The Bright Young Things
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| Song by Marilyn Manson | ||
| Album | The Golden Age of Grotesque | |
| Released | May 5, 2003 | |
| Recorded | 2002–2003 at the Doppelherz Studio in Hollywood, California; The Mix Room in Burbank, California | |
| Genre | Industrial metal | |
| Length | 4:19 | |
| Label | Nothing, Interscope | |
| Writer | Marilyn Manson | |
| Composer | John 5 | |
| Producer | Marilyn Manson, Tim Skold, Ben Grosse | |
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"The Bright Young Things" is the twelfth track on the 2003 release The Golden Age of Grotesque.
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Appearances[edit]
Albums[edit]
Versions[edit]
- "The Bright Young Things" — Appears on The Golden Age of Grotesque.
Lyrics[edit]
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
We're
Good for nothing, but being
Everything that's bad
Good for nothing, but being
Everything that's 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
I've got my villian necktie
And a 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 most monster with my groan box
In the "Meat Show."
We set fashion, not follow
Spit vitriol, not swallow
Good for nothing, but being
Everything that's bad
Good for nothing, but being
Everything that's 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
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"
Perpetual rebellion with absolutely no cause
Perpetual rebellion with absolutely no cause
Perpetual rebellion with absolutely no cause
Perpetual rebellion with absolutely no cause
Stop the song and remember what you used to be
Somebody that could fucking impress me
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
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
Good for nothing, but being
Everything that's bad
Good for nothing, but being
Everything that's bad
Trivia[edit]
- The line "We're so beautiful and damned" makes reference to the 1922 F. Scott Fitzgerald novel The Beautiful and Damned.
- The title "The Bright Young Things" makes reference to the 1930 Evelyn Waugh novel Vile Bodies in which a character named Adam writes a book entitled Bright young things. This book was also cited by David Bowie to be his main inspiration behind the song "Aladdin Sane".
