"Manson probably needed something to shake up his music, which started to become comfortably predictable in the wake of his popular/creative peak of Mechanical Animals, but the stab at soul-baring on Eat Me might not have been the way to do it.
Manson likely needed something to disrupt his music, which had grown too familiar following his peak success with Mechanical Animals. Nevertheless, the effort to reveal emotions on Eat Me may not have been the ideal method.