ɹᵻvjˈuːɪŋ ðɪ ˈælbəm fɔːɹ spˈɪn, dʒˈɑːʃjuːə wˈɛslʌnd kˈɑːmɛntᵻd ðætðə bˈænd wʌz ɹˌiːkɹiːˈeɪɾɪŋ nˈaɪn ˈɪntʃ nˈeɪlzᵻz sˈɔŋ "hˈɛd lˈaɪk ɐ hˈoʊl" ænd stˈeɪɾᵻd, "ɡɹˈævᵻɾi kˈɪlz sˈɔŋz hæv nˈoʊ sˈʌbdʒɛkts bɪkˈʌz pɹˈoʊnaʊnz dˈoʊnt mˈæɾɚ tə sˈɪŋɚ dʒˈɛf ʃˈiːl; ðə tʃˈɑːɹdʒᵻz ɐɡˈɛnst "juː" ɪnðə fˈɜːst vˈɜːs ˈɔːlweɪz kˈʌm bˈæk æz ɹˌɛvɪlˈeɪʃənz ɐbˈaʊt "mˈiː" ɪnðə sˈɛkənd.
Reviewing the album for Spin, Joshua Westlund commented that the band was recreating Nine Inch Nails's song "Head Like a Hole" and stated, "Gravity Kills songs have no subjects because pronouns don't matter to singer Jeff Scheel; the charges against "you" in the first verse always come back as revelations about "me" in the second.