Songfacts®:

• This song is about greed, and how money doesn't solve your problems. In a Songfacts interview with Tobin Esperance of Papa Roach, it was revealed the track took inspiration from the film Fight Club: "The lyric in the bridge section was taken from the conversation that Brad Pitt was having with Edward Norton on the airplane."
  
  Esperance is referring to the following lyric: "Working jobs that you hate, for that s--t you don't need," which is taken directly from the movie. "Jacoby had been reading a lot of books, Chuck Palahniuk, at that time. We just took in our own meanings into the lyrics," adds Tobin.
• This is live favorite for Papa Roach, which in 2011 Esperance told Songfacts was "Definitely still a really fun song to play live. That song definitely goes off."
• The title does not appear in the lyrics. The implication is that humans are somewhere between the primitive and the divine, and the quest for base desires like possessions brings us closer to insects and farther away from angels.
• Joseph Kahn directed the music video, which memorably features cockroaches crawling out of lead singer Jacoby Shaddix' mouth. Like the song, the video also takes inspiration from Fight Club with its special effects, such as the camera taking a trip through the band members' insides. Kahn has directed clips for a variety of artists, including Korn ("A.D.I.D.A.S."), Destiny's Child ("Say My Name") and Britney Spears ("Stronger").