Sometimes, the Devil was Death, who waited for you at a crossroads or behind some door you had been repeatedly warned against opening.

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From there, it shifts into a metallic stomp, complete with swooping strings and Lanegan's dark-lord delivery, complete with elliptical references to suffering, "cold lips, " and "the devil's plaything" that hint at sex, death, and masochism.

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She said she couldn't stand to hear "the devil" demean her sister, almost nine years after her death.

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