This is a song about teenage rebellion ("Survived abortion. A rebel from the waist down!"), which is something Marilyn Manson would support. It also demonstrates how, in these modern times, kids can question religion ("I never really headed one true god, but the god of the people I hated!").
The line, "Only a rebel from the waist down" may come from George Orwell's book 1984 when Julia and Winston have just slept together in the field where they believe there is no one watching or listening and Julia tells Winston he is only a rebel from the waist down because he is willing to go against The Party and Big Brother in that he'll have sex with her, but does not live the life of a rebel. One of the themes of his novel is also the ease in the disposal of human life... they just mold them into what they want, and then get rid of them if they decide they don't think the person fits in the dystopian society.
Samuel Bayer, who also directed Manson's "Coma White" and "Rock Is Dead," helmed the video.
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