"Blood on My Hands" is the first single from

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's fourth studio album ''

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''. The single was released on June 30, 2009 via 12-inch picture disc vinyl and digital download, and began airing on the radio starting July 14, 2009. The music video for "Blood on My Hands" premiered on the band's MySpace on July 28, 2009.

Track listings

12-inch picture disc vinyl

Music video

The music video of "Blood on My Hands" premiered on MySpace and theused.net on July 28, 2009. It was directed by Lisa Mann, who also directed the band's video for "

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" in 2007. The video begins with Bert smoking at a desk. It then features newspaper articles stating that Bert is an alleged killer. The video continues to show various scenes of the band performing in a room, and scenes of Bert walking in a prison. However, it soon becomes clear that Bert is not in fact the killer, but another man is, possibly a

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whom Bert kills. His head in covered with a dark black bag, and the noose is tied around his neck. A priest gives Bert the Last Rites, while he is executed by hanging. An uncensored version of the video appears on the ticket pre-sale edition of the album ''

''. This version shows more gruesome scenes of girls who were killed by the pedophile such as one whose face was cut off and worn by the killer. When Bert kills the pedophile, he is shown stabbing him multiple times and bloodying his own face. As he's walked out of the prison to be hanged, the faces of the pedophile are flashed onto Bert's face showing that people assume he was the killer.

Charts

References

{{authority control The Used songs 2009 songs Songs written by Quinn Allman Songs written by Jeph Howard Songs written by Bert McCracken