Song Meaning - The Nobodies

Marilyn Manson - The Nobodies

Here are the lyrics:

Today I am dirty
I want to be pretty
Tomorrow, I know I'm just dirt


Today I am dirty
I want to be pretty
Tomorrow, I know I'm just dirt


We are the nobodies
we wanna be somebodies
when we're dead,
they'll know just who we are


We are the nobodies
we 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
we wanna be somebodies
when we're dead,
they'll know just who we are


We are the nobodies
we 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


I think the song is about people as "nobodies", by I do think this was his lyrical tribute to the shooters at Columbine. "We are the nobodies/wanna be somebodies/but we're dead/they'll know just who were are". I think Manson eloquently put the torture and selfishness these boys must have felt to do what they did.

Share your opinions, and keep it clean.

 

I think there's no hidden meaning. I think he just screams words he doesn't understand the meaning of. Either that or it's a reference to his inevitably horrible upbringing. Poor sod.

 

Believe it or not if you actually got the garbage out of your ears quite a few of his songs have a relevant meaning to them although I dislike him in a sense but he does make somewhat decent songs.

anyways I believe the song isn't in generally to the kids from columbine but for anyone in general, just about everyone in the world whats to be rich and or famous at least at one point or another and in the end it's almost always just wasted time because it doesn't happen. So I believe it's just people in general and not any specific group.