anonymous June 17th, 2007 07:17PM  
Contrary to first impressions, this song is not about the drug marijuana. It is about the dumb or 'dopes' in Hollywood. He talks of the fakeness and ridiculous life style that many in Hollywood lead. It also comments on the entertainment industry itself
Some examples
"Narcissistic and so shallow"- an obvious stab at the people in Hollywood.
We love your face
"We'd really like to sell you"
Talking of the industry

anonymous March 31st, 2008 08:51PM  
This song has nothing to do with drugs. It's about Hollywood and how fake it is.

anonymous May 28th, 2008 03:12PM  
Actually it does have to do with drugs....the first line is "the drugs they say make us feel so hollow" so yea its talking about how fake hollywood is but also about the drugs that help make hollywood that way

anonymous November 17th, 2008 01:50AM  
this song is not directly about drugs. it's about how people have lost true values for life. everyone is so worried about making everyone like them, it's like a tv show.

anonymous April 12th, 2009 12:16PM  
This is, like so many other Manson songs, incredibly complex. Let's hit on the Hollywood AND drug themes for once, hey, kiddies?

A "dope show" was a show in which drug addicts would be put on a stage so people could see the "horrors" drugs cause on people.

I'm sure you all have seen the idiocy on television. Reality television shows depicting people behaving like fuckwads? That's the "dope show"; making money off hollow depictions of decadence, when the real corruption is in the people that sell this.

"Drugs", like with most of the album, is really more of a metaphor for fame (rock 'n' rollers are notorious for their drug usage and addiction) and for things that you get addicted to, making you into a hollow, unfeeling creature... A mechanical animal. ;)