We're from America

"We're from America"
Song by Marilyn Manson
Album	The High End of Low
Released	March 27, 2009
Recorded	March 2008–January 2009 in Los Angeles and Hollywood, California
Label	Interscope
Writer	Marilyn Manson
Producer	Marilyn Manson, Sean Beavan

"We're from America" is a track from Marilyn Manson's 2009 release The High End of Low. Its title was revealed on March 18, 2009, in the week's issue of Kerrang!. 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 a 320kbps MP3. It is scheduled to be reissued as a digital single on April 7, 2009.

Music details

In the March 18, 2009 issue of Kerrang!, Marilyn Manson said of the song that "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 twelveth 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."

Appearances

Albums

• The High End of Low

Singles

• "We're from America"

Versions

• We're from America — Appears on The High End of Low
• We're from America — Digital single

Lyrics

    We’re from America, We’re from America
    where we eat our young
    We’re from
    America, We’re from America
    it’s where jesus was born
    We’re from America,
    We’re from America
    where they let you come on their faces
    We’re from America,
    We’re from America
    and we speak ‘American’
    
    we don’t believe in
    credibility
    because we know that / we’re fucking incredible
    we don’t believe
    in credibility
    because we know that / we’re fucking incredible
    I wanna be a
    martyr,
    I don’t wanna be a victim.
    I’ll be a killer with a god,
    so they call
    me a hero.
    I wanna be a martyr,
    I don’t wanna be a victim.
    I’ll be a killer
    with a god,
    so they call me a hero.
    god is an excuse
    god is an excuse
    god
    is an excuse
    god is an excuse
    god is an excuse
    god is an excuse
    god is an
    excuse
    you can say it with me:
    “We’re from America.
    We’re from
    America.
    We’re from America.”
    you can sing it with me
    we’re from
    america
    from America
    we’re from America
    you can sing it with me
    
    from
    America
    
    
    
    we don’t like to kill our unborn 
    we need them to grow up 
    and
    fight our wars.
    we don’t like to kill our unborn
    we need them to grow up
    
    and fight our wars.
    We believe in everything we say,
    and we say it
    because
    we believe it
    We believe in everything we say,
    and we say it
    because we
    believe it
    
    We’re from America
    We’re from America
    We’re from America
    you
    can say it with me
    you’re from america
    from america
    We’re from America
    you
    can sing it with me
    
    from America
    you can sing it with me
    
    from
    America
    you can sing it with me
    
    
    We’re from America, We’re from
    America
    we turn literature into litter
    We’re from America, We’re from
    America
    we believe in ‘being a quitter’
    I’m in recovery, i’m in recovery
    I’m
    in recovery 
    
    from America
    
    from America
    
    from America
    
    
    so sing it
    with me:
    We’re from America.
    from America.
    We’re from America.”
    you can
    sing it with me
    We’re from america
    from America
    We’re from america
    you can
    sing it with me
    
    from America.
    you can sing it with me
    
    from America.
    you
    can sing it with me
    
    we eat our young
    we eat our young
    we eat our young
    we
    eat our young
    we eat our young
    we eat our young
    we eat our young
    we eat our
    young

External links

• Register at MarilynManson.com to download "We're from America"