Vocalist James Mercer sings on this electronica-flexed slice of indie-folk. "Dead lungs command it / You pour your life down the rifle's spiral and show us you've earned it." He explained the lyric during an interview on the NPR radio network: "I was thinking about religious violence and what it must be like to be in a situation where it seems that your fate has brought you to battle."

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