 Lyrically, Kills speaks of bad behavior and trouble, while searching an alibi and a friend.Jake Buck of "Vada" described it as being "the perfect ending to represent the album’s entire theme of badass, rawness, [and] honesty".Bradley Stern from MuuMuse described it as "Ryan Tedder-meets-Fun" while observing that the "cinematic quality" of Lana Del Rey's music was present in the track.