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“God Is Calling Me Back Home” is a dynamic song which starts with quiet acoustics and compressed vocals, before exploding into a distorted and high flying second section. The lyrics are morbid with lines about having to murder certain people seemingly out of boredom, contrasted with biblical language; its protagonist hears God’s call and drops their hate and ill intent. The band would revisit a similar concept much later on with “The Book.”
While most recording dates are not known, the band did vocal overdubs on May 23rd, 2013 based on an outtake uploaded to their Facebook page. The song was released as part of Float Along — Fill Your Lungs on September 27th, 2013.

The earliest performance of the song was on 2013-04-19 at the Astor Theatre in Perth. The song would be played throughout 2013 and made appearances during full performances of Float Along — Fill Your Lungs. A performance of the song on 2013-06-23 taped by Carbie Warbie was used in the music video for “I’m Not A Man Unless I Have A Woman.” The final known performance was by only Stu, Joe and Cavs on 2014-10-26 at Baby’s All Right in Brooklyn with a cake and a quick singalong of “Happy Birthday” for Stu. This was shown in the documentary BOOTLEG HOLIDAY FROM HELL.

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