"Hors d'Oeuvres" was inspired by the fate of Caryl Chessman who spent nearly 12 years on death row – at the time the longest ever in the United States – before being executed in a gas chamber in May 1960.
"ɔːɹdˈɜːvz" wʌz ɪnspˈaɪɚd baɪ ðə fˈeɪt ʌv kˈɑːɹɹɪl tʃˈɛsmən hˌuː spˈɛnt nˌɪɹli twˈɛlv jˈɪɹz ˌɔn dˈɛθ ɹˈoʊ æt ðə tˈaɪm ðə lˈɔŋɡɪst ˈɛvɚɹ ɪnðə juːnˈaɪɾᵻd stˈeɪts bᵻfˌoːɹ bˌiːɪŋ ˈɛksᵻkjˌuːɾᵻd ɪn ɐ ɡˈæs tʃˈeɪmbɚɹ ɪn mˈeɪ nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti.