Discover the story of the song > The Beautiful People – Marilyn Manson

The protagonist sings about how he doesn't need or want anyone and how he hates weak people who justify the strong. He believes that beauty is relative to the size of your ego and that capitalism has made people horrible. He questions whether people see something beautiful or something free and says that it's hard to be clean when you live with bad influences. The chorus repeats the same questions and the song ends with a repetition of the phrase "the beautiful people".