Listen to The Bright Young Things by Marilyn Manson

The Bright Young Things

Marilyn Manson

Hard Rock

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Marilyn Manson

Vocals

John 5

Guitar

Madonna Wayne Gacy

Madonna Wayne Gacy

Keyboards

Tim Skold

Drum Programming

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

John 5

Composer

Brian Warner

Composer

Marilyn Manson

Arranger

Tim Skold

Arranger

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Marilyn Manson

Producer

Tim Skold

Producer

Ben Grosse

Mixing Engineer

Tom Baker

Mastering Engineer

Chuck Bailey

Assistant Recording Engineer

Jeff Burns

Assistant Recording Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

We'll be the worms in your apple pie

Fake abuse for our bios, blacken our own eyes

The grass isn't greener on the other side

We set it on fire and we have no reason why

We set fashion, not follow

Spit vitriol, not swallow

We set fashion, not follow

Spit vitriol, not swallow

[Verse 2]

We're good for nothing but being everything that's bad

Bad bad bad

Good for nothing but being everything that's bad

Bad bad bad

We know who we are and what we want to say

And we don't care who's listening

We don't rebel to sell, it just suits us well

We're the bright young things

[Verse 3]

I've got my villain necktie and mouth of hi-fi

So sharp, I'm bleeding from my Judas hole

I'm the Arch Dandy, no-goodnik and I'm headed for Crashville

I'm the monster with my groan box in the meat show

[Verse 4]

We set fashion, not follow

Spit vitriol, not swallow

We set fashion, not follow

Spit vitriol, not swallow

Good for nothing but being everything that's bad

Bad bad bad

Good for nothing but being everything that's bad

Bad bad bad

We know who we are and what we want to say

And we don't care who's listening

We don't rebel to sell, it just suits us well

We're the bright young things

[Verse 5]

Crashing the ether, we've got the loudest stereotype

Even neophytes deep 6 your pro-life

We don't need to move a single prayer bone

We're so beautiful and damned

Simply as a still life

[Verse 6]

Perpetual rebellion with absolutely no cause

Perpetual rebellion with absolutely no cause

Perpetual rebellion with absolutely no cause

Perpetual rebellion with absolutely no cause

[Verse 7]

Stop the song and remember what you used to be

Somebody that could fucking impress me

[Verse 8]

We know who we are and what we want to say

And we don't care who's listening

We don't rebel to sell, it just suits us well

We're the bright young things

[Verse 9]

We know who we are and what we want to say

And we don't care who's listening

We don't rebel to sell, it just suits us well

We're the bright young things

[Verse 10]

Good for nothing but being everything that's bad

Bad bad bad

Good for nothing but being everything that's bad

Written by: Brian Warner, John 5

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