"Suicide Isn't Painless" refers to Richey Edwards of Manic Street Preachers and denounces how he would exploit his own mental health problems in the music press, whilst "Lenny and Terence" criticises the fetishisation of retro musical styles in the music of rock musician Lenny Kravitz and soul singer Terence Trent D'Arby. "The Music That Nobody Likes", which asks "the imponderable", is about the rise of the extreme right and features lyrics such as "If love is the answer / What was the question / And can it cure my indigestion?". "Mid Day Crisis" is about "David Koresh's wayward Wacko adventures." "Travis" pays 'psychotic' homage to Robert De Niro's anti-hero character Travis Bickle from the film "Taxi Driver', whilst "Under The Thumb And Over The Moon" is an unashamedly saccharine love song dedicated by Bob to his wife.