Marilyn Manson Pretty as a swastika ( $ ) Lyrics

[tma7x95]

@TaylorMichelleS thank you. really, I think you're one of just a few people which understand what's the meaning behind marilyn manson and his songs. awesome! :)

[TaylorMichelleS]

I don't understand why people hate him so much?

I've listened to him since I was 3 years old, my dad brainwashed me with this music.

His appearance has never scared me. My whole room is Manson even after YEARS.

Manson is different, his words in lyrics actually have meaning if you're willing to look deeper.

He is extremely intelligent if you ever watch his interviews.

& extremely attractive, for his differences & intelligence.

Haters gonna hate.

[JakubMarilyn]

This song is fucking amazing!!!!

[AdminTheKing]

most halloweens i am a second marilyn manson on streets...people just don't know what it means halloween?or they don't even know what means marilyn manson?i am sick of them all of em...judging even at halloween my outfit..just because they think marilyn manson is a freak....i bet they go watch of him some days to know who he is in real and then talk about him...outfit and ofcourse ROCK for some reason always be judged by people bringing up religion and politic subjects...FFS?? where am i living?

[MsRetroGirlie]

jst saying a $ isnt a swastika. :)

[MassiveMarket]

@MsRetroGirlie Manson changed the title to "Pretty as a ($)" on the CD sleeve because the record company told him to pull it off the album.

[FightinginHockey]

This sing is awesome. It's nice to see that ppl on this board know the real meaning of the Swaz. I have always believed that the number one hate symbol in the world is the '$'. I noticed before that the swastika was two esses like ss, but adding dollar sign to it and spin it like you're gonna be brainwashed is so perfect.

[SereenaStellar]

the beginning is that a sample of every you every me by placebo or am i just crazy?

[sidewaysfcs0718]

@SereenaStellar obviously he is influenced by them too ...placebo's lyrics are quite similar to manson's more emotional albums

[puresilence444]

he is a god :) <3.<3 he could even be presidant...mabey our next he would be the best and first good looking one ;)

[missFrankie1408]

Is this song about Isani Griffith?

[McBossManus]

LOVE THIS FUCKIN SONG... reminds me of antichrist superstar

[listentoraveasylum]

@McBossManus Really?? hmmm. I thought HEOTL mirrored Mechanical Animals greatly

[TooLameToDie]

The "swastika" is found in many cultures around the world, and is generally looked upon as a symbol of good fortune, peace and/or prosperity....Just saying.

[JacobDoomGuy1994]

@TooLameToDie Exactly, true ^_^ Mainly Swastika now and will be commonly known as the symbol for the Nazi party. In which, Hitler used the logo for "peace" and abused the meaning of good fortune.

[sidewaysfcs0718]

ironically, when interscope censored this song's title , it actually made a more powerfull statement, replacing the swastika with a dollar sign obviously makes a clear point ....since capitalism is fascism with another name

[cthuluforever]

The chorus in this song makes me want to kick my grandmother in the teeth.

[A4NightToker20]

I get my Marilyn Manson Tattoo in 2 weeks

[lilyeve222]

@marilynmad98 totally agree with you, shame we've got to tell the idiots that he's not an emo though! xD

[mjl333000]

I always thought he was saying, "like a plane of Germans between your legs", because of the Swastika, Nazi Reference.

[sidewaysfcs0718]

@mjl333000 well in this album the swastika used are 2 dollar signs crossed, basicly saying that modern fascism = capitalism, wich is correct since money governs everything on this planet sadly .....

but the swastika itself predates nazi germany by thousands of years :) it was originally a symbol of infinity,peace, good fortune etc .....

[SpectreZombie]

hell yea i love mairlyn manson! i love how every album sounds different, a lot of bands just keep the exact sound for every song or album and its just too repetitive. this one is one of my favorites from his new album :)

[Orz1205]

awesome!!!!

[randomenesslover]

I will never enthusiastically love someone unless they sing this to me nightly.

[randomenesslover]

This song needs to stop ending. 

[All13BAD]

isso que é musica poh@ ! Manson é foda!

[freddythefish100]

now that i think about it swastikas are pretty lol

[thesoulman56]

Wish te song was longer.

[DemnioxSTUDIOS]

@thesoulman56 10 hours,right? 

[26randolph]

i can say yeah all though the song to damn

[AoiNamiki]

I fucking love this song...

[mik0logy]

how come when i type in this song in the search bar, it just syas "pretty as a s", like swastika is cuss word or seomthing.

[doomfaced]

@mik0logy Because according to many people it means and only means a sign for the Nazis. Originally it was an ancient peace sign, that's why the Germans used it. The song name is also called "Pretty as an $"

[bustanut300]

@xCourtneyCannibalx a Swastika is the symbol the Nazi's wore.

[xCourtneyCannibalx]

wats a Swastika xD fail but love MM<3

[MrCashmoneycody]

@xCourtneyCannibalx the symbol that hitler used on his flag

[SaraRocks91]

One of us is a knife.... one of us is a ripe... <3

[crabkillax3]

DAMN DIZ MUTHAFUKIN SONG JAMMZ CREEPIN THRU DA HOOD JAMMIN DIZ SONG BE HAVIN PEOPLE TURN HEADZ WEN THEY SEE AH TATTED UP MEXIKAN JAMMIN MANSON........................­.......

[angelofdeath86420]

hes not fuckin emo try gothic been listenin to him since i was young fuck that emo shit

[4resi2tence0]

@angelofdeath86420 hes music not goth or emo

[MansonLove1988]

@angelofdeath86420 He's not Gothic either. He even said so himself.

[650airborn]

when i have my ipod, and people ask who im lisioning to most time i say marilyn manson or just manson. then they look at me like im weird or like im disturbed or something.... obeously they bulid thier opinion on looks and hear say. because if you lision to his music i mean REALLY lision to it the words have a meaning, and the things he has said at interveiws even, show you a different kind of person everyone thinks he is. and to me, that makes him even hotter >:]

[littlelottie419]

@650airborn i agree with you.....but i just cant help loving the scared looks people give when i tell them who im listening to lol

[650airborn]

@littlelottie419 .. trust me your not alone >:) ahaha

[littlelottie419]

@650airborn lol i was working on a mural for sf community school and this one girl next to me asked me why i was dancing. i told her because i was listening to manson, then ozzy. the art teacher overheard and then was like....0.o. i almost died

[650airborn]

@littlelottie419 LMAO!!! thats halarious!! thats makes me think of how i was talking to my friend, and i was saying the lyrics to his song "this is the new shit" and her dad / religion teacher was behind me.....

[Leorazzia]

@littlelottie419 i hate it when that happens

but at the same time its quite amusing

[MissMarilynManson8]

me too

[Angelbabby97]

@650airborn I know right

[TheMrSomecheesyname]

@650airborn can you actually spell listen?

but good opinion

[frootloopwarriors]

I always hated this album, but now that I think about it, its not like he sold out, theres still good to be found.

[vladub02]

@frootloopwarriors He didnt sell out at all?

[frootloopwarriors]

@vladub02 I wouldnt say so.

[evilracer117]

I dont get it.... Why are the Best epic Songs From marilyn manson Just less than 3minutes:'( damn i raped that replay butten 15-17 Row

[cannibalxscene]

I wish there were more variants of a swastika.

[catmando94]

Help explain this song to me i love it........ but dont understand it.... :(

[kiiittenmittensss]

@catmando94 manson wrote it about the girl who he woke up next to with dark hair, pale skin, and red lips (most presume it's evan, but i believe it to be isani griffith given the fact that he did a painting of her with the same title). he told her she was pretty as a swastika, which led to various sexual relations.

[catmando94]

@kiiittenmittensss Gratuitous-ness :P

[panteraman92]

this is a fun one to play on the guitar.

[mjl333000]

This is a great song to listen to after a break up ^_^

[awake352]

This is, easily, my favourite from THEOL.

[tuhi00]

@LordAkaneon Oh, you mean Finnish Air Force? :)

[mik0logy]

@LordAkaneon that was pretty

[elguappo94]

@LordAkaneon fag

[ucanfinddestiny]

@LordAkaneon, wth.. how you do that?

[kleptomaniacpsa]

@LordAkaneon those r backwards, making them an african peace symbol... jsut saying

[metallica3678]

@LordAkaneon not the African peace symbol it means symbol of good fortune in the hindu culture :P

[thastoner94]

manson's a true PIMP! lol just watch heart shaped glasses

[miguelramirezzz]

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[FuckinHateBieber666]

I would be soooooooooooooo flattered if a dude would sing this to me!

I think I would fuckin' marry that guy in that moment.

[FuckinHateBieber666]

@FuckinHateBieber666 Ok.maybe I'm exaggerating....

[xPsychoxClownx]

@ashleybrans mmkay.

1. I'm gonna bash all the artists i want, because bands like A7X and Bullet For My Valentine are abominations, and they don't deserve to be called metal.

2. Metal will NEVER be at the top of youtubes list. Pop music is called pop music because it's POPular. Get it? The mainstream is going to listen to what they like, however hollow and soulless that music may be, and there's nothing you can do to change that.

[ISeeThemToo]

@xPsychoxClownx

its funny how you mentioned the two other artists i regularly listen to XD. (besides slipknot, 3DG ECT.)

[ashleybrans]

@xPsychoxClownx okkkaayyy... this was not even my made up comment and im sorry you have a bad attitude. you believe in what you believe. no one is forcing you to do this. if you dont like this kind of music, then why did you come here in the first place. common...sence.

[xPsychoxClownx]

@ashleybrans I'm just saying you're not gonna start a fuckin revolution on youtube. And I came here because I do love Manson. And I LOVE metal.

[ashleybrans]

@xPsychoxClownx ok well then calm down. its just a comment and get ur facts straight before u start talking. i dont really care about the thing. it was something just to add. ur definately over ur head

[xPsychoxClownx]

@ashleybrans I think YOU'RE the one over your head man. I never gave any indication that I don't like metal, and you're saying shit like get your facts straight when there were no facts presented in our entire conversation. I think you argue over the internet a lot without really knowing what you're talking about, so you're just giving me a bunch of responses you'd normally give to any troll on youtube. But I'm not a troll. So I think you should just stop talking. Mmmkay?

[ashleybrans]

@xPsychoxClownx 1) im not a man 2) why did u start talkin to me in the first place 3) i know u didnt say that u didnt like metal 4) yes a fact is that u think u can just tell me to stop talking when u talked first 5) actually u dont know me and no i dont even argue over the internet 6) u are a troll cause u said it first 7) and mmmkay is not even a word. so i dont know who u think u are but i have 8 likes and no one else said something about so it looks like ur on your own

[speedofpain90146]

@ashleybrans manson is pop music!! hes industrial pop rock -___- pop doesn't mean lady gaga or britney spears

[Left4D3V]

its weird most people see him as scary but when i hear his music its sad and heart broken

[panteraman92]

@Left4D3V much agreed!!!

[grkvirus]

@Left4D3V this album was the one w/ a "sad& heartbroken" feel to it because of the Von Tesse breakup

[awake352]

@grkvirus

Tha was Eat Me Drink Me, High End is more about Evan Rachel Wood.

[daspien1000]

@Left4D3V last few albums have been your right but the albums that got him famous ain't

[xinic5]

@Left4D3V Yeah. His music is some of the "tamest" stuff I listen to.

[nikechiapas]

@Left4D3V cuz your a fanbiy.

[nikechiapas]

@nikechiapas boy*

[nikechiapas]

@nikechiapas ok then your a fangirl.

[stetwig]

@Left4D3V Everyone thinks his stupid. Just watch one interview and your never gonna think that again.

[xxxxxxedwardxxxxx]

@Left4D3V this album was about lost how he lost love,friends, and money :/ yeah MM was going through alot a shit but that didn't stop him from him doing what he loves :) that's why i like the mother fucker

[therougemariachi]

@Left4D3V True that but in a awsome way

[FALCONKIE]

Personal opinion its about someone he dislikes because all he gave to them was love and they returned by using him as shown in "I'd die for your sins, if you don't kill me while I'm trying" and then when he says "Let me show you were it hurts" I think its more or less saying "This is what you've done to me" upon thinking this i think the swastika is a metaphorical symbol as it was a religious symbol that meant peace and you've turned it into something bad and hateful aka Nazi Party

[Ari97Rocks]

Is it just me ,or does he look extremely hot in this picture???

Awesome video :)

[XXmjlover4evaXX]

@Ari97Rocks

nope, don't worry it's not just you. besides, what pic doesn't he look sexy in? lol ;)

[Ari97Rocks]

@XXmjlover4evaXX You got a point there :D

[demopublic]

Anyone thinking Manson is a Jew is a retard...

You people REALLY need to read his biography, and learn something and quit believing what your friends tell you....

[paulisss90]

6 pople here are popes

[boyo416]

YOU are MY Pretty As a $wastika

[XxXAngelOfPainXxX]

he changed the swastika sign to a dollar sign instead, when it got censored. xD

[knittingplug123]

@XxVampcuffsxX Wow you really don't know anything about him do you? He doesn't have a relegion.

[demopublic]

@XxVampcuffsxX Manson IS SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO not a Jew. Trust me, been a fan since 92, read his autobiography and learn something.

[manumetal1]

wow it's music of Marilyn Manson it's good

[MandaBearTV]

Im going to say this to a guy i like and see what happens , lmfao we drew nazis sighs to ech other b/c we were bored , im not like anti jewish or anything but we were just messin round ;]

[GekasDemast]

For the beginning read through what it means this word, and then argue. Manson did not sing about nazism or Hitler, it sang about a symbol of movement of a life, the Sun, light, well-being.

[hawaiianchick27]

love this song!!!

[chenush744]

Can someone tell me please if MM is an antisemic? That means a lot to me!!!

Thanks.

[mywildlove93]

@chenush744 He's not anti-anything in terms of races, he just wants people to question everything. He doesn't go against anything in particular =)

[Blazewhitefox]

@chenush744 no he isn't. the story behind the song, from what i know, is that he saw a woman with red lips and a black dress and such and he told her she was "as pretty as a swastika", and it led to sex. he isn't anti-semitic, he's kinda just using it to shock and dismay, rather than make a political statement. the swastika itself is actually a symbol of good luck, it's supposed to represent the sun, but Adolf Hitler decided to make it the symbol of the Nazi party. that answer your question?

[chenush744]

@Blazewhitefox

Thanx, I really <3 the music, and using swastika as a symbol for beauty got me kinda disturb, since you know, I'm jewish...

[pinkgir13]

Marilyn Manson is wayy prettier than a swastika (; <33

[missjuggalettehomie]

Why do people find Swastika's offensive? They are just a symbol, after all. I love the Swastika (or Hakenkreuz, in Deuch) symbol. It's so simple to draw, and can easily piss people off. Perfect!

[pinkgir13]

@missjuggalettehomie Haha, i completly feel you. I just think it looks cool. But im not racist. (:

[missjuggalettehomie]

@pinkgir13 I respect every single religion and philosophy. I just hate the extremists that are in the religion. (The Alkyda, etc) I like Muslims, Jews, Christians, everything. But not the one's who misread their own bible. And I will one day create a sticker that says "Random Nazi" with a Swastika, then on the bottom it says "RAWR" lol XD Yeah, it'll be absolutely random and fun! XD

[chenush744]

@missjuggalettehomie

I really like to piss people off too, but you wouldn't feel the same if your great grandma was in Aushwitz. Is it really that hard to understand why it's so painfull for some of us???

[333JH666]

@chenush744 Sorry to hear that. Were you and your great grandma close?

[ziggiecrow]

now, I believe this song is not only about love but the abolition of the capitalist system.

Which I completely support. "free market" is an oxymoron, and people can't pay for what anything is worth.

If a car is worth 20K$ and an orange is worth 1$ then why can't we pay 20K oranges for a car?

The wage system is corrupt because it puts power in the hands of those who collect money, and those who collect taxes.

And love is a system very similar to that. We are ALL idiots, you know.

[demopublic]

@ziggiecrow Probably wrong on this one as Manson votes REPUBLICAN.

[georgemiguelperez]

i love this song they should shoot a video of it

[mariori16]

hey....some say "pretty as a swastika " its ironic ,not rasist song...wtf?i think it was time to say it in our face -i'm a nazi kids

[MrMaGaSiUs]

fuck u gay nazi

[ThatGorgeousIrish365]

lol id love it if my boyfriend sang this to me.. thats why you dont date preppy girls.. theyre not as kinky as skater girls.. actually, the guy ive been with for the past year and a half, ive never actually met him.. we skype as much as ppossible but hes all the way acros the country.. first time he and i have sex, this is the song i want to be playing..

[lilmissconverse96x]

@ThatGorgeousIrish365 duuuuuuuude. too much informationLMFAO(:

[ZombieZClaw]

@ThatGorgeousIrish365 Funny cause the way Marilyn Manson got the origianl idea for this song with the tittle he was talking to a girl and said "You're as pretty as a Swastika." and then they had sex in bed. :P

[missjuggalettehomie]

Whoever Disliked this is a fucking idiot. Brian Warner is the BEST!!!

[chenush744]

@missjuggalettehomie

I'm not an idiot! I'm jewish...

[missjuggalettehomie]

@chenush744 Well, the Swastika is not truly a German symbol, really. It started in Egypt as a peaceful sign, then the Germans took it and turned it into something wrong. So...don't hate it because of the Germans :) I'm German and love the symbol for the fact that it's cool, not for the fact that it means the death of people. Some people may like it for that...and for those people who do...well, they deserve to die :) Just saying :)

[chenush744]

@missjuggalettehomie

Thanx. I really <3 MM, but that Swastika thing really got me disturbed...

[rammstein2001]

@missjuggalettehomie No, not the Germans. The Nazis.

[missjuggalettehomie]

@rammstein2001 Well, okay. The Nazis were Germans, so I just refer to them as that. Sort of like Democrats and Republicans; I just refer to them as Americans.

[joebo511]

@FallenEmpire666 Yeah But You Gotta Remember

Most People Are Pissed When They Break Up :/

Unless The Other Person Was A Bastard/Bitch To You

hahah :)

[CommanderGeiger]

it angers me whenever i hear someone refer to manson as emo...

[MajickDemoniack]

@CommanderGeiger You too? :D

[2ndChannelOfSlunn16]

@CommanderGeiger and when people call him gay. If he is... that's his business. That doesn't affect his music. Gawsh! =p I just don't understand people sometimes... lol

[IfightBitches]

@CommanderGeiger ik i wanna curbstomp the fuckers who say that

[AceObrin]

@CommanderGeiger another tiresome demonstration among an endless number of others of how this social system conditions people to pigeon hole everyone into a category. To keep other's at arm's length; to reassure themselves that society's ills aren't "their" problem; it has nothing to do with them or their behavior. Manson is one of the most brilliant artists humanity has ever produced and people are often too blindly obsessed with traditions and arbitrary labels to give him a fair listen.

[REMIX909]

@CommanderGeiger If hes anything it would be goth.

[SilverTooth666]

@REMIX909

He's Marilyn Manson

[chompinsteel]

i abousluty agree

[Leorazzia]

@CommanderGeiger there is no box you can put him in

there is no need for boxes at all

[KrystleXRose]

@CommanderGeiger Exactly. He is far from 'emo'. He is his own person. He is unlabable.

[YoJimBoHugabaJoe]

manson ill tell you were it hurts.After holywood thats were it starts to hurt

[phailez]

@FallenEmpire666 I wouldn't have publically complained about it but different people take things different ways. Him being an alcoholic and on drugs probably didn't help the situation and getting served divorce papers on his birthday probably didn't either. But I can see where you are coming from.

[phailez]

@FallenEmpire666 In his defence his wife was Dita Von Teese and she was really fucking hot.

[jokergaaragirl]

marilyn manson is sexii.and this song is awesome :))

[phailez]

@FallenEmpire666 I'll admit I jumped to conclusions then. If you aren't forcing your opinion on anyone than I won't force mine so sorry. I disagree with him being emo but that song is pretty horrible. Also i'm reasonably sure this song is referring to the swastika with sarcasm since Marilyn Manson isn't nazi in the slighest.

[phailez]

@FallenEmpire666 The fact you are proud of being a homophobe makes you a complete waste of space. Also clothes are just materials there isn't a set gender for anything thats just some shitty stereotype thats developed throughout the ages.

[phailez]

@FallenEmpire666 From the sound of it you are a homophobe. And also very good at confusing men and womens clothing.

[xxxvennydeathcorexxx]

this song should be longer.

well replay button it is (:

[vannallezzennogwat]

@boelze the romans and greekks used it too as one of the designs they painted on their pots and made on their temple's

[missjuggalettehomie]

@FallenEmpire666 Marilyn Manson is not a tranny. Or a cunt. or a faggot. You are just jelious because you are not as sexy, talented, or as intellegent as him. So, the more you hate on him, the bigger he gets as a star.

[missjuggalettehomie]

Fuck the world and their stupid, worthless cencorships! Marilyn Manson is the most intellegent man the world has ever seen! His music is beautiful, and nothing will ever change that!

[PeterGriffinShow]

@missjuggalettehomie you are right1 this man was vote top ten rock singer 16 years in a row!!!!!

[MIKUSHITYW]

@FallenEmpire666 fuck off.

can't stand him? so don't watch this video and leave an unappropriated comment like what

[Glowingsweet]

@FallenEmpire666 then go fuck off

[TheTrelopedo]

marilyn manson is my god

[yourblueeyeddevil]

The Amerikan Manifest Destiny~ est count of native people before the discovery of the Amerikas and the advent of the Great United States= 112.5 million

Today's registered native population in the USA~ 2.6 million

Total estimated kills through foreign and domestic wars: 80 million

Topping the charts for the most homicidal warmongering nation on the planet while even surpassing the death rate of the Bubonic Plague of the 14th century

=PRICELESS!

[driivemysoul]

The swastika is the official sign of an Indian religion called Jainism.

[vannallezzennogwat]

just got the CD :D

[MedusaFrauVenus]

Big slap in the face for those who are acting political correct. Big slap from Manson.

Deal with it. Stalin killed more people than Hitler.

Communism = around 100 million dead people worldwide.

fascism \ nazism = almost 40 million.

[thesoulman56]

This song makes me orgasm so fucking amazing.

[KierZombieFetusx3]

i have that poster :]