 Commenting on Ministry's work for "Spin Alternative Record Guide", writer Eric Weisbard likened it to “an updated, theorized” version of the Trashmen 1963 hit “Surfin' Bird”; AllMusic’s editor Steve Huey supports this point in the song review.The song begins with a spoken word intro, which refers to Jerry Lee Lewis as “the devil” and Jesus Christ as “an architect previous to his career as a prophet” respectively.In the “Redline/Whiteline Version”, it is followed by sampled lines of Hazel Motes (portrayed by Brad Dourif) from 1979 film "Wise Blood", before cutting immediately into the main section, which contains Haynes’ scat-like singing set to the drum beat performed in common time signature () with guitar riff—attributed to Jourgensen and repeated throughout most of the song, excluding solos—in , which was said to be complicated.