The Devil Is Me
by Kiss

Album: Monster (2012)
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  • Gene Simmons explained the meaning of this bludgeoning track to Billboard magazine: "A lot of the lyrics and points of view have less to do with sort of the cocksmanship, craftsmanship - 'Hey babe, I'm gonna rock you all night long,' and are more about sort of primal notions about who we are and how we feel," he said. "So something like 'The Devil is Me,' for instance, is more confessional; you can keep pointing your fingers at all the evil in the world, but you've got some of it and here's the Lord's decree-- the devil is me. Maybe there's a little devil in all of us."

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