we'd named that 'Have You Seen My Dollar'... We failed'." "Fistful of Sand" draws its inspiration from the book of Ecclesiastes, echoing a representation of the futility of life without God. "Second Season" takes a similar thread, explaining that "The strongest will expire just the same... Try to make my shoulders broad, but I am helpless without God." The band also takes on itself, examining its own success and members. In "Superpowers" the band humorously describes the trials of life on the road, the trials of the music business, and also describing the band's own purpose, "...I just want to share with you, how we got this peace and hope." In doing so the song references Holden Caulfield, a fictional character from the novel The Catcher in the Rye, and Jack Kerouac, a beatnik author and poet. "Where Is Micah?" invokes the image of John Walsh, host of America's Most Wanted, to roast guitarist Micah Ortega for his constant absence from practices. "Superpowers" is not the only music industry-themed song. "Litmus" takes a swipe at the band's critics within the Christian music industry, with a message that the amount of "Godliness" cannot be resolved through clean-cut measures. "You say preach, they say rock. You put my God inside a box," the lyricist states. Another cut along the same lines is the opening track, "Handbook For The Sellout." "Suckerpunch" is about how even "rejects" and "misfits" like nerdy teenagers are loved and accepted by God. It echoes the "God is in your corner" theme that is also espoused on "Banner Year." "Oh, Canada" takes a Tongue-in-cheek look at Canada. The song makes reference to the country as "the maple leaf state," and mentions elements associated with the country including lemmings, mooses, yaks, elements of French Canadian culture, Royal Mounties, Slurpees made of Venison, and Canada-native William Shatner. The album closes with the worshipful "Every New Day." One reviewer called it without a doubt the best song on the album", noting in retrospect that it closed many of their shows up until the band disbanded. The song is about how daily life and daily struggles can obscure faith. The song draws two lines from The Tyger, a poem by William Blake. The musical melody of the outro horn line contains similarities to the ending vocal melody from the Nerf Herder song "Golfshirt". This horn line was rewritten for the "Winners Never Quit"