"We have no future
heaven wasn't made for me
we burn ourselves to hell
as fast as it can be."
These lines echo the emotions felt by Satan as Adam and Eve were created. Satan's insatiable lust for greed and power proved detrimental to his cause - leading to his downfall. Lucifer was cast down from Heaven, into an eternal abyss, namely, hell.
"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"
This complicative obscurely beautiful metaphor depicts death as an inanimate object found in everyday situations (i.e., religion, entertainment, personalities, etc.) In this verse, Manson presents the view that death and life feed from one another, and a very close liasion is made between the two. A sentiment carried throughout the album; death takes up all forms of existence. The thematic topic of 'evolution' is also subtly touched upon in the lyrics. That tree in paradise, the tree of knowledge, life and death, has become the tree that Christ is hung upon.
The analogy alluded to here, is that of the 'dying tree'. A parallel between his relationship which turned sour (with Rose McGowan), and the dying tree of eden. The relationship was never alive, as it was born only to die - again, a common idea expressed throughout 'Holy Wood'.
"She put the seeds in me
Plant this dying tree
She's a burning string
And I'm just the ashes"
