Coma White Lyrics

[Verse 1]
There's something cold and blank
Behind her smile

She's standing on an overpass
In her miracle mile


[Pre-Chorus]
'Cause you were from a perfect world
A world that threw me away, today
Today, to run away


[Chorus]
A pill to make you numb, a pill to make you dumb
A pill to make you anybody else
But all the drugs in this world
Won't save her from herself


[Verse 2]
Her mouth was an empty cut
And she was waiting to fall
Just bleeding like a polaroid
That lost all her dolls

[Pre-Chorus]
You were from a perfect world
A world that threw me away, today
Today, to run away

[Chorus]
A pill to make you numb, a pill to make you dumb
A pill to make you anybody else
But all the drugs in this world
Won't save her from herself

A pill to make you numb, a pill to make you dumb
A pill to make you anybody else
But all the drugs in this world
Won't save her from herself

[Bridge]
You were from a perfect world
A world that threw me away, today

[Chorus]
A pill to make you numb, a pill to make you dumb
A pill to make you anybody else
But all the drugs in this world
Won't save her from herself

A pill to make you numb, a pill to make you dumb
A pill to make you anybody else
But all the drugs in this world
Won't save her from herself

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Genius Annotation

This song continues with one of the album’s themes: perfection and acceptance (utopia and dystopia). This song is about Coma White, the love interest of Alpha (one of the characters Manson takes on in this album). It tells us that no matter how hard we try to attain “perfection”, we are always our own worst enemy.

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Credits
Video Starring
Lead guitar
Performance Rights
Video Director
Rhythm Guitar
Acoustic Guitar
Mastering Engineer
Programmer
Digital Editor
Electric Drums
Additional Producer
Mixing Engineer
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Recorded At
Conway Studios (Los Angeles, CA); Westlake Audio (Los Angeles, CA); and The White Room (Boston, MA)
Release Date
September 15, 1998
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