Lunchbox Lyrics
[Intro]
Next motherfucker's gonna get my metal
I bring you...
Break it down...
On, we plow!
[Verse 1]
The big bully try to stick his finger in my chest
Try to tell me, tell me he's the best
I don't really give a good goddamn, 'cause
[Pre-Chorus]
Got my lunchbox and I'm armed real well
Got my lunchbox and I'm armed real well
I got my lunchbox and I'm armed real well
("I'm making my lunch!")
[Chorus]
I wanna grow up, wanna be
A big rock and roll star
I wanna grow up, I wanna be
So no one fucks with me, yeah
[Post-Chorus]
Fire, I bring you fire
Fire, I bring you...
Next motherfucker's gonna get my metal
I bring you...
Break it down...
On, we plow!
[Verse 1]
The big bully try to stick his finger in my chest
Try to tell me, tell me he's the best
I don't really give a good goddamn, 'cause
[Pre-Chorus]
Got my lunchbox and I'm armed real well
Got my lunchbox and I'm armed real well
I got my lunchbox and I'm armed real well
("I'm making my lunch!")
[Chorus]
I wanna grow up, wanna be
A big rock and roll star
I wanna grow up, I wanna be
So no one fucks with me, yeah
[Post-Chorus]
Fire, I bring you fire
Fire, I bring you...
[Verse 2]
Got the pencils in my pocket, try to put me down
Wanna go out, gotta get down to the playground
Gonna throw down at the playground
I wanna go out
[Pre-Chorus]
Next motherfucker gonna get my metal
Next motherfucker gonna get my metal
Next motherfucker gonna get my metal
Next motherfucker...
Pow, pow, pow!
Pow, pow, pow!
Pow, pow, pow!
Pow, pow, pow!
[Chorus]
I wanna grow up, wanna be
A big rock and roll star
I wanna grow up, I wanna be
So no one fucks with me, yeah
[Bridge]
Did you have fun as a kid?
It's the most beautiful thing
It's beautiful to be made into a tattle tale or be forced to admire authority, or sell yourself for a piece of candy
Yeah!
Got the pencils in my pocket, try to put me down
Wanna go out, gotta get down to the playground
Gonna throw down at the playground
I wanna go out
[Pre-Chorus]
Next motherfucker gonna get my metal
Next motherfucker gonna get my metal
Next motherfucker gonna get my metal
Next motherfucker...
Pow, pow, pow!
Pow, pow, pow!
Pow, pow, pow!
Pow, pow, pow!
[Chorus]
I wanna grow up, wanna be
A big rock and roll star
I wanna grow up, I wanna be
So no one fucks with me, yeah
[Bridge]
Did you have fun as a kid?
It's the most beautiful thing
It's beautiful to be made into a tattle tale or be forced to admire authority, or sell yourself for a piece of candy
Yeah!
About
Genius Annotation
I wrote a song called “Lunchbox,” and some journalists have interpreted it as a song about guns. Ironically, the song is about being picked on and fighting back with my Kiss lunch box, which I used as a weapon on the playground. In 1979, metal lunch boxes were banned because they were considered dangerous weapons in the hands of delinquents.
— Marilyn Manson for Rolling Stone
Despite Manson’s statements, the lyrics have often been interpreted as criticizing gun control in America.
Music video directed by Richard Kern.
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Release Date
July 19, 1994
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