Let's pretend the images or scenes on the video were actually part of a dream.
The opening sequence starts with a close-up, whereas dreaming one's face means that Manson is showing as its true self or exposes a side to the whole world. A fragile, sad expression it is, profoundly melancholic and nostalgic looking up, although sometimes this gesture would be considered hypocrite. So apparently at this point he's trying to win our sympathy and invite us into his nightmare.
However he hesitates for a while before he actually shows us the rest of his dream. He seems to be constantly trying to suffocate himself with some very thin drapes. This parts means that you are feeling smothered or oppressed by some situation/relationship.
He creeps into a hotel room confused focusing on his crime, which is a young blonde girl drenched in blood.
Of course you might think it's a murder, but let me stop for a moment to say that blood is also a recurring element on dreams. It means life in general. The fact that he's hitting someone covered in it can also mean a deep desire or anger at a certain aspect of life. And we're talking about frustration, mid-life crisis.
The other scene that attracts me the most is where he looks at the bathroom mirror having as only objects or pieces of evidence a yellow bottle of pills and a razorblade. One of those two was probably the weapon used for the crime. The pill means a desire to restore your inner harmony. The mirror is fuzzy so we wipes it out to look better at himself. The mirror is a symbol that suggests that you are pondering thoughts about your inner self. It can also mean how you want others to see you. When it's not completely clear signifies a hazy concept of who you are and questions about your self-identity.
Almost at the end of this video he writes down on a journal something that we will never be able to figure out and he shuts it down firmly . To write in dreams is almost as in real life, confessing a situation that already happened, but sometimes it can also mean that you are trying to correct something from the past. Imagine when you feel guilty for a situation and how much you wish you could take it back.
Now, the word "nostalgic" rings a bell in this video. If we put it all together in my own words it means that there was something that happened in his life that's hard to let go. And you can also consider the questions, "why did this have to happen to me? I didn't ask for this to happen."
You might have heard of posttraumatic stress disorder, which is related to what war veterans called "shell shock". Literally is followed by anxiety, depression and yes in some cases it does require medication.
Now I remember some time ago that he mentioned that an effective way to overcome fears was to embrace them or to become fear itself. Well, if this piece of evidence is actually a representation of a nightmare or a recurring dream to manifest it would be a way to exorcize it. But why tell us this? Is it because no one else might seem to understand it?
Traumatic experiences can happen to anybody, but we always learn from them. In my personal opinion reaching a certain age, like forty let's say it might become harder to regain confidence and engage on a new relationship, specially if you come from one where there was a bit of an age difference (try half your age).
I can see that Manson has a very hard time trusting someone, so maybe this situation is coming from an experience from long ago. But probably we would just be going deeper and deeper into the rabbit hole.
What do you think he's trying to say with this video?
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yv-UEu6j2P0
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