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  • "XX (City Grave)" deals with the modern day crisis of sex trafficking in America.
  • "Native Blood" speaks about the history of Native Americans, for example 1830's Indian Removal Act and 1887's Dawes Act.
  • "Tiny Hands (Au Revoir)" is based on the story of Marguerite Rouffanche, sole survivor of the Oradour-sur-Glane massacre on 10 June 1944.
  • "firstwake" discusses the contrast between the intentions of Christianity as opposed to the global perception of Christianity in America.
  • "Darkstrand (Hibakusha)" tells the story of a mother and a child being ripped apart by a layer of rubble as the bombing of Hiroshima ensues.
  • "Wasteland (Vechnost)" deals with the morality of the Soviet Union's victory in contrast with having suffered more casualties than any other country during World War II and the Soviet Union's views on religion.