as they are a "farewell to a [music] scene that had outlived its novelty, interest, or usefulness". The lyrics avoided the literary vagueness of their previous releases in favor of directness. The opening track to 24 Hour Revenge Therapy, "The Boat Dreams from the Hill", was inspired by Schwarzenbach seeing a boat on a hill while driving in Santa Cruz. It switches viewpoints from the unfixable boat drifting on water, to a pensioner building the boat, and losing one's voice. Givony said the boat was used as a metaphor for "potential – a container for 'every man's' wishes". "Indictment" levies criticism towards major labels, and not caring about other peoples' opinions on songwriting. Pfahler said the song's full title was "Scathing Indictment of the Pop Industry", tackling the process behind music distribution. Portions of his drum parts on it were influenced by Sugar and Dave Grohl of Nirvana. "Boxcar" was written while on the side of a road in France, and deals with the concept of selling out in the punk rock scene. "Outpatient" was written following Schwarzenbach's hospitalization; Pfahler thought it sounded similar to the tracks on Bivouac. Schwarzenbach said it was a series of vignettes of his vocal surgery, though he had "about 10 memories or images to choose from because I was unconscious for a lot of it". "Ashtray Monument" sees Schwarzenbach discuss his parents' divorce, and his perspective in its aftermath. He said it was about life in Mission District, San Francisco, specifically the band's apartment on Sycamore Street. Deciphering the title, Givony wrote that an "ashtray monument is one that has been allowed to grow beyond recognition: an image of surrender, or extreme, unhealthy solitude". It begins with an abrasive guitar part and several drum fills, which saw Pfahler emulating the style of Cheap Trick drummer Bun E. Carlos. "Condition Oakland" tackles the theme of loneliness, as well as the difficulties of being an artist. The song was influenced by the music of Swervedriver and Treepeople being in frequent rotation for Schwarzenbach, in which he attempted to sing like the latter's frontman Doug Martsch. It is in 3/4 time, and includes a sample of Kerouac reciting (with Allen playing piano) "October in the Rail Earth" from Lonesome Traveler. "Ache" is a leftover from the Bivouac sessions; for 24 Hour Revenge Therapy, Schwarzenbach played an anthemic-sounding guitar running through a RadioShack amplifier. Unlike the Bivouac version,