. ▁The ▁album ' s ▁title ▁refers ▁to ▁Mc M ah on ▁being ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁major ▁label ▁system ▁and ▁a ▁band , ▁and ▁his ▁subsequent ▁attempts ▁to ▁find ▁his ▁way ▁back . ▁The ▁album ▁discuss es ▁where ▁Mc M ah on ▁was ▁in ▁his ▁life ▁at ▁the ▁time , ▁and ▁tack les ▁some ▁them es ▁from ▁Jack ' s ▁Man ne quin ' s ▁Everything ▁in ▁Trans it ▁( 2 0 0 5 ), ▁namely ▁returning ▁to ▁southern ▁California ▁and ▁starting ▁a ▁new ▁life . ▁Mc M ah on ▁wrote ▁some ▁material ▁from ▁a ▁Sl iding ▁Do ors ▁( 1 9 9 8 )- es que ▁perspective : ▁“ I ▁found ▁myself ▁asking , ▁‘ What ▁would ▁have ▁come ▁next ▁if ▁I ▁hadn ’ t ▁encountered ▁that ▁b izar re ▁chapter ▁of ▁my ▁dis rupted ▁ 2 0 s ? ’ " ▁Mc M ah on ▁co - w rote ▁half ▁of ▁the ▁album ' s ▁material ▁with ▁Vi ola , ▁while ▁the ▁remainder ▁was ▁self - written ▁(" R ain y ▁Girl ") ▁or ▁co - written ▁with ▁Sam ▁Holland er , ▁Kevin ▁Griff in ▁of ▁Better ▁Th an ▁Ez ra , ▁Fl ann igan , ▁Gra hn , ▁Andrew ▁Gold stein ▁and ▁Brian ▁Lee . ▁ ▁Mc M ah on ▁co - w rote ▁" C any on ▁Moon " ▁in ▁four ▁hours ▁with ▁Holland er ▁and ▁Griff in , ▁the ▁latter ▁Mc M ah on ▁had ▁known ▁since ▁the ▁early ▁days ▁of ▁tour ing ▁with ▁Something ▁Corpor ate .