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"Misery Machine" is the thirteenth track on Marilyn Manson's 1994 studio album Portrait of an American Family.

Writer: Marilyn Manson
Composers: Gidget Gein, Daisy Berkowitz, and Madonna Wayne Gacy

Trivia[]

  • The title of the song is a reference to the Mystery Machine from the animated series Scooby-Doo. Imagery from the cartoon was prevalent in the early years of the band, having been used in various flyers among other similar cartoon characters.
  • "We're gonna ride to the abbey of thelema" is a reference to Aleister Crowley's Abbey of Thelema, which was used as the headquarters from which the doctrines of Thelema would be spread throughout the world.
  • The ending sample, "Go home to your mother! Doesn't she ever watch you!? Tell her this isn't some Communist day-care center! Tell your mother I hate her! Tell your mother I hate you!" is spoken by Mink Stole from the John Waters 1977 film Desperate Living. After this, a telephone can be heard ringing very quietly for several minutes, which is then followed an irate answering machine message, presumably from a parent of a Manson fan saying "I want my son off of your mailing list, I have already contacted the post office about your pornographic material that is being received in the mail, my next stop is my attorney. I do not want this number called anymore, and I do not want anything delivered to my address. If I receive anything else from this band, or this group, my next phone call will be my attorney, and you will be contacted. Thank you and good-bye!"

Misery Machine[]

Misery_Machine_-_Marilyn_Manson_w-lyrics

Misery Machine - Marilyn Manson w-lyrics

Misery_Machine_(Explicit)

Misery Machine (Explicit)

Lyrics[]

Man in the front got a sinister grin
Careen down highway 666
We wanna go, crush the slow, as the pitchfork bends
The needles grow
My arms are wheels, my legs are wheels, my blood is pavement
We're gonna ride to the abbey of Thelema
To the abbey of Thelema
Blood is pavement

The grill in the front is my sinister grin
Bugs in my teeth make me sick sick sick
The objects may be larger than they appear in the mirror
My arms are wheels, my legs are wheels, my blood is pavement
We're gonna ride to the abbey of Thelema
To the abbey of Thelema
Blood is pavement

When you ride you're ridden, when you ride you're ridden

I am fueled by filth and fury
Do what I will, I will hurry there, there

My arms are wheels, my legs are wheels, blood is pavement...

[Mink Stole from the John Waters 1977 film Desperate Living:]
Go home to your mother!
Doesn't she ever watch you?
Tell her this isn't some communist day care center
Tell your mother I hate her
Tell your mother I hate you!


[phone ringing]

[answering machine message:]
I want my son off of your mailing list
I have already contacted the post office for your pornographic material that has been received in the mail
My next stop is my attorney
I do not want this number called anymore and I do not want anything delivered to my address
If I receive anything else from this band or this group, my next phone call will be my attorney and you will be contacted
Thank you and good bye

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