美国在1999年发生的可伦拜高中枪击案,玛丽莲.曼森一度被认为是枪手的偶象,甚至很多人认为是玛丽莲的反社会形象,间接造成了枪手杀人的动机。但后来证实,其实枪手根本就是讨厌玛丽莲.曼森的,因为他的音乐太过主流。玛丽莲曼森的音乐事业,也因此大受影响,从此几乎乏人问津。

这首歌其实是在泛指现在社会上漂亮的人,他们就像古早时期的贵族一样,正在剥削著一般人。像是常见高富帅、贵妇名媛等等,资本家会透过媒体,对所有人洗脑,在暗示著如果你也拥有美丽体面的外表,所有人就会包容你,接著你就有霸凌别人的权力。

The Beautiful People
原唱者:Marilyn Manson
发行年:1996

And I don't want you and I don't need you
(我不想要,也不需要你)

Don't bother to resist, or I'll beat you
(不用忙著抵抗我,否则你会被揍)


更多西洋歌词翻译,请见三分钟热度的音乐地下室 

It's not your fault that you're always wrong

(你永远不够好,但这真的不是你的错……)

The weak ones are there to justify the strong
(因为,这个社会就是有弱者,才能显出谁是强者)

The beautiful people, the beautiful people
(强者,就是那些帅哥正妹、贵妇小开啊!)

It's all relative to the size of your steeple
(这个嘛,其实跟青蛙住在多深的井有关)

You can't see the forest for the trees

(你只能看见一堆树,却永远见不到森林的全貌)
(注:这两句暗示大部份人并不知道这只是个商业模式,商人创造、强化这些美丽人们的假象,让你感觉自己永远不够好,先借由矮化你的自尊心,再使你追逐不存在的完美,让你永远一直在购买购买…)

You can't smell your own shit on your knees
(你也闻不到你的大便有多臭)

There's no time to discriminate
(我没空歧视你们这些人)

Hate every motherfucker
(我讨厌这些王八)

That's in your way
(他们挡著你的路了!)

Hey you, what do you see?
(嘿,就是你,你看到了什么?)

Something beautiful or something free?
(你看过什么美丽的东西,它是免费的吗?)

Hey, you, are you trying to be mean?
(嘿,就是妳,妳也想要当爆乳辣妹,从别人那里享受一些特权?)

If you live with apes man, it's hard to be clean
(如果你身边的人都是这样,你就没办法不这样)

The worms will live in every host
(寄生虫嘛,总是需要宿主)

It's hard to pick which one they eat the most
(它们不会选对象,反正人人都无法幸免)

The horrible people, the horrible people
(人类,就是这么可怕)

It's as anatomic as the size of your steeple
(这是个错综复杂的洗脑网路)

Capitalism has made it this way

(就是伟大的资本家,造就了这些狗屁)

Old-fashioned fascism will take it away
(其实骨子里还是老牌的法西斯主义)
 

Hey you, what do you see?
(嘿,就是你,你看到了什么?)

Something beautiful or something free?
(有哪位正妹,是免费的吗?)

Hey, you, are you trying to be mean?
(嘿,你,你也想让自己美美的,好践踏他人吗?)

If you live with apes man, it's hard to be clean
(如果你住在一个低智的社会里,那里人人都这样做,最后你也会变这样哦!)

There's no time to discriminate
(我根本连歧视都懒理)

Hate every motherfucker
(讨厌你们这些垃圾)

That's in your way
(别挡路了)

The beautiful people
(高富帅啊…)

The beautiful people (aahh)
(白瘦美啊…)

The beautiful people
(豪门贵妇名媛啊……)

The beautiful people
(有人只是买一条牛仔裤,你二个月的薪水都还买不起呢…)

The beautiful people
(小开、富二代……)

The beautiful people
(人生胜利组啊……)
 

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