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LUCIFER’S TEARDROP: Marilyn Manson and the Search for Home

Throughout One Assassination Under God – Chapter 2 , Marilyn Manson constructs a dark journey through death, violence, accusation, isolation, mortality, and the search for something beyond him. “Don’t Answer the Door” speaks of a voice being a guiding light in the darkness, while “None of the Suns” speaks of running away from the daylight and being “in the black.” By the time we arrive at “Lucifer’s Teardrop,” the journey has reached a different point. The darkness is still present, but the speaker is finally prepared to stand before what shines. “Lucifer’s Teardrop” is therefore less a departure from everything that came before it than a turning point within it. The fallen angel at the center of the song has been cast out, wounded, and changed by what happened to him, but he is no longer simply defined by the fall. He is “finding my way home.” That movement becomes especially important when considered alongside Manson’s own explanation of the song. He said that its title was inspired...

Marilyn Manson's Cover of "In The Air Tonight" Featured in New Dodge Commercial


On February 5th 2026, Dodge released a new commercial on their YouTube channel for their Next-Gen Dodge Charger Scat Pack, the "World's Fastest AWD Muscle Car," choosing as a soundtrack for their Misfit campaign Marilyn Manson's cover of the Phil Collins song "In The Air Tonight." 

 
Previously the Manson's cover song “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)” was used in a 2006 Fiat Grande Punto commercial.