Editing Devour

{{Song
| Name        = Devour
| Cover       = The-High-End-of-Low.jpg
| Artist      = [[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]]
| Album       = [[The High End of Low]]
| Released    = May 20, 2009
| Recorded    = March 2008–January 2009 in Los Angeles and Hollywood, California
| Genre       = Alternative rock 
| Length      = 3:45
| Label       = [[Interscope Records|Interscope]]
| Writer      = [[Marilyn Manson]]
| Composer    = [[Twiggy]], [[Chris Vrenna]]
| Producer    = Marilyn Manson, Chris Vrenna, Twiggy, [[Sean Beavan]]
}}
"'''Devour'''" is the first track from the 2009 release ''[[The High End of Low]]''. Former roommate of vocalist [[Marilyn Manson]], [[Rudy Coby]], explains that the song was written after an event where, "my room [was] covered in real blood—none of it my own—and I was driven to an emergency room for the first time in my life." "Devour" was described by Coby as the first song written for the album, "but certainly not the last casualty suffered in its creation."

Manson touched on the song's inspiration and subject matter briefly in a June 2009 interview with ''Revolver'': "It's kind of a murder-suicide story based on the reality of my life that day. The record maybe saved me, and the person I would have killed also. If somebody says they want to be with you until they die, I take that kind of seriously. It became a song...luckily."

The song was written 3 days before what was planned to be a dark Romeo and Juliet murder suicide. He had planned to kill himself and his lover. In a 2009 interview with Shockhound,he revealed the "would be" tragedy, explaining the situation with mild detail, quoting that he had said "I'm going to kill you first, because I don't trust you."

== Music details ==
{{cquote|"It's kind of murder-suicide story based on the reality of my like that day. The record maybe saved me, and the person I would have killed also. If somebody says they want to be with you until they die, I take that kind of seriously. It became a song...luckily." |source=—[[Marilyn Manson]] Interview with Revolver Magazine}}

A blog by ''Metal Hammer'' describes "Devour" as "a classic Manson-esque 'noise' track – super 8 running a loop or something. This [is] followed by a dulcet clean guitar strum up the neck, which sounds surprisingly gentle and serene – very un-Manson – more like the post-hardcore sounds [of] Isis or Russian Circles. When his voice joins the bass and guitars, it's back to the great old troubled tortured alien of [[Mechanical Animals]] – far superior and more earnest than [[Eat Me, Drink Me|the last album]] (what was it called again?). The refrain, "I will love you, if you let me" rings out before the heavy guitars and rocking drums hit the mix proper – but only after 3 minutes and only for 40 seconds. The track reaches its crescendo with the repeated phrase "I can't sleep, until I devour you" screamed over and over. This is the best Manson has been since [[This Is the New Shit|New Shit]] from [[The Golden Age of Grotesque|The Golden Age Of Grotesque]]."<ref>[http://www.metalhammer.co.uk/uncategorized/marilyn-manson-high-end-of-low-album-track-by-track/ Marilyn Manson 'High End Of Low' Album Track-By-Track]. ''Metal Hammer''. April 7, 2009.</ref>

== Appearances ==
=== Albums ===
* ''[[The High End of Low]]''

== Versions ==
* "Devour" <small>— Appears on ''The High End of Low''</small>
* "Devour" (Extended mix) <small>— Appears on promotional copies of ''The High End of Low''</small>
* "[[Devour (Chew Fu Ghettohouse Fix)]]" <small>— Unreleased official Remix''</small>

== Lyrics ==
     I'll swallow up all of you
     like a big bottle of big, big pills
     But, you're the one that I should never take
     but I can't sleep until I devour you
     I can't sleep until I devour you
     
     You're a flower that's withering,
     I can't feel your thorns in my hand
     This is no embrace
     your buried deep
     and you're not crying            
     this is blood all over me                                                                          
     you're not crying
     this is blood all over me
     you're not crying
     this is blood all over me
     
     and I'll love you
     if you let me
     and I'll love you
     if you won't make me stop
     
     I used to hold your haunted neck
     I know I'll miss you,
     if I close my eyes but this is loaded if I open them,
     I'll see you and I'll blow your heart to pieces
     I will blow your heart to pieces
     I will blow your heart to pieces
     I will blow your heart to pieces
     
     and I'll love you,
     if you let me
     and I'll love you,
     if you won't make me stop
     
     My pain is not ashamed to repeat itself
     My pain is not ashamed to repeat itself
     My pain is not ashamed to repeat itself
     My pain is not ashamed to repeat itself
     
     I can't sleep until I devour you
     I can't sleep until I devour you
     I can't sleep until I devour you
     I can't sleep until I devour you
     
     and I'll love you,
     if you let me
     and I'll love you,
     if you wont make me stop...

== Trivia ==
* Devour was the first song revealed from the album, thanks to [[Rudy Coby]] in a Myspace bulletin.
* The chord progression of "Devour"'s chorus was recycled from the [[Goon Moon]] song "Apple Pie".
* The line "My pain is not ashamed to repeat itself" was first used in [[Doppelherz (song)|the vocal track]] of the short film ''[[Doppelherz]]'', which was recorded on April 1, 2002. On October 31, 2005, in the MTV online article Manson Likens New Guitar God to Naked Woman, Manson is quoted as saying "all my records have been based around a central theme...this one is based around my pain and its ability to be unashamed to repeat itself."
* Many people cite the song as a direct rip off of the ''Xiu Xiu'' song, ''"I Luv the Valley, OH!"''.
* On promotional copies of [[The High End of Low]], the song has an extended outro and a reprisal of the second verse.
* Devour leaked onto the internet on April 15th, 2009. The track was edited by the source of the leak to feature comical Arnold Schwarzenegger quotes upon the song. Many believe [[Twiggy]] or the [[Marilyn Manson (band)|band]] was responsible for it.
* Devour is also the most "fan-edited" Marilyn Manson song on the internet. Most edits extend the outro a few more measures or "copy and paste" the outro to an earlier part of the song as sort of an extended "chorus."

== References ==
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[[Category:Marilyn Manson songs]]
[[Category:Songs from The High End of Low]]
[[Category:The High End of Low era]]