Fundamentally Loathsome
"Fundamentally Loathsome" | ||
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Song by Marilyn Manson | ||
Album | Mechanical Animals | |
Released | September 14, 1998 | |
Recorded | 1997–1998 at the White Room, Westlake Recording Studios in West Hollywood, California and Conway Studios | |
Genre | Alternative rock | |
Length | 4:49 | |
Label | Nothing, Interscope | |
Writer | Marilyn Manson | |
Composer | Madonna Wayne Gacy, Zim Zum | |
Producer | Michael Beinhorn, Marilyn Manson |
"Fundamentally Loathsome" is the twelfth track on the 1998 release Mechanical Animals. It is a ballad song, comparable to "In the Shadow of the Valley of Death" from the 2000 release Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death).
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- "Fundamentally Loathsome" — Appears on Mechanical Animals.
Lyrics
I want to wake up in your White, white sun I want to wake up in your world With no pain But I'll just suffer in a hope to die someday While you are numb all of the way When I hate it I know you can feel but When you love it you know it's not real No And I am resigned to this wicked fucking world On its way to hell The living are dead and I hope to join them too I know what to do and I do it well... When I hate it I know you can feel but When you love it you know it's not real No Shoot myself to love you If I loved myself I'd be shooting you
Theme
Like many of the Mechanical Animal songs, this song has hints to how the world is so dark and horrid. And people say Marilyn Manson is so horrible, but it takes someone to slam it in their faces with a body suit, airbrushed boobs and a good guitar solo for them to realize how bleak the world is. This also hints to plain out suffering, directing it to someone who doesn't have to face that burden. When we hate it, its there, like when we're in an uncomfortable position, it seems to last longer. And "when you love" it's not really love, it's like everything is one lie except for the pain.