Lirik lengkap Plateau sendiri begini:
Many a hand has scaled the grand old face of the plateau
Some belong to strangers and some to folks you know
Holy ghosts and talk show hosts are planted in the sand
To beautify the foothills and shake the many hands
Nothing on the top but a bucket and a mop
And an illustrated book about birds
See a lot up there but don't be scared
Who needs action when you got words
You've finished with the mop then you can stop
And look at what you've done
The plateau's clean, no dirt to be seen
And the work, it was fun
Nothing on the top but a bucket and a mop
And an illustrated book about birds
See a lot up there but don't be scared
Who needs action when you got words?
Many hands began to scan around for the next plateau
Some said it was in Greenland and some say Mexico
Others decided it was nowhere except for where they stood
But those were all just guesses
Wouldn't help you if they could
Sebuah lagu yang menantang diskusi dan mengundang interpretasi. Penulis musik Stephen M. Deusner, lansir Song Fact, mencatat dalam buku The Pitchfork 500, bahwa lagu ini merupakan "metafora yang rumit dan ambigu tentang konsumerisme, atau agama, atau akhirat. Jika Anda percaya pada yang terakhir," lanjutnya, "maka yang menanti Anda setelah Anda mati adalah, konon, 'ember, kain pel, dan buku bergambar tentang burung."
Lagu kedua adalah Lake of Fire dengan lirik sebagai berikut:Â
Where do bad folks go when they die?
They don’t go to heaven where the angels fly
They go to the lake of fire and fry
Won’t see ’em again till the Fourth of July
Now people cry and people moan
Look for a dry place to call their home
Try and find someplace to rest their bones
Before the angels and the devils fight to make them their own
Sebuah lagu, yang menurut Matthew Blackwell ditulis Curt dalam kondisi "tinggi" dan hanya perlu 20 menit untuk menulis lagu ini beserta satu lagu lainnya, Magic Toy Missing. Curt, tulis Blackwell, menggunakan bahasa dengan semangat religius yang mendalam namun murni bergaya Amerika. "Drama kebinasaan dilukiskan dengan kesederhanaan sehingga tampak seperti diambil dari sajak anak-anak, Kitab Wahyu yang dipadatkan ke dalam sketsa dua menit," kritik Blackwell.
