“Wrapped in Plastic” directly references the early 1990s mystery drama series, Twin Peaks. The series opens with the discovery of Laura Palmer’s dead body wrapped in thick transparent plastic:
She’s dead… Wrapped in plastic.
Manson uses this reference to critique the superficiality of suburban Ame...
[Verse 1]
Guilt is a snake we beat with a rake
To grow in our kitchens, in the pies we bake
Feed it to us to squirm in our bellies
Twisting our guts, melt our spines to jelly
[Pre-Chorus]
Stay!
Hey, don't wanna go now!
Stay!
[Verse 2]
Drove the children from their chores
Handcrafted housewives into whores
Fear of the beast is calling it near
Creating what we're hating, only fear that is here
[Pre-Chorus]
Stay!
Hey, don't wanna go now!
Stay!
[Chorus]
Come into our home, won't you stay?
I know the steak is cold, but it's wrapped in plastic
Come into our home, won't you stay?
But it's wrapped in plastic
[Bridge]
I'm only as deep as the self that I dig
I'm only as sick as the stick in the pig
"Thin and so white, thin and so white"
Daddy tells the daughter, mommy's sleeping at night
Wash away sin, take off your skin
The righteous father wears the yellowest grin
"Don't wanna go, now"
[Pre-Chorus]
Stay!
Hey, don't wanna go now!
Stay!
[Chorus]
Come into our home, won't you stay?
I know the steak is cold, but it's wrapped in
Come into our home, won't you stay?
But I know the steak is cold, but I know it's wrapped in plastic
Come into our home, won't you stay?
I know the steak is cold, but it's wrapped in
Come into our home, won't you stay?
But it's wrapped in plastic
Wrapped In Plastic was written by Daisy Berkowitz & Marilyn Manson.
Wrapped In Plastic was produced by Marilyn Manson & Trent Reznor.
Marilyn Manson released Wrapped In Plastic on Tue Jul 19 1994.
In his 1998 autobiography, The Long Hard Road Out of Hell, Marilyn Manson described recording “Wrapped in Plastic” in the Sharon Tate house:
One strange thing that happened was we were mixing the song “Wrapped in Plastic,” […] We were using a computer because we had a lot of samples and sequencing....