Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death) de Marilyn Manson
Álbum de Marilyn Manson
- Sello Discográfico: Nothing Records
Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death) es un álbum de Marilyn Manson, publicado en 2000 por Nothing Records. El disco incluye 18 canciones, entre ellas «Godeatgod», «The Love Song», «The Fight Song» y «Disposable Teens».
Sobre el álbum
La discografía de Marilyn Manson nos sumerge en la oscuridad de "Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death)", un álbum que, de inmediato, se percibe como una obra conceptual monumental y una crítica implacable a la cultura de masas y la religión. Este disco explora temas de violencia, fama, alienación y la búsqueda de redención, fusionando el industrial metal con elementos góticos y una narrativa apocalíptica. El álbum se siente como un manifiesto, un viaje a un mundo decadente y sin esperanza.
Las canciones combinan riffs de guitarra abrasivos con atmósferas opresivas, ritmos industriales contundentes y coros que añaden dramatismo y desesperación. "The Fight Song", "Disposable Teens" y "Coma Black" son ejemplos de su habilidad para crear himnos que resuenan con una fuerza inquebrantable, desafiando a la sociedad. Por otra parte, la voz de Marilyn Manson se muestra más versátil y expresiva que nunca, navegando entre los gritos desgarradores, los susurros macabros y los pasajes melódicos con una maestría que cautiva. El álbum suena monumental y perturbador, una obra de arte para los amantes de la música que incita a la reflexión y a la controversia.
"Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death)" no solo fue un éxito comercial y de crítica, sino que también consolidó la reputación de Marilyn Manson como una figura visionaria y transgresora, capaz de utilizar el arte para generar debate y desafiar la moralidad. Su impacto en la música, la cultura y el pensamiento es innegable, inspirando a innumerables artistas y resonando con millones de personas que se identificaron con su mensaje de rebeldía. Es una prueba irrefutable de la genialidad de Marilyn Manson y su habilidad para transformar la música en un fenómeno global y cultural, dejando una huella imborrable en la historia del rock, en la sombra del valle de la muerte.
Listado de Canciones
- Godeatgod2:34
Letra
Dear god do you want to tear your knuckles down And hold yourself Dear god can you climb off that tree Meat into the shape of a 'T' Dear god the paper says you were the King In the black limousine Dear John and all the King's men Can't put you head together again Before the bullets Before the flies Before authorities take out my eyes The only smiling are you dolls that I made But you are plastic and so are your brains Dear god the sky is as blue As a gunshot wound Dear god if you were alive You know we'd kill you Before the bullets Before the flies Before authorities take out my eyes The only smiling are you dolls that I made But you are plastic and so are your brains - The Love Song3:16
Letra
[The bullet:] "I've got a crush on a pretty pistol should I tell her that I feel this way? Father told us to be faithful I've got a crush on a pretty pistol should I tell her that I feel this way I've got love songs in my head that are killing us away" [The Father:] "do you love your guns?" (yeah) "god?" (yeah) "your government?" "do you love your guns?" (yeah) "god?" (yeah) "your government?" (fuck yeah) [The bullet:] "She tells me I'm a pretty bullet I'm gonna be a star someday Mother says that we should look away She tells me I'm a pretty bullet an Imitation Christ I've got love songs in my head that are killing us away" [The Father:] "do you love your guns?" (yeah) "god?" (yeah) "your government?" (fuck yeah) - The Fight Song2:55
Letra
Nothing suffocates you more Than the passing of everyday human events And isolation is the oxygen mask You make your children breathe in to survive But I'm not a slave to a god That doesn't exist I'm not a slave to a world That doesn't give a shit And when we were good You just closed your eyes So when we are bad We'll scar your minds Fight, fight, fight, fight, fight, fight, fight, fight You'll never grow up to be a big rock star Celebrated victim of your fame They'll just cut our wrists like cheap coupons And say that death was on sale today And when we were good You just closed your eyes So when we are bad We'll scar your minds But I'm not a slave to a god That doesn't exist I'm not a slave to a world That doesn't give a shit The death of one is a tragedy The death of one is a tragedy The death of one is a tragedy The death of million is just a statistic But I'm not a slave to a god That doesn't exist I'm not a slave to a world That doesn't give a shit But I'm not a slave to a god That doesn't exist I'm not a slave to a world That doesn't give a shit Fight, fight, fight, fight, fight, fight, fight, fight - Disposable Teens3:01
Letra
And I'm a black rainbow And I'm an ape of god I got a face that's made for violence upon And I'm a teen distortion Survived abortion A rebel from the waist down I wanna thank you mom I wanna thank you dad For bringing this fucking world to a bitter end I never really hated a one true god But the god of the people I hated You said you wanted evolution The ape was a great big hit You say you want a revolution, man And I say that you're full of shit We're disposable teens We're disposable teens We're disposable teens We're disposable We're disposable teens We're disposable teens We're disposable teens We're disposable You said you wanted evolution The ape was a great big hit You say you want a revolution, man And I say that you're full of shit The more that you fear us the bigger we get The more that you fear us the bigger we get And don't be surprised, don't be surprised Don't be surprised when we destroy all of it You said you wanted evolution The ape was a great big hit You say you want a revolution, man And I say that you're full of shit You said you wanted evolution The ape was a great big hit You say you want a revolution, man And I say that you're full of shit We're disposable teens We're disposable teens We're disposable teens We're disposable We're disposable teens We're disposable teens We're disposable teens We're disposable - Target Audience (Narcissus Narcosis)4:18
Letra
Am I sorry your sky went black, put your knives in babies backs? Am I sorry you killed the Kennedy's and Huxley too? But I'm sorry Shakespeare was your scapegoat and your apples sticking into my throat Sorry your Sunday smiles are rusty nails and your crucifixion commercials failed but I'm just a pitiful anonymous And I see all the young believers Your target audience I see all the old deceivers we all just sing their song Am I sorry to be alive putting my face in the beehive? Am I sorry for Booth and Oswald, pinks and cocaine too? I'm sorry you never check the bag in my head for a bomb and my halo was a needle hole I'm sorry I saw a priest being beaten and I made a wish but I'm just a pitiful anonymous And I see all the young believers Your target audience I see all the old deceivers we all just sing their song we all just sing their song "the valley of death we are free your father's your prison you see" And I see all the young believers Your target audience I see all the old deceivers we all just sing their song you're just a copy of an imitation - 'President Dead'
- In The Shadow Of The Valley Of Death4:09
Letra
We have no future heaven wasn't made for me we burn ourselves to hell as fast as it can be and I wish that I could be a king then I'd know that I am not alone Maggots put on shirts Sell each others shit sometimes I feel so worthless sometimes I feel discarded I wish that I was good enough then I'd know that I am not alone Death is policeman Death is the priest Death is the stereo Death is a TV Death is the Tarot Death is an angel and Death is our God killing us all she puts the seeds in me plant this dying tree she's a burning string and I'm just the ashes she put the seeds in me plant this dying tree she's a burning string and I'm just the ashes - Cruci-Fiction In Space4:56
Letra
This is evolution The monkey The man And then the gun If Christ was in Texas The hammer The sickle The only son This is your creation The atom of Eden Was a bomb If Jack was the Baptist We'd drink wine From his head This is evolution The monkey The man And then the gun This is evolution The monkey The man And then the gun I am a revolution Pull my knuckles down If I could I am a revelation And I'm nailed To the Holy Wood This is evolution The monkey The man And then the gun This is evolution The monkey The man And then the gun We are dead and tomorrow's canceled Because of things we did yesterday We are dead and tomorrow's canceled They crucify us in our space In our space In our space In our space In our space ... This is evolution The monkey The man And then the gun [x8] - A Place In The Dirt3:37
Letra
We are damned and we are dead all god's children to be sent to our perfect place in the sun and in the dirt There's a windshield in my heart we are bugs so smeared and scarred and could you stop the meat from thinking before I swallow all of it, could you please? Put me in the motorcade put me in the death parade dress me up and take me dress me up and make me your dying god angels with needles poked through our eyes let the ugly light of the world in we were no longer blind we were no longer blind Put me in the motorcade put me in the death parade dress me up and take me dress me up and make me your dying god Now we hold the "ugly head" the Mary-whore is at the bed They've cast the shadow of our perfect death in the sun and in the dirt. - The Nobodies The Death Song
- Lamb Of God4:39
Letra
There was Christ in the metal shell there was blood on the pavement The camera will make you god that's how Jack became sainted If you die when there's no one watching and your ratings drop and you're forgotten if they kill you on their TV you're a martyr and a lamb of god nothing's going to change nothing's going to change the world There was Lennon and a happy gun There were words on the pavement we were looking for the lamb of god we were looking for Mark David If you die when there's no one watching and your ratings drop and you're forgotten if they kill you on their TV you're a martyr and a lamb of god Nothing's going to change the world nothing's going to change Nothing's going to change the world nothing's going to change the world it took three days for him to die the born again could buy the serial rights lamb of god have mercy on us lamb of god won't you grant us Nothing's going to change the world nothing's going to change Nothing's going to change the world nothing's going to change the world If you die when there's no one watching and your ratings drop and you're forgotten if they kill you on their TV you're a martyr and a lamb of god nothing's going to change the world - Born Again3:20
Letra
Do you or don't you want this to be your song? It doesn't take a rebel to sing along. This art is weak in its pretty frame and I am a monkey with a misspelled name "I'll put down you disco and take you heart away. I'll put down you disco and take your heart away" I am born again I'm someone else I'm someone new I'm someone stupid just like you I'm someone else I'm someone new I'm someone stupid just like you do you or don't you want to take this hit? Does it make you feel like you're a part of "it." "I'll put down you disco and take you heart away. I'll put down you disco and take your heart away" I am born again I'm someone else I'm someone new I'm someone stupid just like you I'm someone else I'm someone new I'm someone stupid just like you the valley of the dolls is the valley of the dead the valley of the dolls is the valley of the dead [CHORUS] I am born again - Burning Flag3:21
Letra
They want to sell it out Buy it up Dumb it down A good god is hard to find I'll join the crowd that Wants to see me dead Right now I feel I belong For the first time Multiply your death Divide by sex Add up the violence and What do you get? We are all just stars and we're waiting We are all just scarred and we're hating We are all just stars on your burning flag You can point your gun at me And hope it will go away If god was alive, He would hate you anyway My right wing is flapping The left one is gray Let's hear it for the kids but Nothing they say They gyrate and G-rate On Election Day We got out ABC's and our F U C K Multiply your death Divide by sex Add up the violence and What do you get? We are all just stars and we're waiting We are all just scarred and we're hating We are all just stars on your burning flag You can point your gun at me And hope it will go away But if god was alive, He would hate you anyway - Coma Black: A. Eden Eye B. The Apple Of Discord
- Valentine's Day3:31
- The Fall Of Adam2:34
Letra
The Abraham Lincoln town cars arrive to dispose of our king and queen they orchestrated dramatic new scenes for Celebritarian needs When one world ends something else begins but without a scream just a whisper because we just start it over again [spoken] Do you love your guns? Your god and your government? Let me hear you Hey Do you love your guns? Do you love your god and your government? Let me hear you goddamn it Hey Do you love your guns? And your god and your government? Let me hear you Hey Your mother? And your father? And your baby? Goddamn it let me hear you Hey Do you love your guns? I want your mothers and your fathers To hear you say it Hey Every single one of you motherfuckers Let me hear it from you Hey Do you love your guns? And your god and your government? Hey I wanna hear it from everyone I wanna hear you say you want a gun Let me hear it Hey - King Kill 33
- Count To Six And Die