▁Master . ▁R ather ▁than ▁bow ing ▁the ▁strings , ▁the ▁or chestra ▁players ▁used ▁guitar ▁p lect rum s , ▁creating ▁a ▁per cuss ive ▁effect . ▁ ▁God rich ' s ▁father ▁died ▁on ▁the ▁day ▁of ▁the ▁recording . ▁According ▁to ▁God rich , ▁" I ▁literally ▁left ▁him ▁on ▁a ▁f uck ing ▁table ▁in ▁my ▁house ▁and ▁went ▁and ▁recorded . ▁And ▁it ▁was ▁a ▁very , ▁very ▁emot ional ▁day ▁for ▁me . ▁He ▁was ▁a ▁string ▁player ▁as ▁well ▁so ▁it ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁those ▁things ▁where ▁it ▁felt ▁like ▁he ▁would ▁want ▁me ▁to ▁go ▁and ▁just ▁do ▁this ." ▁ ▁Music ▁and ▁lyr ics ▁ ▁" B urn ▁the ▁W itch " ▁was ▁described ▁by ▁The ▁Atlantic ▁as ▁an ▁orch est ral ▁pop ▁song ▁and ▁by ▁The ▁Guardian ▁as ▁an ▁art ▁rock ▁song . ▁According ▁to ▁P itch f ork , ▁the ▁string ▁section ▁" altern ates ▁between ▁sum pt uous ▁fl our ishes ▁and ▁the ▁dark est ▁corners ▁of ▁The ▁Sh ining ' s ▁score ". ▁Atlantic ▁critic ▁Sp encer ▁K orn hab er ▁li ken ed ▁the ▁strings ▁to ▁heavy ▁metal , ▁" ch ug ga - ch ug ga - ch ug ga - ing ▁the ▁entire ▁time ". ▁In ▁the ▁second ▁half , ▁the ▁strings ▁" grad ually ▁dis integr ate "; ▁while ▁the ▁cell os ▁and ▁bass es ▁ad here ▁to ▁a ▁conventional ▁ch ord ▁pro gression , ▁the ▁higher ▁strings ▁become ▁" de ath ly " ▁and ▁"