Great Big White World The title of this song suggests that we are living in a place that is empty, hallow, shallow..... colorless, and soulless. It's true. We are alone but all together in this white place, without color, without beauty. I wish you were queen, just for today sounds a lot like a David Bowie Song, where it says "You and I could be heroes just for today." The roses tear our hands all open says that what is beautiful is now deadly, unfamiliar, warped and changed to be against us. But we pray just like insects is perhaps a Praying Mantis? Or that insects scuttle about, small and "creepy and disgusting," or like ants, which are drones, all exactly like one another..... when I first read the title, I thought it would be a song about racism, but this is far more interesting.

Mechanical Animals We were neurophobic and perfect the day that we lost our souls (we were completely perfect, but afraid of thinking for ourselves the day we became soulless) maybe we weren't so human if we cry we will rust (we aren't what we thought we were) and I was a hand grenade that never stopped exploding (throw me away and i will leave destruction everywhere i go) you were automatic and as hollow as the 'o' in god (you were a mechanical animal; you are empty) I am never gonna be the one for you I am never gonna save the world from you but they'll never be good to you or bad to you they'll never be anything anything at all (i am not the one for you, i am not going to protect anyone from you; the mechanical animals will be nothing to you: not good, not bad, simply apathetic and uncaring)you were my mechanical bride you were phenobarbidoll (you were my love, but you became mechanical; Phenobarbital is a white, crystalline drug used as a sedative or anticonvulsant, so phenobarbidoll is a combination of that word and 'barbi doll,' america's most beautiful girl) a manniqueen of depression with the face of a dead star (marilyn monroe?) and I was a hand grenade that never stopped exploding you were automatic and as hollow as the 'o' in god I am never gonna be the one for you I am never gonna save the world from you but they'll never be good to you or bad to you they'll never be anything anything at all

Rock Is Dead This song suggests to me the deterioration of Rock music. The world is being taken over by rap and pop, and the rock musicians that are left don't know anything about the actual music. "Rock is deader than dead, shock is all in your head." No kidding.

Disassociative This song makes many references to space (and also astronauts). I think this speaks of Marilyn's desire to leave this world, wishing there was somewhere else better.

The Speed Of Pain They slit our throats like we were flowers and our milk has been devoured (They kill us, and take every precious thing we were) when you want it it goes away too fast when you hate it it always seems to last (pretty self-explanitory) but just remember when you think you're free the crack inside your fucking heart is me (i'll get back at you when you least expect it) (thought, not spoken): I wanna outrace the speed of pain for another day (i wanna keep running so i don't have to be hurt) I wish I could sleep but I can't lay on my back because there's a knife for everyday that I've known you (you betrayed me) when you want it it goes away too fast when you hate it it always seems to last but just remember when you think you're free the crack inside your fucking heart is me (thought, not spoken): I wanna outrace the speed of pain for another day lie to me, cry to me, give to me I would (give me some attention, any kind, if i were you i would) lie with me, die with me, give to me I would keep all your secrets wrapped in dead hair (hide your secrets) I hope at least we die holding hands for always. (it isn't much, but we'd always be together...)

Posthuman This is partly about a woman (or girl) who is perfect and wonderful, the epitome of everything good, and she wants Marilyn to be the same, and the song is also about god, in whatever form..... statistical or otherwise.

I Want To Disappear Look at me now got no religion (talking to his family. He's got no religion, unlike his childhood) look at me now I'm so vacant (i'm empty) look at me now I was a virgin Look at me now grew up to be a whore (i was young and didn't know, now i'm older and i'm different) and I want it I believe it I'm a million different things and not one you know (there's so much to me, and you know none of it) Hey and our mommies are lost now hey, daddy's someone else (no one is what they seem) Hey, we love the abuse because it makes us feel like we are needed now (any attention will make us content) but I know I wanna disappear I wanna die young and sell my soul use up all your drugs and make me come (pretty obvious) yesterday man, I was a nihilist and now today i'm just too fucking bored (i used to not care about anything, now i'm tired of it all) by the time I'm old enough I won't know anything at all Hey and our mommies are lost now hey, daddy's someone else Hey, we love the abuse because it makes us feel like we are needed now but I know I wanna disappear

I Don't Like The Drugs {But The Drugs Like Me} Norm life (normal life) baby "we're white and oh so hetero and our sex is missionary." (exactly what god wants) Norm life baby "we're quitters and we're sober our confessions will be televised." (we're no longer addicts, and we'll sell you our stories on tv) you and I are underdosed and we're ready to fall (not enough drugs; can't stay up) raised to be stupid, taught to be nothing at all (pretty obvious) I don't like the drugs but the drugs like me I don't like the drugs, the drugs the drugs (the addicts' excuse) Norm life baby "our god is white and unforgiving we're piss tested and we're praying." (---) Norm life baby I'm just a sample of a soul made to look just like a human being. (i'm not human, and i dont care at all) Norm life baby "we're rehabbed and we're ready for our 15 minutes of shame." (we're fixed, but we have to pay for our sins) Norm life baby "we're talkshown and we're pointing just like christians at a suicide." (---) you and I are underdosed and we're ready to fall raised to be stupid, taught to be nothing at all. I don't like the drugs but the drugs like me I don't like the drugs, the drugs the drugs "There's a hole in our soul that we fill with dope and we're feeling fine." (we're empty, we do drugs to fill that emptieness) I don't like the drugs but the drugs like me I don't like the drugs, the drugs the drugs

New Model No. 15 This song is about being completely fake, new and unreal and willing to do anything, but disgusting.

User Friendly This is a lust song completely about being used; it's probably a short overview of Marilyn's life.

Fundamentally Loathsome I want to wake up in your white, white sun I want to wake up in your world with no pain (i wish i could wake up and everything would be better) but I'll just suffer in a hope to die someday while you are numb all of the way (i can't stand this life, and you dont care) when you hate it you know you can feel but when you love it you know it's not real no (i can never love, but i can always hate) and I am resigned to this wicked fucking world on its way to hell (there's nowhere else to be) the living are dead and I hope to join them too (they aren't really alive; i wish i could be the same) I know what to do and I do it well... when you hate it you 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

The Last Day On Earth Yesterday was a million years ago (everything other than now seems so distant) in all my past lives I played an asshole (i've never been what i wanted to be) now I found you, it's almost too late (i've finally found who i really am) and this earth seems obliviating (the whole world is making me insane) we are trembling in our crutches high and dead our skin is glass (---) I'm so empty here without you I crack and split my xerox hands I know its the last day on earth we'll be together while the planet dies (this is the end, everything is being corrupted, but i am here with you) I know it's the last day on earth we'll never say goodbye (we'll be together until all time) the dogs slaughter each other softly love burns its casualties we are damaged provider modules spill the seeds at our children's feet I'm so empty here without you I know they want me dead I know its the last day on earth we'll be together while the planet dies I know it's the last day on earth we'll never say goodbye

Coma White Coma White is the name that Marilyn gives to things he loves. The songs starts out being about a girl he loves, and ends being about drugs that he cannot stop taking.