 All of Ecstasy 's seven tracks were written and composed by Kevin Shields , with Colm Ó Cíosóig credited as the co @-@ writer of three tracks — " The Things I Miss " , " Clair " and " ( Please ) Lose Yourself in Me " . Regarding the lyrical content of the album in contrast to the music , Shields said that " the songs may sound sweet , but the subject matter isn 't necessarily very nice . A lot of it is relationship @-@ based , but it 's always vague , and never just boy @-@ meets @-@ girl . It could easily be boy @-@ meets @-@ boy , or girl @-@ meets @-@ girl . Then there 's hate , and whimsical thoughts you get from nowhere " . Ó Cíosóig remarked that " it 's more weird perversions of feeling you get in a relationship " and referred to the lyrics as being marked by " extremes , because we 're entertained by extreme things " . Shields noted that the lyrics were a progression from the band 's earlier releases as " the idea of composing a sweet pop song that sugar @-@ coated some lyrical horror and sending it hurtling up the charts appealed to our sense of humour " and considered the songwriting process for Ecstasy as " fresh after having made pure noise earlier " . 
