informed who he has evolved to become—a man or monster that people have grown to fear.

The music video depicts a man who is condemned to die, and chronicles his last day on earth before he is stoned to death in the desert. According to Manson in a 1999 MTV interview, the video was inspired by Shirley Jackson’s 1948 short story, The Lottery.

Here we lay in my bed
I don't feel anything
Discontent in my head
All of this is meaningless
I'll use you
Use me too
We'll make it through
The void in blue
Here we lay once again
Where has my mind been?
Fleeting gift of love once lived
I want to fall in it
I'll use you
Use me too
We'll make it through
The void in blue

There's blood on your hands, baby
Baby, there's blood on your hands
Mama's gonna love you, baby
Mama's gonna get you back
When all the blood's washed over you
Mama will never forget
Mama loves you too much, baby
Mama loves you too much to cry

Mama loves her darling boy
She'll hold him close in her arms
Mama's gonna wash his sweet body
Mama loves you too much to cry
Mama loves you too much, baby
Mama loves you too much to cry