Cold as it hits the bleeding ground The Cure – A Short Term Effect
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Birds often die mid flight, causing them to fall to the ground so suddenly you may not even grasp that it happened until moments later. The reference to falling birds may also be a reference to suicide, particularly by jumping out of a tall building. Shows how your life can end just like that.
An atmosphere that rots with time
Colours that flicker in water, a short term effect The Cure – A Short Term Effect
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In relation to eternity, your life is very short, and your experiences are only a side-effect of living. So the pointless days, contemplation, what you see, smell, hear, touch, taste is all just for the short term.
'Cause this is the season of the infrared laser
And since I got time, what I'm gonna do
Is show you how you can get spotted by one too Canibus (Ft. Journalist) – Life Liquid
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Ask which one I am
There's no drugged-out devils
Or square-halo angels walking among us Marilyn Manson – Hey, Cruel World...
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The Hindu Triad (or “Trimūrti” which translates to “three forms”) is made up of three Hindu gods: Brahma the creator, Vishnu the preserver and Shiva the destroyer/transformer.
Manson believes the only true God is man, and that man is the creator, preserver and destroyer, thus Manson himself is all three.
From left to right: Shiva, Vishnu and Brahma.
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John Grisham, Jr. is an American lawyer turned author who often writes about the judicial system in his novels, particularly in his legal thrillers. He’s most well known for writing The Firm in 1991.
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Though it clouds my eyes, I can never stop The Cure – The Blood
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His deeply held Christian beliefs are holding him back, and while he realizes this on some level, perhaps a subconscious one, he still struggles to leave his religion, because he wants to believe.
“Blood of Christ" was originally written as “tears of Christ,” based on a brand of Portuguese wine called Lachryma Christi. (Or “Lachryma Christi of Vesuvius,” which translates to “tears of Christ.”)
About the wine, Cure frontman Robert Smith said:
I was given a bottle of it and I drank it, and I noticed the label, which is the Virgin Mary with Baby Jesus under one arm and a bottle in the other hand. It was completely brilliant… this is drunk by hundreds of thousands of people, and it’s a pretty visionary drink, really!
More modern bottles of Lachryma Christi of Vesuvius
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Study of cognitive dissonance tells us that trying to change our minds about something after we’ve already made them up is an extremely uncomfortable experience. If the person changes (or rather, develops) cognitively, he may be able to regauge his ideas and come to a new conclusion, but even then it’s a struggle.
The person, now learning that his beliefs are a lie, is struggling to let go of his deeply ingrained beliefs, hence the tears.
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The longer you’re apart of the Christian faith, the deeper you’re going to believe in it, and the more it will become ingrained in your psyche.
The night isn’t really any deeper than the day, but the night’s atmosphere and lack of light can leave that impression, almost like a dark abyss you can become lost in.
Thinkers buy their tickets to go find
God like a piggy in a fair Marilyn Manson – "President Dead"
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Marilyn Manson uses these lyrics as an analogy for church and religion.
In the fantasy world of Holy Wood (a satire of the United States), President Kennedy is compared to God. The graphic imagery of the assassinated president’s “stained glass skull” and gunshot wound is comparable to symbols of Jesus Christ and the crucifix.
Manson metaphorically describes people flocking to see the dead president to those going to find faith in a church. He also mentions the tendency for people to worship icons of pop culture and notable figures. The element of capitalism (buying tickets) serves as a criticism of the commercialization of religion. This helps to cement the theme of Holy Wood as a satire of America, where religion is marketed for profit.
John F. Kennedy right before his assassination.
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