This song deals with the quest for acceptance and the desire to find one's place in the world. The "nobodies" are the downtrodden and ignored: We are the nobodies Want to be somebodies When we're dead They'll know just who we are
Like several of the songs on the album, this makes reference to the Columbine shootings: Some children died the other day We fed machines and then we prayed The mass media attempted to blame Manson's influence on the tragedy, despite evidence to the contrary. Like a lot of his lyrics, this deals with Manson's perception that the media tend to martyr and deify those who die within the public eye.
The video was directed by Paul Fedor, who got some attention for the Alice in Chains "Get Born Again" video, where his creepy characters have odd appendages. Manson and the folks in the "Nobodies" video take a number of forms, sometimes blending into their surroundings and other times bursting forth.
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