"Lamb of God" is the twelfth track on Marilyn Manson's 2001 studio album, Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death).
The song is Manson's observation on how mass media treats and reports tragic death as a form of public entertainment in the hunt for ratings. Specifically, the song criticizes the press' canonization of people who have attained fame or infamy within their lifetime, after their death, into 'martyrdom' and the cult-of-personality celebrity worship America reciprocates in response.
Songwriters: Marilyn Manson
Composers: Twiggy Ramirez
Lamb of God[]
Lamb Of God
Lyrics[]
There was Christ in the metal shell
There was blood on the pavement
The camera will make you god
That's how Jack became sainted
If you die when there's no one watching
Then your ratings drop and you're forgotten
But if they kill you on their T.V.
You're a martyr and a lamb of god
Nothing's gonna change
Nothing's gonna change the world
There was Lennon in the happy gun
There were words on the pavement
We were looking for the lamb of god
We were looking for Mark David
If you die when there's no one watching
Then your ratings drop and you're forgotten
But if they kill you on their T.V.
You're a martyr and a lamb of god
Nothing's gonna change the world
Nothing's gonna change
Nothing's gonna change the world
Nothing's gonna change the world
It took three days for him to die
The born again to buy the serial rights
Lamb of god have mercy on us
Lamb of god will you grant us
Nothing's gonna change the world
Nothing's gonna change
Nothing's gonna change the world
Nothing's gonna change
Nothing's gonna change the world
Nothing's gonna change
Nothing's gonna change the world
Nothing's gonna change the world
If you die when there's no one watching
Then your ratings drop and you're forgotten
But if they kill you on their T.V.
You're a martyr and a lamb of god
Nothing's gonna change the world