Era il 1996 quando Antichrist Superstar, in 16+1 tracce, dipingeva molto bene quello che gli USA (e non solo) sarebbero diventati vent'anni dopo.
Irresponsible Hate Anthem.
"Hey victim, should I black your eyes again?
Hey victim, you were the one who put the stick in my hand.
I am the ism, my hate's a prism."
The Beautiful People
"And I don't want you and I don't need you.
Don't bother to resist, or I'll beat you.
It's not your fault that you're always wrong.
The weak ones are there to justify the strong."
"Capitalism has made it this way,
old-fashioned fascism will take it away."
Dried Up, Tied and Dead to the World
"You cut off all of your fingers,
trade them in for dollar bills.
Cake on some more makeup to cover all those lines,
wake up and stop shaking 'cause you're just wasting time."
Tourniquet
"Take your hatred out on me,
make your victim my head.
You never ever believed in me,
I am your tourniquet."
Little Horn
"There's a tumor in the TV mouth,
burn it out before it grows."
Cryptorchid
"Each time I make my mother cry,
an angel dies and falls from heaven.
When the boy is still a worm,
it's hard to learn the number seven."
Deformography
"When you wish upon your star,
don't let yourself fall, fall in too hard."
Wormboy
"When will you realize you're already there?
So watered down, your feelings have turned to mud
"Love everybody" is destroying the value of
all, hate has got me nowhere."
Mister Superstar
"Hey, Mr Porno Star, I-I-I-I want you.
Hey, Mr Sickly Star, I want to get sick from you.
Hey, Mr Fallen Star, don't you know I worship you?
Hey, hey, Mr Big Rock Star, I wanna grow up just like you."
Angel with the Scabbed Wings
"Sketch a little keyhole for looking-glass people.
You don't wanna see him, you only wanna be him.
Mommy's got a scarecrow, gotta let the corn grow.
Man can't always reap what he sow."
Kinderfeld
"Tell me something beautiful,
tell me something free.
Tell me something beautiful,
and I wish that I could be."
Antichrist Superstar
"Prick your finger, it is done:
the moon has now eclipsed the sun,
the angel has spread its wings,
the time has come for bitter things."
1996
"Anti choice and anti girl,
I am the anti-flag unfurled.
Anti white and anti man,
I got the anti-future plan.
Anti fascist, anti mod,
I am the anti-music god.
Anti sober, anti whore
There will never be enough of anti more."
Minute of Decay
"There's not much left to love,
too tired today to hate.
I feel the empty,
I feel the minute of decay."
The Reflecting God
"Your world is an ashtray, we burn and coil like cigarettes.
The more you cry, your ashes turn to mud.
The nature of the leeches, the virgin's feeling cheated,
you've only spent a second of your life."
The Man that You Fear
"We're on the other side, the screen is us, and we're TV.
Spread me open, sticking to my pointy ribs.
Are all your infants in abortion cribs?
I was born into this, everything turns to shit.
The boy that you loved is the man that you fear."
Track 99
"I have tried to save you, but I cannot come to save you.
But this is what you deserve.
This is what we deserve.
We are not a victim, you are not a victim.
These are the dying years.
When you are suffering, know that I have betrayed you."
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