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''. The article erroneously states that the song was released during the second week of March 2009; however, this did not actually happen until March 27, when it was released for free as an MP3 on MarilynManson.com, accompanied by a new layout for the website. The song was reissued as a digital single on April 7, 2009, and is currently available on

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Background

In the March 18, 2009 issue of ''Kerrang!'',

described the song as a scathing criticism of

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I think a lot of people will hear the track and initially think it's just political, but it's not just that, it's also me describing a lot of fucked-up scenarios that I'm going through in my personal life. Someone asked me, "Why are you so fucked up?", "Well, I am from America." I hate the fact that so many people have fucked the country up, and so many people fucked up my personal life and I allowed it to happen. So in a way, I feel like America as a whole feels, but in no way does that make me a tree-hugging patriotic freedom rocker.

In response to this interview, Rudy Coby, who earlier gave a brief explanation of "Devour", said about the song on his MySpace profile:

I love the song but it doesn't sound like any other song on the album--it was the one I said he played eleventh or twelfth almost as an afterthought. ... It's one part of a journey--but it isn't giving away the game. I totally understand why ''Kerrang'' would want this as their special preview download though--everyone is reevaluating our country right now and this song is "America the (Un)Beautiful" and doesn't take any fucking shit.

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